Track 04 Leo Leo (featuring Raagman)
Track 06 Leo Leo (featuring Raagman)
Track 4 source might be analogue,
there's hiss and a DC difference from -inf dB - while track 6 is perfectly mastered. Other fact is that Track 4 has it's phase inverted already which is wierd and makes no sense. But it could be another proof that it is taken from an analogue master, 'cos it could be transfered accidently with a phase corrector turned on within 180o or with a wierd mix desk. Maybe as it was done in Japan it's unavoidable, since they're upside down
RMS value of track 04 -15,668 dB L -16,190 dB R
Track 6 source might be digital: RMS value -17,409 dB L -17,381 dB R
Track 4 is 0,0018 times faster and it has variations on speed (0,0034 to 0,001). That means only one thing, source was a tape. All analogue recording techniques produce noise, and the analogue tape, besides the white noise it adds - even slightly - it also creates a tiny tiny speed variation. I'm not comparing it to bpms - which would be inaccurate since the source isn't 100% digital. Graham used to edit at that time with knives and scissors, on the fly, and not all sequencing was necessarily done by the same sequencer. So the variation on speed was checked using the other track as reference.
Other idea that came to my head was that both tracks could be from the same source and one of them was re-mastered - just like happened in the 303 mixes. But my guess is that it isn't - this argument was broken by one test, it's silly, but it convinced me. The difference in RMS power values between the two mixes are not stable nor identical, channel to channel. Which means that if someone took track 6 and applied a compressor - even analogue, actually especially analogue - it would boost the RMS by equal on both sides. So while the difference from Left-4 to left-6 is 1,74 dB, the difference between Right-4 to Right-6 should be the same in thesis, but is 1,19 dB.
Sorry if it's all too boring, but point is: They're the same mix, different sources.
