I know this has been mentioned before, but I don’t believe it has been discussed…

The mastering on the Skylon version of Rogue Bagel is absolute crap IMHO.
It sound flat and dull, with no life or punchiness that I so love from Ott.
However, the Twisted Dvd version is absolutely unbelievable.
It’s soooo intense and gorgeously psychedelic.
The song drives me to the brink of ecstasy and send chills down my spine every time.

They are the exact same song! It’s all in how they were processed.

The question here is:
Is the difference in mastering a result of it being played “live” in the dvd version,
or is it the fault of the people who mastered the albums?

If it is infact the engineer’s fault…
It makes me question if the engineering on all of Skylon’s track isn’t that great.

Skylon’s engineering sounds amazing to me with the exception of Rogue Bagel,
but thats only because I have the other version to compare to.

Is it possible that Skylon could have been even more breathtaking with a different mastering engineer?

Any thoughts? Comment?

Imo Skylon is perfect so I doubt that, but I do agree that the Twisted DVD version is way better than the Skylon version. It is more powerful so to say.

ott himelf said that he remixed RB for skylon. we agree that it sounds like shit compared to the twisted live version.

[quote author=“radioactivesandwich”]ott himelf said that he remixed RB for skylon. we agree that it sounds like shit compared to the twisted live version.

So my question is whether Ott just remixed the arrangement,
or whether he redid the EQing and sound.
It just seems so unlike him to have a flat sounding track like that….
It doesn’t even fit in (engineering-wise) with the other tracks

After a few more listens to Skylon, and only focusing on the Mastering, I think it’s just Rogue Bagel.
The rest of the tracks are perfect and lush imo.

So what happened with Rouge Bagel? What’s the story?
It just bugs me, because that track is amazing. Maybe one of Ott’s best.

Man I love this album…...