Stickman wrote:anyone hear anything different on the 2016 Mix of Hunger Strike? Sounds identical to me.
If you A/B them, you'll spot a few differences, but the new mix is mostly faithful to the original.
Examples:
1) The new mix is more centered. In the original, the intro guitar is more to the left, and there's more separation between Stone and Mike's guitars. There's also less stereo separation in Matt's kit - everything is closer together.
2) Cornell's vox after Eddie comes in feel like they're a little bit lower in the mix and have less reverb than the original.
3) There's more compression across the board, though that's partly given the differences in mixing and mastering in 25 years. (The original's mastering is super-quiet compared to almost any other major rock record that followed it.)
Honestly, I thought this would be a lot worse, but it's not bad. The only thing that bugs me is the difference in Cornell's vox - they felt more equal to Eddie's in the original, and more expansive because of the reverb. (A couple of Matt's longer fills feel a little bit off to me, too - the closeness makes me feel like the parts collide more now.)
I have to admit - the video isn't much, but I love that they had enough outtake footage to piece together something new/different.
