Last evening we watched a mini-concert on PBS featuring SuperTramp. We enjoyed the show except the audio was poor. The low and high ends were almost non-existent, and the mid-range was muddy. I could detect no tape hiss or hum, just an overall muddy mix. This is the first concert I’ve viewed on PBS where I can honestly say the audio quality was poor. Even recorded performances from the 60s sounded better.

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The concert was recorded in Paris back in 1979 and I know I’m spoiled from listening to high-quality digitally mastered music from my streaming service. But this got me thinking. How difficult/expensive would it have been for a mixing/mastering engineer at PBS to have re-mastered the audio to bring it up to 21st century audio quality standards? Anyone have experience with this?

I’m thinking this would not be that difficult with today’s modern tools. Should I send them an email and suggest they purchase a copy of Fender Studio Pro? Using a multi-band dynamics processor to boost lows and brighten highs is slam-dunk easy.

Side Note: IMHO SuperTramp is another top shelf "British Invaision" full-of-talent band that blazed new trails.

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