Their dynamic range doubles that of the originals, going from a DR5 rating to a DR10 on the Dynamic Range Database scale. That said, they are completely new remasters, and the source audio (the FLAC files) sounds far better than the original CDs.
YouTube then converts everything down to AAC audio. To be played on YouTube, they needed to be downsampled to 16 bits, 44.1 khz audio (Redbook PCM standard (used for CDs)).
He analyzes the new remaster of "American Idiot" here.įor those who are familiar with the albums, you've never heard them like this before. Everything sounds better with greater dynamics. Mastering engineer and anti-loudness war advocate Ian Shepherd examines this, making the point that even heavy rock sounds good with more dynamics. Many will debate whether one can even hear the difference between 16-bit 44.1khz audio and any higher resolution. That means CDs and digital downloads should, as a whole, sound far better if mixed and mastered properly! This is what we should have gotten in the first place in 20, respectively. We could have far better-sounding music at the native resolution of CDs, 16 bit 44.1khz. What counts is the mastering process, much more so than the format. More important than the audio format is the actual remaster, the process of preparing the audio for release. While these albums were released in 24-bit with higher sampling rates than CD audio, allow me to clarify that the format is far less important than the mastering process. These are the definitive version of the two albums, and it attests to the fact that proper, non-compressed mastering results in better-sounding audio. The guitar is also no longer distorted from the audio processing procedures. The remastered versions feature less compression than the originals, meaning clearer audio, more separation, and punchier drums due to greater dynamic range. In 2012, veteran mastering engineer Ted Jensen, who was responsible for the original 2004 CD version of Green Day's American Idiot and the original 2009 version of 21st Century Breakdown, remastered those albums from analog for the HDTracks music service.
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