mrvander

So, maybe I'm just an old fart, but does everyone really need to initialize every Rush title/proper name instead of just typing it out? Is time so precious you can't type Clockwork Angels instead of CA or Geddy Lee instead of GL? Heck I just read a freaking post where the poster initialized The Necromancer as "TN". Really? Perhaps those doing so may one day realize it actually takes people reading these posts more time to translate WTF you mean instead of just typing like a normal human (see what i did there?)

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Received a reply from Andy VanDette at Masterdisk. My question as posed to Andy (well, Masterdisk really): Response from Andy:

I don't get it. Does music expire?

Thanks for that. All those open notes are in parentheses - which means they are incidentals, accidentals, or ghost notes (depending on who you talk to) but essentially all mean the same thing - they aren't really "played" or if they are, they're played much softer than the surrounding notes. Knowing Alex's style, I'd venture to say he just let's those open E's ring out from the pull-offs (hence the ghost notes).

My vote was for "Wish Them Well" Freeze. I Think I'm Going Bald

I still don't have this to this day. I gave up a long time ago on this riff and never revisited it. I "cheat" when I do play it - non-guitarist/non-rush fans can't tell the difference, but it's not right. I should tackle this again someday. If I recall, I couldn't quite get the picking right to hit that open E after the fretted D and have it sound smooth. Yeah, I know what you mean! I could never quite get it down either. A lot of people "cheat" on it, I have found, though. The actual lick goes like this: http://i39.tinypic.com/2rxf86s.jpg But, so many people, including me, play it like this: http://i41.tinypic.com/5460sn.jpg One day, I'll get it! By the way, what tab software are you using to get those screenshots from?

I still don't have this to this day. I gave up a long time ago on this riff and never revisited it. I "cheat" when I do play it - non-guitarist/non-rush fans can't tell the difference, but it's not right. I should tackle this again someday. If I recall, I couldn't quite get the picking right to hit that open E after the fretted D and have it sound smooth. Yeah, I know what you mean! I could never quite get it down either. A lot of people "cheat" on it, I have found, though. The actual lick goes like this: http://i39.tinypic.com/2rxf86s.jpg But, so many people, including me, play it like this: http://i41.tinypic.com/5460sn.jpg One day, I'll get it! That's just it, the first one is what I thought it always was, but according to Alex himself in that video - that is not what he is playing. He never hits that open E (or open B) at the end of each quarter phrase. BUT (a big but) - that is just a "teaser" video. Perhaps he builds on the "lesson" until he shows you the full phrase. Anyone see this video in it's entirety? Can you solve this question? I hate to spend $6 just to learn that the tabs have been right all these years for a song I'm frankly not all that interested in playing anymore...

I still don't have this to this day. I gave up a long time ago on this riff and never revisited it. I "cheat" when I do play it - non-guitarist/non-rush fans can't tell the difference, but it's not right. I should tackle this again someday. If I recall, I couldn't quite get the picking right to hit that open E after the fretted D and have it sound smooth. I still can't play it either. I'm guessing it is a mental thing as I haven't tried to figure it out in probably 10 years. I don't think I ever got close either. Another reason is that we've all heard the song a million times and I'd rather focus my efforts on other tunes. Here, let Alex show you how to play it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc209Q9m6x8 My personal favorite is the solo in No~One at the Bridge as it was the first guitar solo I learned to play. :) Holy crap! You mean I've been playing this RIGHT all these years? I always thought there was an open E after the each D note. Stupid guitar Player magazine from the 80's - I think I've believed this for over 20 years now and always thought I was cheating by playing it exactly as Alex show in this clip. Whoda thunk!

Voted today and bookmarked. Good luck.

By-Tor - Knight of Darkness, Centurion of Evil, Devil's Prince By-Tor in defeat retreats to Hell. Snow Dog is victorious. The land of the overworld is saved again. So clearly he's the bad guy here. I mean he had ambitions of leaving hell (across the river Styx) and doing some evil upon the overworld. Snow dog stops him at the gate (who may not be the good guy cause his eyes were shimmering with hate after all.) So then why is By-Tor the GOOD guy when he fights the Necromancer? Being the Necromancer, did he summon By-Tor who he could not control and By-Tor defeated the Necromancer (whose wraith flew away to darken other lands.) So By-Tor perhaps helped these three travelers unwittingly - just a summoned demon who the necromancer could not control? Did the Necromancer loose the Knight of Darkness on the overworld after all despite Snow Dog's earlier victory? Are these stories reversed chronologically? Perhaps By-Tor was summoned by the Necromancer, then defeated by Snow Dog?

I agree - I already own both as I'm in the process of replacing my entire Rush collection as it's pretty long-in-the-tooth. However, I am in the process of converting the physical media to other formats for various reasons so the question came up. It's purely academic from my viewpoint as I've tested ripping the 96/24 DVD-Audio version and plan to use that as my "master" for transcoding to other formats. I wish I had the money to also grab all the HDTracks even though I can't hear anything beyond 20kHz (likely much less at my age.)

Buried in page three of Google results, I did find this interview with Richard Chycki. Not a definitive answer but it does imply an all-new mastering... http://www.soundandv...01/25/2112-51-0 Still he may be only speaking of the high-res 2.0 streams and not the CD "redbook" included in all the deluxe editions which jives with the opinion quoted in the above post.

Searching continues to come up with nothing. All I've been able to find is an opinion on another forum: http://forums.steveh...d.299870/page-7 I just don't have time to compare waveforms in Pro Tools (not really an accurate assessment anyway) - can't they just release this information when they do press releases? In the meantime, I have an email out to MasterDisk.

I've had my white RTB sweatshirt for a long, long time. My current favorite is the black "Rash" shirt I got with the Time Machine DVD.

Putting aside the 5.1 mix, is there any known information regarding the differences between 2112 Deluxe and the Sectors discs? Both were mastered by Andy VanDette with Sectors being mastered in 2011 then Deluxe was done in 2012. Are these the same masters or did he really remaster it again a year later? If you have any info with links I would appreciate it.

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I still don't have this to this day. I gave up a long time ago on this riff and never revisited it. I "cheat" when I do play it - non-guitarist/non-rush fans can't tell the difference, but it's not right. I should tackle this again someday. If I recall, I couldn't quite get the picking right to hit that open E after the fretted D and have it sound smooth.

Come on, folks. Give a little bit of analysis as to WHY these are your favorite songs to play on guitar. Let's have a conversation, not just a list of Rush songs. Do a little bit of self-analysis as to why you find a certain song fun.

I used Jacob's Ladder to build up my pinky dexterity way back when I was a kid.

That's your favorite song to play on guitar, is it? :sarcastic:

I'll add some more. I love fast, single string riffing. Songs that include this are Bastille Day which leads into the fun power chords (very similar is Headlong Flight), the bridge from Secret Touch has that single string riffing I so love (the whole song is fun too, except the chorus pattern - just long, sliding notes there) Then of course, Driven is great fun. I love the change from the riff to strumming to power chords in the chorus and that bridge section is all over the fretboard, much fun!

The "remastered for iTunes" version is the same master as the Sectors box set with some additional consideration for AAC compression. All I can say is that my original copy is beat to all hell so my Sectors version blows it away as it actually plays!

Remember that the latest releases were "mastered for iTunes" which means that during the mastering process they made their tweaks to avoid compression artifacts specific to AAC compression technology. Apple provides special software so one can make adjustments to see what effect the encoding process will have on the file. Then the file is submitted in high quality 24/96 (or better) to Apple who then encodes/compresses them. I don't imagine they made two masters, so any mastering done this go-around was done specifically with AAC compression in mind using Apple's "preview" tools. Therefore the high quality tracks from HDTracks are indeed 24/96 but mastered with another goal in mind (AAC compression, not delivering in 24/96). They may still sound great but something to think about before plopping down that much money. Also, the limit of human hearing is about 20 kHz. That's why CD encoding is at 44.1. Even with a system that can handle playback of 24/96 - you're not going to tell the difference (well, I'm not anyway.) The higher fidelity is really only useful during the mastering process itself. Selling it to the masses is a bit of marketing and even knowing that bit, some just like to know they have the best quality file as they transcode it to various formats (I'm guilty of this even if I can't tell the difference, I like to know I have the absolute best quality digital file to begin with as close to the recording masters as I can come.)

What is the most FUN Rush song for you to play personally and why? Some ideas may be the one that may be the most challenging, the one you feel you have "nailed", the one that just has that one section you love or that solo you like to play note for note. I know picking just one is nigh impossible, so post multiple times! I'll start with Far Cry. I love playing this one. Rush syncopations and drop beats, the throwback to the Page style riffing, kick in the wah pedal for the verse, then jump to Townshend-style strumming before launching into the typical Lifeson-style chord voicings during the chorus. Playing this song with energy that sustains throughout and even builds later in the song - ending with a resounding Hemispheres chord voice. Simply fun from front to back.