DIY Remastering
 

I really want to remaster some outakes, but how?

ProTools. I used it to edit "Stand Back" and "Tusk."

Thankyou, I'm going to do some outakes!

But, there's not a program you can use to isolate tracks, right?

No. You cannot separate the individual tracks from a two-track stereo mix.

At best, you can cut or boost frequencies and clean up the noise some.

It takes a lot of practice to mess around with digital recordings, I've never touched any FM stuff but I'm going to with some Mirage stuff.

I would try Cool Edit Pro (now Adobe Audition), kind of user friendly more basic stuff. ProTools (IMO) is geared more around multitrack recordings (as in, separate vocals, bass, drums etc).


Anyway, I'll post again once I've actually dabbled.

MichaelE is pretty much spot on with his comment, too. You can do a little more, like add in some reverb and maybe increase the stereo sound of the mix a tad, and some other tricks, but they're tricks. You can't properly 'remaster' anything unless you have the master, and all we have are russian roulette bootlegs, albeit some very good ones in some cases.

- Spike