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The gorgeous Ocean Spray mix omits the delay of Sean's trumpets. That was the best thing about the old mix. The way the delay worked was -- there was two of them. One echo in the far-left and the other in the far-right channel. The delay bounced between them, first right then left, beautifully widescreen. I can understand why the effect has been taken off the new version, though. The new version has different architecture -- the screen widens in the chorus, with the beautiful guitar line that's now much further left and clearer than before. So, the verses and trumpet solo are narrower for that to have full effect. Trumpet has a bit more compression now plus a shorter less flashy delay. Still very, very good. Sean's played it with great emotion.
All and all the new Ocean Spray mix with the gorgeous stereo effects in the chorus and post chorus elevates the song into top 6 for me and the loss of the delay is understandable.
I have also noticed the mouth-drums in Intravenous Agnostic's breakdown. Radiohead's All I Need has a similar sound doubling the drums. In IA's case I think it's Sean's digital percussion, the kind of little detail he likes to add to mixes, for example on Rewind the Film.
Not a new detail, but have you noticed the bouncy bass that joins SWSS at ca 4.00. Soooo nice.
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