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Are you ready for this? Hehehe! It's time to finally start.

I've uploaded 5 versions of I Follow the Moon. As a game, I thought it could be fun if you listened and tried to guess which version is which...

Options are

- Original Mix

- My own mastering attempt

- Soundlab (quick turnover human mastering)

- Landr (algorithm mastering)

- Leon Zervos mastering pro

Take the test! There's a prize if you get the answers right! Hahaha. Oh, man. I've been having so much fun with this. hahahaha. 

Test: http://malu.io/moontest

Soundcloud link to stream:https://soundcloud.com/malukah/sets/moon-master-mystery/s-pggON

Or download the full quality files:https://we.tl/fS64C0DJYt

I'll be posting a video on Sunday about my impressions and thoughts on this whole experiment. I'd love for you to listen yourselves and see what differences you hear and which track you like best so that we can compare notes afterwards! :D 

Thanks for reading and listening, and thanks for you support here on Patreon that allowed me to carry out this experiment I've wanted to do for years!

Hugs,Malu

Files

Moon Master Mystery by malukah

Take Malukah's Moon Master Mystery Quiz!

Comments

TM599

Ohhhh interesting 🤔 How much time do we have? Also, is the form linked to a Gmail address, or how do you know who is submitting an answer?

Chanda Panda

Hahahahahaha!!! I'm not going to spoil it for others...but holy moly! I prefer your own master version!!! <3<3<3

mdkmr2

Oh man, I'm going to try this. Probably will fail miserably though lol

malukah

Aahhhhh! I have added a name and email field to keep track of that. So far, no chicken winners hahaha! What score did you get?

malukah

Hahahaha! Well, that is freaking fantastic! hahahaha <3 Thanks for answering the test!

malukah

Hahahaha! No worries! Just try it :D <3

malukah

Ah, sorry, just read your comment properly. I will post a video on Sunday to talk things over. :D So you have a few days.

Chanda Panda

Malukah Master Sound Engineer PhD

TheAlb

Very interesting to listen to ... and no, not answered yet :P Edit: Thank you Malu, That was very interesting, specifically as one usually cannot compare these differences. I got it mostly wrong so ... umm ... well .. sorry :P The answer make sense so, when listing back afterwards at least. :)

Pam Nelson

It won't let me submit. Keeps telling me that it has to be a number where the email address is.

iMusBcrazy

k guys here is my guess... Without using headphones :) A-SoundLab B-Original C-Algorithm D- Leon E- Malu That was fun.. I could listen to any version of this song. any mastering.. it is such a poignant Masterpiece !!!!

Adam Kröger

Was pretty confident about guessing well...got ZERO correct haha! Also, the form asks for a number in the email section and wont accept an email address. I follow Maluuuuuu!

malukah

Oops, I think I fixed it Pam! Sorry!

Adam Kröger

Same here, I just put a fun strand of #s and used my twitch username for name.

malukah

ahahaha! Adaaam! Thanks for participating :D And for the heads up on the form not working. I think I have fixed it.

Pam Nelson

Oh boy did I blow that!!! I obviously don't have the "ear" for the technical side!! All of them sounded great.

FPG

I'm scared to attempt this, don't wont to offend if I end up saying the original is one of the mastered versions or something :malupanic:

Timothy Witt

Awesome. I got them all right except I flipped you and Leon. Obviously you need to master your own stuff for free haha, sounds great!

Shampa

It was like playing Minesweeper, one step to the left and *boom* xD That was so much fun Malu. Also, the greatest opportunity to listen to this beautiful song again, again and again (and then again). My pleasure to be part of this kind of experiments :D

TheAlb

For me it went "boooooom" :p

Andy Bobandy

Wow--- One.............I got ONE CORRECT... Holy Hell... I'll NEVER make it in this business....

GregRauv

Hahaha, holy cow Malu, that was so much fun! Winner winner chicken dinner! Your mix was the easiest to spot. That focus on vocal harmonies cannot be mistaken with anything else :D <3 :maluPhD:

TM599

Well I won't be quitting my day job :)) but this was fun :D

BlackTecc

Great fun, almost got it. Just swapped your mastering with Soundlab and I was really struggling with these two, they're so similar. Thanks for the riddle :) Edit: I'm a bit disappointed by the algorithm. It's just like compressor on max and go. Good for a try, but not worth a cent again. Edit again :D Leon's was the only one I listened to the whole song on the first run. It's just great. Ok, some more thoughts: I'd go for Leon's mastering, as it's not too expensive and really worth it.

FPG

Oooooh, that's embarrassing, only one right, got the original. I thought Landr was the algorithm, sorry Landr, sorry Leon (I thought yours was Malu's) and sorry Malu, I hope one day I can be forgiven lol

Petr Dedek - Rhinosek

OMG :D :D Maluuuuu !!! It was a really hard challenge. I need ears like a bat :D Ha ha :D I knew only your original version :D :D I listen to it again and again. All tracks are so similar. :)) Nice project. I Love it :D

Molmod

Ha ha ha. I spent ages listening and switching between tracks. Result : zero points :-( At least I now have five versions of a great song :-) I thought the Soundlab one sounded very different to the others and didn't like it as much.

Zanteri

This was so difficult! I did manage to get one right though. How do people do this? When someone gets all correct I will be really impressed. My two favourites have to be Leon's and yours.

Douglas Yamaguchi

Very interesting, I kept flipping between C with D as my favorite. Track A was good too but E was difficult to listen to and B is like an old friend.

Jukka Kantonen

Interesting indeed, I liked C, D, E. Just cause I was wondering between a few. I had them correct first but doubting myself made me select wrong. Oh well. Live and learn. It was hard to select one as favorite. I would have rather selected 2 since they were so close enough for me and they were C and D.

Hernani Delindro

I know nothing of mastering! That is not surprising :D I got only one right.

Cristelle

Sorry, to me it all sounded the same. Maybe my hearing's damaged or something . Nice song though.

June Marie (CosmoDings)

Haha, I got only one right. But at got which one's were Malu's (just switched them around) ;P. But this was still a lot of fun! Also, now that I think about it, B stood most out to me. :)

Joar

First of all, thank you for uploading all of thee versions :) I got 3 out of 5 correct and swapped the last two because I thought the over the top "dump the whole bottle of perfume on the track to make it smell nice" was the algorithm master ;) What make me happy is that I got your master correct and that is my favorite because I has your sound and capture that unique Malukah feeling. It is why I came here after listening to your Elder Scrolls covers on YouTube, and I really believe that you are the best person to master your own tracks. My second favorite is the Leon master, but that didn't hit me like your master did.

Oliver Kahrmann

Sooo, according to that test I am deaf XD Very hard to notice what is different - only *something* is different..