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martinez

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Linkin park just released the instrumental version of "Papercuts". All 20 instrumental tracks are now available on DSPs.

 

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Tracklist:

 

01.Crawling (Instrumental) (03:29)
02.Faint (Instrumental) (02:42)
03.Numb/Encore (Instrumental) (03:25)
04.Papercut (Instrumental) (03:04)
05.Breaking The Habit (Instrumental) (03:15)
06.In The End (Instrumental) (03:36)
07.Bleed It Out (Instrumental) (02:44)
08.Somewhere I Belong (Instrumental) (03:34)
09.Waiting For The End (Instrumental) (03:51)
10.Castle Of Glass (Instrumental) (03:25)
11.One More Light (Instrumental) (04:15)
12.Burn It Down (Instrumental) (03:50)
13.What I’ve Done (Instrumental) (03:28)
14.QWERTY (Instrumental) (03:21)
15.One Step Closer (Instrumental) (02:35)
16.New Divide (Instrumental) (04:29)
17.Leave Out All the Rest (Instrumental) (03:19)
18.Lost (Instrumental) (03:21)
19.Numb (Instrumental) (03:06)
20.Friendly Fire (Instrumental) (02:56)

 

Source: https://lprk.co/instrumentals

 

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Justin

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Initial thoughts:

 

First time we’ve received official releases for a bunch of these tracks, so the audio quality is great.

 

The weird pop in the beginning of verse 1 of COG is gone.

 

First time we’ve gotten OSC at all since the HT leak didn’t include OSC and instead included a version made from the stems included in the Rock Band video game.

RentEznor

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Shit, now that we've finally gotten the proper OSC instrumental and not the weird RB mix, can't avoid hearing Jay-Z rapping "99 Problems" lol

solidss

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6 hours ago, Justin said:

Initial thoughts:

 

First time we’ve received official releases for a bunch of these tracks, so the audio quality is great.

 

The weird pop in the beginning of verse 1 of COG is gone.

 

First time we’ve gotten OSC at all since the HT leak didn’t include OSC and instead included a version made from the stems included in the Rock Band video game.

 

yes absolutely, I thought I was the only one who noticed this because this is the first time hearing all those scratches at 1:49 so crisp and clear in all its glory, the quality is fantastic.

IWillWalkAway

IWillWalkAway

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14 hours ago, martinez said:

Lost still have that scratching sample in the verses which is cool.

Scratch Sample itself was used first in “Dedicated” (2nd half of chorus). But it’s of course scratched differently on Lost.

Edited by IWillWalkAway
YRQRM0

YRQRM0

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8 hours ago, Steve said:

Yooo that sub bass during Faint bridge hits

 

Yeah listening to that instrumental really made me reflect on how much raw energy that track carries every second 

NJPLP

NJPLP

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Just wondering, but do we know what the actual BPM of "QWERTY" is? Supposably, from what I'm seeing, it's 103 BPM, but when I try to use other Linkin Park acapellas of songs with the same BPM ("By Myself" and "Pushing Me Away"), the instrumental seems to be faster compared to either acapella, making it not match up like it should.

Elaine

Elaine

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1 hour ago, Rokaito said:

So what would that mean exactly? 😅

Generally that it'd be off by 0.XX in some direction, which is possible sometimes. usually 0.5.

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LPsMart

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fun fact: don't remember which song but one of the HT demos has a bpm of xxx.818

which I think is a dope little reference (I think maybe Stick'N'Move, not sure)

Edited by LPsMart
IWillWalkAway

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On 6/29/2024 at 11:04 AM, Somebodyangry said:

I fucking love BTH instrumental, and I love hearing Resolution in Lost instrumental. 

I realized kind of recently that BTH has a different guitar part in the chorus that isn’t in the demo. The process of song creation is awesome.

NJPLP

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The reason why I asked the question I did about "QWERTY"'s BPM is because I'm looking to create some mashups between "QWERTY" and other Linkin Park songs in the same key/BPM. I was wondering what the accurate BPM of the song was.

AceWav

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On 7/4/2024 at 2:02 AM, IWillWalkAway said:

I realized kind of recently that BTH has a different guitar part in the chorus that isn’t in the demo. The process of song creation is awesome.

You got that right!

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martinez

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I compared the instrumentals if they have any differences with album or single versions of the same songs and also compared them with previous officially released instrumental version.


01.Crawling (Instrumental) (03:29)

It matches with the album version.

 

02.Faint (Instrumental) (02:42)

Didn't noticed that earlier, but the intro in the single version of Faint is basically the album version but with fade in, which is a bit cut, weird edit. The instrumental version is not the single version, the intro in it fades in differently.

 

Faint-Single
Faint-Instrumental


03.Numb/Encore (Instrumental) (03:25)

After comparing it with the instrumental from the Numb/Encore CD single it has Completely new, better mastering. The version from the CD was too loud and had a lot of clippings. This version with new mastering seems to be fixing both of those. I can easily recommend the Papercuts: Instrumentals version. https://i.ibb.co/wRKpWkT/numb-enc.jpg

 

04.Papercut (Instrumental) (03:04)

Not a single or album version. The guitar in the intro comes a bit late in this instrumental version. The instrumental doesn't have the transition to One Step Closer at all.

 

05.Breaking The Habit (Instrumental) (03:15)

Single version, without almost 2 seconds of silence at the end.

 

06.In The End (Instrumental) (03:36)

Besides the quality, no differences between the album version.

 

07.Bleed It Out (Instrumental) (02:44)

Album version.

 

08.Somewhere I Belong (Instrumental) (03:34)

Single version, which means no transition from Don't Stay.

 

09.Waiting For The End (Instrumental) (03:51)

- The effects on the guitar that's in the intro matches with the 2012 version.
- No transition to Blackout but almost one second of the outro at the end was cut and instead of it. it has almost one second of silence comparing to how the version with vocals, released on Papercuts on May 6 have it.

 

10.Castle Of Glass (Instrumental) (03:25)

after comparing it with the released in 2012 instrumental version:
 - the volume of it was a bit decreased,
 - out of 4 glitches only the first one was fixed.

 

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Living Things (Acapellas and Instrumentals) contains several glitches. The most affected track is the instrumental version

of "Castle Of Glass" with glitches at 0:36, 1:10, 1:28, and 2:36.

 

 

11.One More Light (Instrumental) (04:15)

Album version.

 

12.Burn It Down (Instrumental) (03:50)

After comparing it with the released in 2012 instrumental version:

- just a little differences in mastering

 

13.What I’ve Done (Instrumental) (03:28)

- single version. Very noticeable difference in mastering/EQ.

 

14.QWERTY (Instrumental) (03:21)

Compared it with the instrumental version released on the single:

If there are any differences, they are unnoticeable.

 

15.One Step Closer (Instrumental) (02:35)

The intro doesn't have the transition that starts at the end of Papercut and goes through the intro of OSC.

 

16.New Divide (Instrumental) (04:29)

after comparing it with the released in 2009 instrumental version:

- it has different mastering
- -2 seconds of silence less at the end

 

17.Leave Out All the Rest (Instrumental) (03:19)

- single version

 

18.Lost (Instrumental) (03:21)

First thought are good memories because this instrumental version has the same length like the very first version of the song with vocals that was registered in 2022 which was later in Januray 2023 replaced with the '3:19' version. It contains almost half of a second of silence at the beginning and one and half of a second of silence at the end.

 

19.Numb (Instrumental) (03:06)

Comparing it with the album version:

- the instrumental version is missing over 1 second of intro and it contains a slightly different effects.

Numb-instr
Numb-album

 

20.Friendly Fire (Instrumental) (02:56)

Compared it with the instrumental version released on the single:

If there are any differences, they are unnoticeable.


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Also, here's the quality check of the source (the highest quality delivered by the label), because some of those instrumentals for some reason were exported to even 192 sample rate, but in general what is the real quality of them? I downloaded the source from one of the digital stores and checked it, here are the results:

 

01.Crawling (Instrumental) (03:29)

Source: 24-bit/96.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/48.0kHz

 

02.Faint (Instrumental) (02:42)

Source: 24-bit/192.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/96.0kHz

 

03.Numb/Encore (Instrumental) (03:25)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

04.Papercut (Instrumental) (03:04)

Source: 24-bit/96.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/48.0kHz

 

05.Breaking The Habit (Instrumental) (03:15)

Source: 24-bit/192.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/96.0kHz

 

06.In The End (Instrumental) (03:36)

Source: 24-bit/96.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/48.0kHz

 

07.Bleed It Out (Instrumental) (02:44)

Source: 24-bit/96.0kHz

 

08.Somewhere I Belong (Instrumental) (03:34)

Source: 24-bit/192.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/96.0kHz

 

09.Waiting For The End (Instrumental) (03:51)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

10.Castle Of Glass (Instrumental) (03:25)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

11.One More Light (Instrumental) (04:15)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

12.Burn It Down (Instrumental) (03:50)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

13.What I’ve Done (Instrumental) (03:28)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

14.QWERTY (Instrumental) (03:21)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

15.One Step Closer (Instrumental) (02:35)

Source: 24-bit/96.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/48.0kHz

 

16.New Divide (Instrumental) (04:29)

Source: 24-bit/44.1kHz

 

17.Leave Out All the Rest (Instrumental) (03:19)

Source: 24-bit/96.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/48.0kHz

 

18.Lost (Instrumental) (03:21)

Source: 24-bit/96.0kHz

 

19.Numb (Instrumental) (03:06)

Source: 24-bit/192.0kHz - Upsampled, correct quality: 24-bit/96.0kHz

 

20.Friendly Fire (Instrumental) (02:56)

Source: 24-bit/48.0kHz

 

So now with that info you can save some MB on your disc by converting your source upsampled audio files to the correct quality.

RentEznor

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18 hours ago, martinez said:

I compared the instrumentals if they have any differences with album or single versions of the same songs and also compared them with previous officially released instrumental version.

 

I'm always warmed at how people can tell the differences like this. I might have that ability too but then I read this and I feel small lol, thanks a lot for the detailed explanation!

solidss

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I also noticed that the SFX used for the transition after Papercut into One Step Closer is completely missing from both tracks now on the instrumental. 

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NJPLP

NJPLP

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On 7/3/2024 at 5:21 PM, LPsMart said:

fun fact: don't remember which song but one of the HT demos has a bpm of xxx.818

which I think is a dope little reference (I think maybe Stick'N'Move, not sure)

I just checked and I don't see one with 'xxx.818'. The one I can see that is the closest to that number is "Dialate", which has 105.678 bpm.

 

You might be thinking about the 1998 Xero demo of "Rhinestone", which has a bpm of 108.108.

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