Papercuts: Instrumentals

[yagamilight207]

On 7/23/2024 at 9:26 PM, 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.

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.

 

 

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.

to add on, something i wrote in the chat previously. the guitar mistake at the intro of Papercut is the same as the previously leaked HT instrumental. this means they used the same instrumental back without correcting the mistake.