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Jackson's Collection

Grateful Dead   09/18/1987

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Source Video: MAC Tripod 8mm; Audio: Numerous sbd sources
Media dvd   2 discs
Notes BHP audience tripod/3 audio synchs
Tech Notes Grateful Dead
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
September 18, 1987

Disk 1
Set 1
Hell in a Bucket
Sugaree
Walkin' Blues
Candyman
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bird Song


[VCD - Disk 2]
Set 2
Shakedown Street >
Women are Smarter >
Terrapin Station >
Drums >
Jam >
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad >
All Along the Watchtower >
Morning Dew >
Good Lovin' >
La Bamba >
Good Lovin'>
Encore:
Knockin' On Heavens Door


SOURCE

Video:
MAC(8mm camera with dual Sony ECM 77-B mics > Sony EV-S1 8mm

Recorder > Sony EV-S1 8mm Recorder > Canopus ACEDVIO Capture

Card > Ulead Videostudio version 7 > DVD or VCD

Audio:
Source 1: Unknown Sbd - all of set 1 [wave files clipped in

second set]
Source 2: master sbd cass>dat>cdr - all of set 2 except drums\space and encore

Source 3: SBD PCM>DAT x3>WAV>SHN with SBD PCM>CASS>DAT>WAV patch

all sources>Cool Edit Pro>Video used only during the drums

Note: After capturing the video,
the audience soundtrack (from the video)
was exported and then loaded into Cool Edit
Pro along with a copy of the sbd audio. Then,
an unique note at approximately 1 minute
intervals on the video soundtrack was found
and matched to the same note from the sbd.
Some modification (ie stretching or shrinking)
to the length of these segment was required in
order for the sbd to flawlessly match the
captured video. The original video audience
track was then muted and the sbd tracks imported
as background music prior to creating the master dvd.

The video was captured at 720x480 resolution (DVD)
at 4000bits\sec to create the original mpeg2 file.
The camera was on a tripod and a 50-200mm lens was
used for some great closeups. After the sound was
imported and the dvd burned, the mpeg2 file was
rendered to 352x240 to make VCD disks. Takes
either (2) dvds or (3) vcds.

Audio\Video Flaws:
1) First 51.801 seconds of start of 1st set was added from the

video to give a better lead in.

2) The rest of the first set was flawless
-audio source (1)

3) First 25.4581 seconds of start od 2nd set was added from the

video to give a better lead in and provide first notes of

Shakedown Street.

4) 4.367 seconds from source (1) to fill in the second Phil note

that was missing from source (2)

5) Switched to source (2) at 28.822 into the 2nd set.

6) Video loses sync at 15:20 during the middle of Women are

Smarter and there was a .300 sec gap on the video before it

starts up again. I filled in using the last frame before the gap

that transitioned into the first frame after the gap with no cut

in the music from the sbd.

7) The rest of Women are smarter (4:28.3)
-video is degraded but colorful.

8) Video regains sync at 19:49 about 15 seconds into Terrapin

Station and there was a .857 second gap on the video before it

starts up again. I filled using the last frame before the gap

that transtitioned into the first frame after the gap with no

cut in the music from the sbd.

9) Video quality is good through the rest of Terrapin Station.

10) Switch to audio source (3) at 32:50 into the video as source

(2) is missing.

11) Video loses synce at 32:54 about 10 seconds into the Drums

and there was a .567 second gap to the video befreo it starts up

again. I filled using the last frame before the gap that

transtitioned into the first frame after the gap with no cut in

the music from the sbd. Video quality is out of sync for the

next minute.

12) Video is cut at 34:03 after about 1:08 seconds into the

Drums and there was 11:53.167 gap on the video before it starts

up again. I filled in with a slowed down copy of the drum's

video and special effects with no cut in the music from the sbd.

After the cut, videoo quality is better.

13) Switch to audience soundtrack that came with the video at

48:01 into the video as all soundboard source are missing. This

lasts for 24.215 seconds.

14) Switched to audio source (3) at 48:28 into the video as

soundboard source resumes after cut

15) Video is cut at 47:57 at about 1 minute 20 seconds before

GDTRFB starts and there was a 1.033 second gap on the video

before it starts up again. I filled in using the last frame

before the gap that transitioned into the first fram after the

gap with no cut in the music from the sbd. Switched back to

audio source (2) when video resumes.

16) Video is cut at 56:37 after about 1 minute 07 seconds into

Watchtower and ther was a 54.11 second gap on the video before

it starts up again. I filled in using the lsat frame before the

gap that transitioned into the first fram after the gap with no

cut in the music from the sbd. Video quality stays good until

the end of the 2nd set.

17) Video is cut at 3 minutes 43 seconds into Knockin' on

Heaven's Door. I filled in the rest of the song using random

pictures taken during the encore with special effects with no

cut in the musicn from the sbd. Audio source (2) was used durinf

the encore.

Brokedown House Productions
Original 8mm cassette supplied by Dan
Cole who also let me borrow the Sony
EV-S1 8mm Recorder that the tapes were
originally recorded on
Video Capture and Conversion by
Kevin Tobin
Audio SBD imported and synced by
Kevin Tobin
Audio cds provide by Lisa Biasi (source 2) and Matthew Cole

(source 3) with many thanks.
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A
Owned by Jackson · Last Updated May 23, 2023