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Grateful Dead 02/26/1981

Uptown Theater, Chicago, IL
SHNID 28383
Source Summary
flac16; SBD/AUD Matrix of 2 previously circulated seeds; prepared by Chris Chappell
Entered by Matt Vernon
Checksums flac-md5, ffp
Disc Counts 2 / 3
Media Size
Date Circulated
Date Added
2/26/05
02/28/2005
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Archive Identifier gd1981-02-26.mtx.chappell.sb02a.28383.sbefail.flac16 ↗

Other Sources
SHNID 4597 SBD > Cassette master > DAT(0) (Cassette>DAT...
SHNID 20342 Taped by Barry Glassberg: Nak700>Sony TCD5M,...
SHNID 128750 flac16 ; Recorded By Mason Taylor on a Sony D5...
SHNID 140360 flac16 ; Master Soundboard Cassette > Technics...
SHNID 149226 flac24 ; Source: Sennheiser MD-421's > MAC >...
SHNID 170687 flac16; Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final...
SHNID 174919 Source: ?? Mics > ?? Lead Deck > ?? Deck >...
SHNID 176295 flac1648 Barry Glassberg's Master Audience...
SHNID 176296 flac2496 Barry Glassberg's Master Audience...
SHNID 176299 flac1644 Master Soundboard Cassette > ? > DAT...
Grateful Dead
Uptown Theater
Chicago, IL
2-26-81
Sick Bits Vol. 2a

Source: Matrix:

SBD > Cassette master > DAT(0) (Cassette>DAT transfer by Dick) >
DAT(1) > ZA2> Soundforge (15db sampled tape hiss noise reduction filter)>
CD Architect > Master CDR (by Jim Wise) > CDR Master > EAC in secure mode >
Soundforge (minor editing and crossfading) > CDWAV > SHNv3
w/seek tables appended (by Jamie Lutch)

AUD Master: Barry Glassberg: Nak700>Sony TCD5M, Maxell UDXLII, Dolby B.

Lineage: AUDMC> Tascam 112MKII > Sony R500 SBM (pass through) >
Delta Dio 2496 > HD > sound forge & CD wave by John Steinthal

Encoding: EAC(secure) > CDWAV > mkwact > SHN(seekable) by Matt Vernon


[complete text files for each source appended at end]

Transfer/Editing:
All sources were snh files downloaded from LMA and converted to
WAV > Vegas 5 > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
ScarFire@liquidcity.com
2/26/05

Set 1:
d1t01 - Feel Like A Stranger
d1t02 - Althea >
d1t03 - Little Red Rooster
d1t04 - Bird Song
d1t05 - Me And My Uncle >
d1t06 - Big River
d1t07 - Peggy-O
d1t08 - Passenger
d1t09 - Tennessee Jed
d1t10 - The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:
d2t01 - Crowd/tuning
d2t02 - China Cat Sunflower >
d2t03 - I Know You Rider
d2t04 - Samson And Delilah
d2t05 - He's Gone >
d2t06 - Jam >
d3t01 - Drums >
d3t02 - Space Jam >
d3t03 - Truckin' >
d3t04 - Black Peter >
d3t05 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
d3t06 - Johnny B. Goode

Encore:
d3t07 - U.S. Blues

Total Times:
Disc 1 [79:59]
Disc 2 [46:11]
Disc 3 [50:12]


General Notes:

Given the multiple sources available on the Llama, I decided to put the
effort into editing a matrix of all three nights from this wonderful run
at the Uptown. The Glassberg AUDs are very nice and full, standing on
their own as excellent representative recordings.  The SBD sources of all
three nights have the reputation of being some of the crispiest boards
out there, and after a simple test on the Ship O' from the 3rd night I was
motivated to dive into editing land. The result is a worthwile listen,
especially when you turn it up.

Timeline/Tracking Notes:

No music is missing as both sources have excellent coverage.  However,
in order to fit the first set on one 80 min. disc, I edited out some
crowd in between songs, crossfading so the transitions are smooth.
The transition between the disc 2 and 3 can be put together seemlessly.

Editing Notes:

- Pitch
Both sources were pitched differently, the AUD being the sharpest,
and the SBD being the flatest.  I used the SBD as my master timeline
and pitch referenced the AUD to it. The AUD on average had to be pitched
down about -.18 (18 cents) to achieve pitch correction - 1.00 being
100 cents which is a semitone.  I did not reference A=440 as I did not
desire to pitch adjust the SBD.  It is very close though to A=440.

- Synch
Even after pitch correcting the other two sources to the FOB AUD,
because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
were performed to keep the sources synched.  Because the SBD was my
master pitch and time ref, the AUD was synched to the SBD (too many
edits to list).

- Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
I did choose to employ a slight amount of limiting to the SBD (Waves L2)
to give it a slight amount of punch and presence. Conceptually,  all
I was trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD, which is
pretty dry but very crisp, by using the ambience of the AUD. The result
is a lively but clear recording, hopefully close to how it sounded at
the show. If I had to guess the SBD/AUD ratio would be somewhere between
3:1 and 4:1, leaning more towards the 4:1 end of things.

- Edits
The following are places where the SBD and AUD had holes or
incomplete coverage in reference to the final matrix timeline.

SBD:
d1t01 (5:36:36 - 5:37:52) - missing
d1t01 (9:11:60 - 9:14:25) - missing
d1t01 (9:49:42 - 10:34:52) - missing (crowd)
d1t03 (9:10:00 - 9:35:45) - missing (crowd)
d1t04 (9:49:42 - 11:15:42) - missing (crowd)
d1t06 (5:41:04 - 5:50:58) - missing (crowd)
d1t07 (7:40:17 - 8:24:25) - missing (crowd)
d1t08 (5:00:24 - 5:31:59) - missing (crowd)
d1t09 (8:29:73 - 9:10:56) - missing (crowd)
d2t01 (0:00:00 - 1:29:01) - missing (crowd)
d2t04 (7:19:41 - 8:09:50) - missing (crowd)
d2t06 (0:47:45 - 0:54:34) - missing
d2t04>5 (9:20:03 - 0:10:34) - missing
d3t06 (4:18:67 - 5:22:62) - missing (crowd)
d3t03 (2:21:67 - 2:22:42) reduced volume by 7dB due to vicious feedback

AUD:
d3t03 (2:21:67 - 2:22:42) reduced volume by 17dB due to vicious feedback
Set 1 had parts of the crowd in between songs edited out so as to fit
the whole set on one disc.

Note that alot of the missing elements from the SBD source are just
crowd segments except for the 2 cuts in Stranger, a cut in the post
He's Gone jam, and a cut in the transition from Black Peter to GDTRFB;
other than th

Comments

Date: 03/05/2005
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*** SBEs on d110, d206 !!!!!