Cowboy Junkies
The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI
10/5/2009

Date of Text File: 07/17/2010
Source: Neumann KU-100 and Audio Technica AT37 (x2)>Edirol R-44>CuBase>dB Poweramp
Location: FOH (Neumann and AT37(quasi-ORTF)). KU-100 Mannequin and quasi-ORTF flown, 1m from stage, elevation = +3m.
DSP: Edirol R-44>CuBase>CD Wave>flac(16)
Personnel: Michael Timmins, Guitar, etc (CJ); Margo Timmins, Vocals, (CJ); Pete Timmins, Drums (CJ); Alan Anton, Bass (CJ); Aaron Goldstein, Pedal Steel.
Format: "Engineered For Headphone Use" - This recording is predominantly binaural (due to the KU-100 mannequin microphone) with some ORTF stereo mixed in. Because of this, headphones are
strongly recommended as this will place the sound at the listener's ears as it was incident upon the manenquin microphone's ears during recording.Using headphones will also eliminate any cross-talk that may otherwise occur when played back over loudspeakers. Best results are likely to be obtained with headphones that approximate FEC (Free-air equivalent coupling) behavior as defined by Moller, Rozell et al.
Recorded By: Mark A. Jay, Immersifi [mark@immersifi.com], [skype: mark.a.jay]
Seeded By: Mark A. Jay, Immersifi [contact info as above]
Fingerprints and Checksums: FFP and MD5 data files were created using Trader's Little Helper.
Edits: Disc 01, track 01: fade in. All others on Disc 01 are 'hard' edits with no fade. Likewise, Disc 02, track 15 fades out, but all other tracks on that disc are hard edits. Edits have
been performed so as to leave the tracks as intact as possible. In general, any given track starts after introductory banter but includes audience applause at the end of each track.
  
Disc I (Total Time: 51:25:052 (assumes 2s lead-in gap time for track 01, and 0s gap time between remaining tracks))
01 Applause & Dragging Hooks (Prologue) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (01:38)
02 Dragging Hooks [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (05:51)
03 Interlude I [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:13)
04 Shining Moon [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (04:09)
05 Interlude II [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:33)
06 Brand New World [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (05:11)
07 Interlude III [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:20)
08 Sing In My Meadow [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (05:59)
09 Interlude IV (Moonlight Mile Backstory) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (02:53)
10 Moonlight Mile (FOH Gain Shift) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (05:27) *
11 200 More Miles [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (05:40)
12 Escape Is So Simple [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (05:28)
13 Me And The Devil Blues [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (08:03)

Disc II (Total Time: 54:23:054 (assumes 2s lead-in gap time for track 01, and 0s gap time between remaining tracks))
01 Interlude V [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:57)
02 Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy Pt. II) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (04:27)
03 Interlude VI [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:13)
04 Good Friday [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (03:15)
05 Interlude VII (Creative Process Backstory) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (01:38)
06 Fairy Tale [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (04:30)
07 Interlude VIII (Costume Change) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (03:16)
08 Angels In The Wilderness [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (05:08)
09 Interlude IX (Satellite On The Bus) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:55)
10 Don't Let It Bring You Down [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (04:11)
11 Interlude X [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:08)
12 I Don't Get It [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (03:44)
13 Interlude XI (Recognition & Thanks) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (04:55)
14 Lost My Driving Wheel [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (06:55)
15 Interlude XII (End Of Set Thanks & Witches Intro) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (02:21)

Encore (2 songs):

16 Witches (Encore, 1st Song) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (03:08)
17 Interlude XIII (Banter About A Common Disaster) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:10)
18 A Common Disaster (Encore, 2nd Song) [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (04:08)
19 Final Thanks [Engineered For Headphone Use]; (00:24)

* "FOH Gain Shift"; There is an abrupt change in gain in this track at 3:14. This is not an issue in the recording, but represents something that was done by the FOH Engineer during the performance. The jump in gain is as noticeable as it is owing to the close proximity of the microphones to the FOH loudspeakers.


