Grateful Dead Uptown Theater Chicago, IL 2-28-81 Sick Bits Vol. 2c 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 2/28/05 Set 1: d1t01 - Jack Straw d1t02 - They Love Each Other d1t03 - Mama Tried -> d1t04 - Mexicali Blues d1t05 - Candyman -> d1t06 - Little Red Rooster d1t07 - Big RxR Blues d1t08 - Looks Like Rain d1t09 - Althea d1t10 - Let it Grow -> d1t11 - Deal Set 2: d2t01 - Crowd/tuning d2t02 - Cold Rain & Snow -> d2t03 - Greatest Story d2t04 - Ship of Fools d2t05 - Lost Sailor -> d2t06 - Saint of Circumstance -> d3t07 - Terrapin Station -> d3t08 - Jam -> d3t09 - Drums -> d3t01 - Space -> d3t02 - Other One -> d3t03 - Stella Blue -> d3t04 - Around & Around -> d3t05 - Good Lovin Encore: d3t06 - Saturday Night Total Times: Disc 1 [79:59] Disc 2 [63:24] Disc 3 [43:45] 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 much music is missing as both sources have excellent coverage, except that the end of Good Lovin' fades out on the SBD source. 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 SBD being the sharpest, and the AUD 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 up about .03 (3 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 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 (6:47:27 - 6:59:71) - missing (crowd) d1t02 (7:20:37 - 7:41:17) - missing (crowd) d1t04 (4:21:73 - 4:38:31) - missing (crowd) d1t06 (8:25:00 - 8:58:10) - missing (crowd) d1t08 (7:33:31 - 8:03:44) - missing (crowd) d1t09 (9:07:59 - 9:20:00) - missing (crowd) d2t01 (0:00:00 - 0:55:18) - missing (crowd) d2t03 (4:17:59 - 6:05:49) - missing (crowd) d2t04>5 (8:39:71 - 0:10:68) - missing (crowd) d3t01 (5:03:33 - 5:09:53) - missing d3t05 (7:08:52 - 9:16:36) - missing (mostly crowd) AUD: 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 cut in Space, and the end of Good Lovin' is cut/faded out. Other than that, all of the music is intact. Thanks to Dick Latvala for transfering the SBD casette master to DAT, Jim Wise for the noise reduction and conversion to CDR, and Jamie Lutch for minor editing and shn conversion. Thanks to Barry Glassberg for recordi App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned