Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years Of The Grateful Dead
Soldier Field
Chicago, IL
July 03, 2015

FM + AUD Matrix Mix (60%-FM/40%-AUD)

Set 1

01 [08:50] Box of Rain (lead vocals: Phil Lesh)
02 [10:21] Jack Straw (lead vocals: Bob Weir and Phil Lesh)
03 [07:30] Bertha (lead vocals: Trey Anastasio)
04 [06:43] Passenger (lead vocals: Bob Weir)
05 [10:07] The Wheel > (lead vocals: Phil, Bob, Trey, and Bruce shared vocals)
06 [09:36] Crazy Fingers (lead vocals: Trey Anastasio) (>)
07 [10:12] The Music Never Stopped (lead vocals: Bob Weir)

TT [1h00m01s]

Set 2

01 [07:04] Mason's Children (lead vocals: Bob Weir and Phil Lesh)
02 [11:37] Scarlet Begonias > (lead vocals: Trey Anastasio)
03 [06:38] Fire on the Mountain > (lead vocals: Bruce Hornsby)
04 [12:00] Drums >
05 [03:52] Space >
06 [10:47] New Potato Caboose > (lead vocals: Phil Lesh)
07 [17:28] Playing in the Band > (lead vocals: Bob Weir)
08 [12:55] Let It Grow > (lead vocals: Bob Weir)
09 [04:48] Help on the Way (lead vocals: Trey Anastasio)
10 [05:27] Slipknot! >
11 [10:44] Franklin's Tower (lead vocals: Phil Lesh)
Encore:
12 [02:09] Donar Rap
13 [05:19] Ripple (lead vocals: Phil, Bob, Trey, and Bruce shared vocals)

TT [01h50m54s]

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Source Info

FM
WXRT FM > Pioneer TX-9100 >
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS @ 24-bit 48khz >
Sound Forge for edits & resampling > flac16
Recorded By: Firebottle
Seeded By: Firebottle

AUD
Source: Schoeps CCM4V'S(din)>Lunatec V2>Benchmark AD2K>
Sound Devices 722 (24/48)
BOB/DFC/KFC/ZFC/AARP Approximately 75' From Stage, 7' High
DSP: Sound Devices 722>Sound Forge 10.0>CD Wave>flac(16)
ID3 Tagged In Foobar 2000
Recorded By: Z-Man
Seeded By: Z-Man

Huge thanks to Firebottle for great captures and sharing the
WXRT FM recordings. And big thanks to Z-Man for his excellent
filed recordings.

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Tech Notes

FLAC were decoded to wave. Vegas Pro 12 was used to reassemble
the tracks back to 1 long wave. Vegas Pro 12 was used to align &
synch both of the sources, isolate and remove the FM background
noise, expand the dynamics and widen the stereo imaging. This is
a 60% FM, 40% AUD mix.
- Mixed by amdig1@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion done 15-July-2015
- Art Included

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Notes

Great sounding FM with almost no crowd in the mix. It was more
like a straight SBD but with the usual missing info above 16k and
a compressed signal with minimal dynamic range.

The first night is the best sounding FM recording and therefore
slighly better sounding than the other 2 nights.

All DJ chatter and station ID's have been meticulously removed.
These edits are completely inaudible.

Quite a bit of DSP has been performed on the FM and what is left
sounded like a really good SBD. The FM background noise was easy
to isolate and remove. The recording was heavily compressed but
utilizing a dynamics plugin and then introducing the AUD, this
undesirable aspect has been fixed. The FM recording was also
quite narrow. This too has been greatly improved in the Matrix.

This is a great sounding source and will do nicely until the band
puts out the multitracks. Enjoy, Dan (aka amdig1)

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Additional Formats

This show is available in the following formats:

1. The SBD and the AUD sources listed above.
2. SBD+AUD Matrix Mix at 16/44 CD-Audio
3. DTS-Audio-CD 5.1 Surround Sound
