Garaj Mahal
Friday May 15th 2004
Martyr's, Chicago (Illinois)


Source Info:
Onstage RodeNT2000's NOS at ~ 86deg.,bass rolloff 18db/oct at~40, -1db pad, sub sub card (~180deg) 
  spaced at ~3.5 feet, left mic in 1 foot from lip, right mic in 2 feet from lip cheated a tiny bit toward Eric>
  30' Canare Star Quads (Neutrik)>Oade Bros "Warm" Mod UA-5>NJB3@16/48.
  Transfer: Firewire Cable 

    Disc 1
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    Disc 2
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	I didn't name the tracks because I am a bit unsure of the tracking in general, so I know as soon as it goes up for BT someone will fill it in.  Apologies, but I would rather have the people who are sure tell me - instead of guessing.

I included 3 tracks from the Chicago Afrobeat Project, I botched the first part of the first track as someone inadvertantly had bumped the UA-5 and it came unplugged.  There was a lot of dead air for the 1st 7 minutes.  I was dissapointed.  I really think these guys were excellent, and there were a couple of the regular players absent from this lineup. I know the bass player was standing in for sure. 


I am using MD5s for speed's sake, the fingerprints are in there too though. 


  I use izotope Ozone to polish the mix, even out the sides and generally sweeten a bit.  I make this disclaimer 
because I owe it to the purists, but I have had only positive feedback so far.  I rolled the bass off even more, -18db/oct at 54, and I bet there are some who will still think there is too much.  That and even out the sides a bit, I have never used this pattern before, I am still breaking in the mics.  I think it sounds pretty nice overall.
I used Adobe Audition 1F as the host and the downsample from 48 to 44.1, set with pre filter and at 999acc.


	Recorded, Transferred, Tracked, FLAC'd by:  Jim Goldman (darkstar67@wideopenwest.com)
                Seeded By:  Mick Ethrington (thedarkstar@btinternet.com) sugarmegs Restoration Krewe


 