Grateful Dead
Oakland Auditorium
Oakland, CA
12-28-82
Sick Bits Vol. 18b

Matrix: SBD/AUD mix

Sources: 

SBD: (shnid=31967) SBD -> Master PCM -> Dat/0 -> FLAC
     Transferred, edited and encoded by Charlie Miller
AUD: (shnid=?????) FOB: 3 nak 100s w/ mixer > Sony D5(x2) > FLAC
     Recorded by Unknown taper from Berkeley CA
     Transferred by Bill Koucky and remastered/encoded by Chris Ladner



Transfer/Editing/Mixing/Encoding:
All sources were FLAC files.  I converted them to
WAV > Vegas 5 (matrix) > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
ScarFireATliquidcityDOTcom
4/11/06

Set 1:
d1t01 - Tuning
d1t02 - Jack Straw
d1t03 - Tennessee Jed ->
d1t04 - El Paso
d1t05 - Friend Of The Devil
d1t06 - On The Road Again ->
d1t07 - Touch Of Grey
d1t08 - Woman Are Smarter
d1t09 - Dire Wolf
d1t10 - Lazy Lightnin' -> 
d1t11 - Supplication ->
d1t12 - Deal

Set 2:
d2t01 - Tunning
d2t02 - Shakedown Street ->
d2t03 - Samson And Delilah
d2t04 - Never Trust A Woman
d2t05 - Terrapin Station ->
d2t06 - Drums ->
d3t01 - Space ->
d3t02 - Throwing Stones ->
d3t03 - Not Fade Away ->
d3t04 - Morning Dew

Encores:
d3t05 - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
d3t06 - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 

Total Times: 
Disc 1 [72:41]
Disc 2 [54:38]
Disc 3 [54:40]
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General Notes:

Bill Koucky contacted me about doing a matrix of the 12-27-82, and since
he had an uncirculating AUD copy of this night (12-28-82), I decided to
do this one as well so as to have a pair of volumes (18a and 18b).
This show is much different from the previous night, so the two together
give a nice snapshot of the band during their 5 night '82 New Year's run
at what later would become the Kaiser.

The first set feature's a tasty song selection with 1 of 7 On The Road
Again's of '82 (only 2 more were played subsequently) that segues into
only the 9th ever Touch Of Grey (midset!).  The LSD ending of set 1
foreshadows a powerful 2nd set which closes with a stunning Morning Dew
followed by a fitting double encore. This show is a fan favorite for '82.

The Miller PCM SBD is a vast improvement over the previous night's SBD,
yet the FOB AUD isn't nearly as good, thus this matrix is heavier in
the SBD than the 27th.

Thanks to whomever for recording the AUD, and to Bill Koucky and
Chris Ladner for transferring, encoding and remastering it.
Thanks to Charlie Miller for the killer PCM SBD. 

Special thanks to Bill Koucky for motivating me to matrix both nights.

Artwork by Zman - thanx!

Enjoy!
Chappy

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Editing Notes:

- Pitch
The SBD was relatively close in pitch so I left it as is and
pitched the AUd down about 30 to 40 cents for set 1; and for set 2
8 to 12 cents prior to Space; post Space the AUD was pitched down about 
12 to 22 cents, except for Baby Blue which is from a different source, 
since it was played 10 mins. after the lights had come on 
(taper's scramble) and had to be pitched up about 11 to 13 cents.

- Synch 
Because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
were performed to keep the sources synched.  Since 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
The SBD was left as is, but the AUD had some hiss and needed some mild
EQ (-2db shelf at 3kHz). I also applied (very sparingly) Waves L2 
(limiter) to the master 2 buss to keep things contained, the levels 
rarely hitting zero, thus the limiting is quite scarce. All I was trying 
to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD 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 2:1.  

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

SBD:
d1t01 (0:00 - 0:09) - missing (tuning)
d1t07 (6:32) - static - removed (during crowd)
d2t01 (0:00 - 0:14) - missing (tuning)
d2t06 (3:18) - static - removed
d3t03 (0:22) - Garcia vox mute off - smoothed
 
AUD:
d1t01 (0:13) - static - removed
d1t01 (0:14 - 0:21) - missing (tuning)
d1t02 (5:30 - 6:41) - missing (crowd)
d1t03 (1:38) - static - removed
d1t04 (5:39 - 7:50) - missing (crowd)
d1t05 (9:00 - 10:02) - missing (crowd)
d1t07 (6:25 - 6:32) - missing (crowd)
d1t08 (0:00 - 0:29) - missing 
d1t08 (7:03 - 8:55) - missing (crowd)
d1t09 (3:19 - 3:41) - missing (crowd)
d2t06 (3:33 - 8:50) - missing
d3t01 (5:00) - static - removed
d3t01 (5:44 - 5:46 + 6:08 - 6:14) - NR switch on/off - minimized
d3t04 (11:24 - 11:32) - missing (crowd)
d3t05 (6:38 - 6:49) - missing (crowd)
d3t06 (0:00 - 0:03) - missing

Full coverage is achieved (thanks to the PCM SBD sour

SHNTOOL:
    length     expanded size   cdr  WAVE problems filename
     0:49.73        8815340    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t01.flac
     6:44.08       71284460    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t02.flac
     8:00.44       84775532    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t03.flac
     7:51.03       83091500    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t04.flac
    10:01.69      106178732    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t05.flac
     3:42.14       39193772    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t06.flac
     6:32.63       69297020    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t07.flac
     8:59.59       95218412    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t08.flac
     3:55.26       41515196    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t09.flac
     3:29.48       36980540    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t10.flac
     5:32.50       58682444    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t11.flac
     6:59.29       73979852    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d1t12.flac
     0:43.20        7632284    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d2t01.flac
    13:46.55      145835804    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d2t02.flac
     9:52.61      104572316    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d2t03.flac
     8:53.42       94120028    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d2t04.flac
    12:15.64      129804572    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d2t05.flac
     9:12.58       97509260    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d2t06.flac
     6:24.06       67751756    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d3t01.flac
     7:19.42       77538428    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d3t02.flac
     6:07.14       64771772    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d3t03.flac
    11:34.09      122442812    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d3t04.flac
     6:49.28       72213500    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d3t05.flac
     7:01.27       74327948    ---   --   ---xx   gd82-12-28d3t06.flac
   172:40.12     1827533280 B (totals for 24 files, 0.6113 overall compression ratio)