The K23 Orchestra
5/6/06
The Healing Arts Festival
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

1. Intro
2. Ace
3. Whoopteedee
4. Brownie Boat
5. Big in El Portal
6. Fat Guys Are Tough to Beat Up
7. M.O.V.E.
8. Scott Craft

The K23 Orchestra line-up:
Alfred Howard: vocals, percussion
Josh Rice: keys, backing vocals
Travis Daudert: guitar, backing vocals
Matt LaBarber:  bass
Steve Craft: drums

4 track post-matrix: AKG C 451 B/ST (~7 high, 80 deg., 10" separation, @ SBD ~30-35' back from stage) + SBD L/R (XLR matrix outs -> TRS) [chan. 1: AKG L, chan. 2: AKG R, chan. 3: SBD L, chan. 4: SBD R] -> MOTU UltraLite -> iBook/AudioDesk 2.04 @ 16bit/48khz (align AUD w/ SBD tracks; set 4 track mix; Bounce to Disc w/ plug-ins on master fader: Parametric EQ v4.0.2 (high pass filter @ 63Hz, low shelf filters of -1.5db @ 85Hz & -1.0db @ 125Hz) & Dynamics v3.0.2 (limiter with input level @ +3db, threshold @ -7db, attack @ 0.1ms, release @ 0.1sec )); split tracks; resample to 16bit/44.1khz) -> AIFF -> xACT v1.58 -> FLAC (level 8)

Recorded, mastered, and FLAC'd by James Bartoli

Thank you to Ken Simmons for his assistance at the SBD and Mikey Jones for the use of his clamp and clamp space on his mic stand.

The PA mix was very bass heavy, it being an outdoor show. Some EQ work on the low end and a limiter was used during the mastering process after mixing the 4 tracks down to a stereo pair to make a better sounding recording. The remastered version still has a very full low end, but has been adjusted to play clean on a crappy stereo as well as a top-of-the-line playback system. The limiter was used lightly to smooth out a bit of the dynamics driven by the bass and drums.

Flac fingerprint:
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