St. Stephen > | 1970-06-04 | Grateful Dead

2:23:05

SBD

Rating:

9.33 / 6 ratings

Taper:

Gerry Olsen

Transferrer:

Dan McDonald and dusborne

SHNID:

gd1970-06-04.123799.mtx.olsen.droncit.dusborne.flac16

Source:

Matrix of Soundboard (shnid:119921) sbd > ?? > wav > audacity(snaps,crackles,pops) > wavmerge > cdwav > tlh(flaclevel8) > flac16; conversion by: miogi; Soundboard (shnid:12135) SBD->Rm->Cass->?>Dat>CD>EAC>SHN CD>EAC>SHN done by charlie miller; The entire acoustic set has been matrixed. The last three songs of the electric set have been matrixed with (shnid:123798) Audience Recording by Gerry Olsen. Sony TC-124 single-capstan portable cassette deck equipped with Sony F-99S One Point Stereo Dynamic Microphone IMP LOW (hand-held). 120 minute BASF normal bias tape.

Taper Notes:

View Notes----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

***Audience source for both sets***
 
gd70-06-04.xxxxx.gdnrps.sonyTC124.olsen.droncit.flat.flac16

Audience Recording by Gerry Olsen.

Sony TC-124 single-capstan portable cassette deck equipped with Sony F-99S One Point Stereo Dynamic Microphone IMP LOW
(hand-held).  120 minute BASF normal bias tape.

Lineage via Dan McDonald (droncit@yahoo.com):  
Master Audience Cassette->Nakamichi BX-1 (modified for flat transfer)-> Tascam DR-07MK2 (24-bit, 96kHz); 
DC8Forensics was used to apply the NAB curve for normal bias cassettes.  Converted to 16-bit, 44.1kHz
using 32-bit interpolation and a triangular high pass dither.

After the NAB curve in a multifilter I applied a virtual vale and overtone generator for lost 
harmonics and used a channel blender to blend below 150 Hz to mono to minimize mic handling noise.


Notes from Gerry:  "No encore that night, as "Baby Blue" calmed things down nicely and the "in for $3 Thursday night" 
home audience was completely satisfied, plus the Dead still had three more nights to play that weekend...."
also, in regards to the question as to whether that was potato chips that you hear occasionally:  
"My then 14 year old brother was on one side and a friend, ..., was on the other.  Although my hands were otherwise 
occupied, I probably snacked some too, plus my brother had a cough to boot."

Notes from Dan:  This is a tape I can only call "charming."  Just a totally enjoyable experience.  Very nicely done, the 
band is in fine form, and the tapers are having a great time.  There are some cuts where the tape broke and where Gerry was 
unable to get the whole song.  There is also some distortion on certain songs - it's not in 
the tape or the wav file, it's from the stage.  There are comments from the audience and the band occasionally.  It's most 
noticeable during Attics of My Life, but also when Garcia hits certain notes with his vocals.  I tried to minimize it but
it was too difficult to work with, so I left it as it is.  I lowered coughing and potato chip bag noises when it distracted
from the music.  Otherwise, I left it in.  Sit back and relax, and spend an evening back in 1970.  Many thanks to Gerry for
trusting me with the tapes.   They were a pleasure to work with.  

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---Thank you Gerry Olsen for recording the show.
---Thank you miogi for your work with the acoustic sbd.
---Thank you Charlie Miller for your work on the electric sbd.
---Thank you Dan McDonald for your transfer and master of the audience.
---Thank you Germain for your advice, encouragement, guidance and seeding.

Matrix by dusborne using Adobe Audition CS6 and Audacity 2.0

Final Master by Dan McDonald

02-08-2013
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