Grateful Dead
Uptown Theater
Chicago, IL
2-28-81
Sick Bits Vol. 2c

Source: Matrix:

SBD > Cassette master > DAT(0) (Cassette>DAT transfer by Dick) >
DAT(1) > ZA2> Soundforge (15db sampled tape hiss noise reduction filter)> 
CD Architect > Master CDR (by Jim Wise) > CDR Master > EAC in secure mode > 
Soundforge (minor editing and crossfading) > CDWAV > SHNv3 
w/seek tables appended (by Jamie Lutch)

AUD Master: Barry Glassberg: Nak700>Sony TCD5M, Maxell UDXLII, Dolby B.

Lineage: AUDMC> Tascam 112MKII > Sony R500 SBM (pass through) > 
Delta Dio 2496 > HD > sound forge & CD wave by John Steinthal 

Encoding: EAC(secure) > CDWAV > mkwact > SHN(seekable) by Matt Vernon


[complete text files for each source appended at end]

Transfer/Editing:
All sources were snh files downloaded from LMA and converted to
WAV > Vegas 5 > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
ScarFire@liquidcity.com
2/28/05

Set 1:
d1t01 - Jack Straw
d1t02 - They Love Each Other
d1t03 - Mama Tried ->
d1t04 - Mexicali Blues
d1t05 - Candyman ->
d1t06 - Little Red Rooster
d1t07 - Big RxR Blues
d1t08 - Looks Like Rain
d1t09 - Althea
d1t10 - Let it Grow ->
d1t11 - Deal

Set 2:
d2t01 - Crowd/tuning
d2t02 - Cold Rain & Snow ->
d2t03 - Greatest Story
d2t04 - Ship of Fools
d2t05 - Lost Sailor ->
d2t06 - Saint of Circumstance ->
d3t07 - Terrapin Station ->
d3t08 - Jam ->
d3t09 - Drums ->
d3t01 - Space -> 
d3t02 - Other One ->
d3t03 - Stella Blue ->
d3t04 - Around & Around ->
d3t05 - Good Lovin

Encore:
d3t06 - Saturday Night

Total Times:
Disc 1 [79:59]
Disc 2 [63:24]
Disc 3 [43:45]


General Notes:

Given the multiple sources available on the Llama, I decided to put the 
effort into editing a matrix of all three nights from this wonderful run 
at the Uptown. The Glassberg AUDs are very nice and full, standing on 
their own as excellent representative recordings.  The SBD sources of all
three nights have the reputation of being some of the crispiest boards
out there, and after a simple test on the Ship O' from the 3rd night I was
motivated to dive into editing land. The result is a worthwile listen, 
especially when you turn it up.

Timeline/Tracking Notes:

No much music is missing as both sources have excellent coverage, except
that the end of Good Lovin' fades out on the SBD source. In order to fit 
the first set on one 80 min. disc, I edited out some crowd in between 
songs, crossfading so the transitions are smooth. The transition between 
the disc 2 and 3 can be put together seemlessly.

Editing Notes:

- Pitch
Both sources were pitched differently, the SBD being the sharpest, 
and the AUD being the flatest.  I used the SBD as my master timeline 
and pitch referenced the AUD to it. The AUD on average had to be pitched
up about .03 (3 cents) to achieve pitch correction - 1.00 being 
100 cents which is a semitone.  I did not reference A=440 as I did not 
desire to pitch adjust the SBD.  It is very close though to A=440.

- Synch 
Because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
were performed to keep the sources synched.  Because 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
I did choose to employ a slight amount of limiting to the SBD (Waves L2)
to give it a slight amount of punch and presence. Conceptually,  all
I was trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD, which is 
pretty dry but very crisp, 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 4:1, leaning more towards the 4:1 end of things.

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

SBD:
d1t01 (6:47:27 - 6:59:71) - missing (crowd)
d1t02 (7:20:37 - 7:41:17) - missing (crowd)
d1t04 (4:21:73 - 4:38:31) - missing (crowd)
d1t06 (8:25:00 - 8:58:10) - missing (crowd)
d1t08 (7:33:31 - 8:03:44) - missing (crowd)
d1t09 (9:07:59 - 9:20:00) - missing (crowd)
d2t01 (0:00:00 - 0:55:18) - missing (crowd)
d2t03 (4:17:59 - 6:05:49) - missing (crowd)
d2t04>5 (8:39:71 - 0:10:68) - missing (crowd)
d3t01 (5:03:33 - 5:09:53) - missing 
d3t05 (7:08:52 - 9:16:36) - missing (mostly crowd)

AUD:

Set 1 had parts of the crowd in between songs edited out so as to fit
the whole set on one disc.

Note that alot of the missing elements from the SBD source are just 
crowd segments except for the cut in Space, and the end of Good Lovin'
is cut/faded out. Other than that, all of the music is intact.

Thanks to Dick Latvala for transfering the SBD casette master to DAT,
Jim Wise for the noise reduction and conversion to CDR, and Jamie Lutch
for minor editing and shn conversion. Thanks to Barry Glassberg for 
recordi

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