Deal | 1978-04-15 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:

- "NFA" has been patched with shnid 147791 - Thank you Kathy Sublette, Ted Mattes, Charlie Miller and Scott Clugston.
- There were a number of small dropouts in the left channel of "NFA" which have been repaired.

Thanks to Tim Dalton for this source.

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer

edited and mastered
SIRMick
December 2019

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

2:30:48

SBD

gd1978-04-15.sbd.miller.33683.sbeok.flac16

Source:

SBD -> Master Reel -> PCM -> Dat D

Lineage:

Dat (Tascam DA20) -> Behringer UltraMatch SRC2000 ->

Taper Notes:

View NotesPatch Info:
Sony 54P>Cassette Master>Cool Edit 2000>CD (Recorded by Bob Wagner)
Not Fade Away patched from 6:44 - 7:04
Notes:
-- Dat to CD transfer done October 1999
-- Sounds better than other circulating copies I have heard
-- Thanks to Bob Wagner and David Minches for the patch source

Taper: Betty Cantor

PCM provided by anonymous, while hiding out away from the Bay Area. Edited & Mastered using Adobe Audition by Joe Noel April 13, 2020

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.149543.BettyBoard.Anon.Noel.t-flac16

Source:

Source: Betty Cantor's SBD Reel Master > Beta tape > Beta VCR > PCM

Lineage:

Transfer: PCM > Sony PCM601esd spdif out > VX Pocket/Laptop > Nuendo > Waves q10 > WAV 16/44

Taper Notes:

View Notespatch info:
- shnid 148572 (Sony 54p) supplies,
- s2t08; 06:12 - 07:04

Notes:
- emphasis decoded & dc offset removed
- The copy from pcm clone was via a 601esd and spdif, thus a clone of the beta pcm and not an analog out to analog in copy.
- Thanks to Bob Wagner, et al, for the patch source.

Taper: Happy Jack

gd1978-04-15.137403.sbd.msc.happyjack.flac16

Source:

Set 2 Source: sbd; Master tapes [were synced] - on a Aiwa CX-NA555 [using Maxell XLll 90 Type ll with High (CrO2 Tape OFF] NO Dolby; Tape

Lineage:

Sharp RT100 Deck [Master Cassette, Maxell XLII 90] > Sony PCM-M10 > Scandisc Ultra MicroSD 8gb [class 10]; Settings: Sharp RT100 Deck: Dolby NR - OFF & CrO2 - OFF; Settings: Sony PCM-M10 manual record level at 6; Recording Mode: LPCM [wav] 96.00kHz/24bit; Mastering & Editing: 96.00kHz/24bit wav > AA3 was used for +/- db gains, fade ins & outs; Converting Sample Rate: Adobe Audition 3.0 was also used to to convert 96.00kHz/24bit.WAV to sample rate to 44.10kHz/16bit with High Qulaity at 100%, Pre Post Filter checked, Dither enabled, Dither Depth at 1, P.D.F set to Triangular and No Noise Shaping; CD Wave Editor to Split Tracks & covert to Flac16 [Level 6]; TLH to fix SBE

Taper Notes:

View NotesSource Notes
@ - tape flip [about less then a minute. Transition is smoothless
@ - Tape ends. cut the song about mabey a minute or less left
By the sounds of my ears & markings on tape this is the master.
UNFORTUNTLEY I only had the 2nd set of this great show. The rest stolen.

Taper: Happy Jack

gd1978-04-15.137402.sbd.msc.happyjack.flac24

Source:

Set 2 Source: sbd; All Master tapes [were synced] - on a Aiwa CX-NA555 [using Maxell XLll 90 Type ll with High (CrO2 Tape OFF] NO Dolby; Tape

Lineage:

Taper Notes:

View NotesSource Notes
@ - tape flip [about less then a minute. Transition is smoothless
@ - Tape ends. cut the song about mabey a minute or less left
By the sounds of my ears & markings on tape this is the master.
UNFORTUNTLEY I only had the 2nd set of this great show. The rest stolen.

Transferrer: Jay Ashley and Gary Field

Jay Ashley and Gary Field

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.sbd.ashley-field.34932.sbeok.flac16

Source:

Bertha Remaster of the Master Reel source (SHN ID 33638)

Taper Notes:

View NotesBertha Remaster of the Master Reel source (SHN ID 33638)

SBD > MR > PCM > DAT > FLAC > DAW(Bertha) > Audio DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v.3.3.2 (audio files extracted prior to burning to DVD disc) > 24/48 wav > downsampled to 44.1 wav with Wave Lab v.5.00a ReSampler (High Quality) > dithered from 24 to 16 bit depth with Wave Lab UV22 HR Plugin > SBEs fixed with shntool v.2.0.3 (by set) > FLAC encoding with FLAC Frontend v.1.7.1 Etree Edition, FLAC v.1.1.2 (level 8) 

Digitally Remastered using the Bertha Digital Audio Workstation by [email protected].  Completed May 22, 2006.

Audio extraction through flac compresstion by Gary Field.  Completed 5/31/2006.

Source 7 of 17

gd78-04-15.sbd.cotsman.7047.sbefail.shnf

Source:

Soundboard

Lineage:

SBD> MR> PCM> D> CD> EAC> SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesSBD> MR> PCM> D> CD> EAC> SHN; edits, encoding, vined by J. Cotsman; with thanks to Paul Hartman; missing encore, splice in NFA

Taper: Bob Wagner

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.148572.sony.54p.wagner.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Bob Wagner's Master Audience Cassettes; Sony 54p mics > Sony TC-158

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the Master Audience Cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Kathy Sublette and the folks responsible for the (FOB) Shure SM57 source which supplies some crowd and the first 0:07 of "Candyman" (0:31 total), as well as a 0:12 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
December 2019

Taper: Bob Wagner

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.148571.sony.54p.wagner.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Bob Wagner's Master Audience Cassettes; Sony 54p mics > Sony TC-158

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the Master Audience Cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Kathy Sublette and the folks responsible for the (FOB) Shure SM57 source which supplies some crowd and the first 0:07 of "Candyman" (0:31 total), as well as a 0:12 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
December 2019

Taper: Kathy Sublette

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.147792.fob.shure.sm57.sublette.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Kathy Sublette's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; Shure SM57 mics > Sony-TC158

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Kathy Sublette for the Master Audience Cassettes
- Thanks to Ted Mattes for finding the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Mark Olkon and Mike Schunke for the shnid116981 Nakamichi 300 source which supplies the crowd and beginning of "Mississippi Half-Step" (5:03 total), the crowd and beginning of "Let It Grow" (2:07 total)
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the Sony 54P source which supplies a 1:25 patch in the "Playin' In The Band > Drums" transition
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
September 2019

Taper: Kathy Sublette

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.147791.fob.shure.sm57.sublette.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Kathy Sublette's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; Shure SM57 mics > Sony-TC158

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Kathy Sublette for the Master Audience Cassettes
- Thanks to Ted Mattes for finding the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Mark Olkon and Mike Schunke for the shnid116981 Nakamichi 300 source which supplies the crowd and beginning of "Mississippi Half-Step" (5:03 total), the crowd and beginning of "Let It Grow" (2:07 total)
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the Sony 54P source which supplies a 1:25 patch in the "Playin' In The Band > Drums" transition
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
September 2019

Source 12 of 17

2:40:42

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.177045.Shure.SM57s.renninger.mattes.carbonetta.sirmick.flac2496

Source 13 of 17

2:40:42

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.177044.Shure.SM57s.renninger.mattes.carbonetta.sirmick.flac1644

Taper: Concert recording by Rich Petrunis.

1:26:38

Taper:

Concert recording by Rich Petrunis.

Transferrer:

Transferred by Andrew F. 07/2021

SHNID:

gd1978-04-15.152890.partial.aud.petrunis.flac2448

Lineage:

Transfer: MAC > Nakamichi CR-5A > Edirol FA-66 > Wavelab 2448 > CD-Wave (24bit output) > TLH > FLAC 2448 tagged.

Taper Notes:

View NotesWith thanks to John and Rich Petrunis for sharing their tapes!

Taper: Mark Olkon

gd1978-04-15.116981.aud.olkon-schuncke.flac16

Source:

<b>flac16</b> Source: (single) Nakamichi CM300 with CP1 cardioid capsule front of board> Nakamichi 550 deck with dolby B on;

Lineage:

(original) Nak 550 Dolby B on> Apogee Mini-Me @ 16/44> wav; Assembly: AA3 for fades and edits, CDWav for tracks, TLH for Flac7, Foobar for tags; Recorded by Mark Olkon; Transferred and Assembled by Mike Schuncke

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:

- Recorded by Mark Olkon

- Transferred and Assembled by Mike Schuncke

- Fades done at beginning and end of sets, no other eq, nr or normalization done

- Assembled seamlessly

Taper: See info file

gd1978-04-15.mtx.chappell.sb24.86412.sbeok.flac16

View NotesGeneral Notes:
An excellent Miller SBD made this matrix very enjoyable 
to do.  The Wagner AUD is nice, and although distant at
first, it does improve and adds extra energy into an
already raging performance.  Half-Step, Bertha> Good Lovin', 
and the only Dew of '78 are highlights.

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the kind SBD, and to Bob wagner
for recording the AUD and David Minches for the transfer.

Artwork by Paul Gilbert - thanks!

Enjoy!
-Chappy
_________________________________
Editing Notes:

- Pitch/Synch
The SBD needed to be pitched up between 2 and 7 cents starting at
Friend 'O through Sunrise. For the rest of the show the SBD had to be 
pitched up 10 cents. The AUD on average had to be pitched down between
-2 and -5 cents until Playin', and for the remainder of the show, the
AUD was pitched up on average 3 cents. The AUD was synched to the SBD.

- Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
No EQ was applied to either source.  Waves L2 was used to avoid square
waves, the levels rarely hitting zero. If I had to guess, the SBD/AUD 
ratio would be somewhere around 3:1.

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

SBD:
s1t01 (0:00 - 0:52) - missing (crowd)
s1t01 (9:59 - 10:33) - missing (crowd)
s1t04 (7:07 - 7:25) - missing (crowd)
s1t05 (4:30 - 4:41) - missing (crowd)
s1t06 (5:17 - 6:00) - missing (crowd)
s1t08 (7:00 - 7:18) - missing (crowd)
s2t01 (0:00 - 0:39) - missing (crowd)
s2t03 (6:47 - 7:31) - missing (crowd)
s2t04 (7:28 - 7:46) - missing (crowd)
s2t08 (6:42 - 7:01) - missing 
s2t10 (8:21 - 9:48) - missing (crowd)

AUD:
s1t01 (10:38 - 11:13) - missing (crowd)
s1t03 (4:28 - 4:53) - missing (crowd)
s1t07 (14:27 - 14:44) - missing (crowd)
s2t03>4 (7:53 - 0:03) - missing first few notes
s2t04 (8:31 - 9:50) - missing (crowd)
s2t07 (2:07 + 2:10) - eliminated dropouts
s2t08 (0:26 - 0:35) - missing 

Note that alot of the missing elements are just crowd segments, except
for the AUD missing the first few notes of Candyman, and both sources
missing sections of NFA, thankfully not in the same place, thus full
coverage is achieved. 
_________________________________

Taper: Bob Wagner

gd78-04-15.wagner.minches.18556.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Audience Recording: Sony 54Ps> Sony TC-158

Lineage:

AUDMC played back on Nak Dragon> ART DI/O> Egosys Waveterminal 2496> Cool Edit 2000> Feurio/mkwACT

Taper Notes:

View Notesnotes
- sound somewhat distant, but improves as show goes on...
d1t02 - volume adjustments at start, 
d1t02 - 4:26-4:42 volume adjustments 
d2t04 - Bobby's mic not working at start
d2t05 ~ 3:00 a few mic bumps