Mississippi Half Step | 2007-10-05 | Phil Lesh and Friends

View NotesPhil Lesh And Friends
Riviera Theatre
Chicago, IL
October 5th, 2007

Taper: John Dewey (hammerhorror)
Uploader: John Dewey (hammerhorror)

Source: Neumann SKM150's DIN  > LC3 Active Cables > KM100's  > Lunatec V3 (analog out) > Sound Devices 702 @ 24/48 (dithered to 16/44.1 in Adobe Audition for this upload) 

Conversion: Sandisk Ultra II 8GB Compactflash Card > Sandisk CF Card Reader > Adobe Audition > CD Wave Editor > Flac Frontend

Set One / Disc One

01. Deal
02. Mississippi Half Step
03. Deep Elem Blues
04. Loose Lucy
05. Walkin' Away 
06. Cumberland Blues
07. Seven Jealous Sisters*
08. Cold Rain & Snow

Set Two / Disc Two

01. Cosmic Charley
02. China Cat Sunflower >
03. Eyes of the World >
04. St. Stephen >
05. Mountains of the Moon >
06. Midnight Rider >
07. I Know You Rider

Set Two / Disc Three
 
01. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) >
02. Sugar Magnolia
03. Donor Rap
Encore
04. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

* 1st Time Played

Phil Lesh
Jackie Green
Larry Campbell
John Molo
Steve Molitz

Enjoy the show...

Source 2 of 9

2:59:32

Rating:

10.00 / 2 ratings

SHNID:

plf2007-10-05.aud.spc4.flac

Source:

balc, sp c4's(bass rolloff)> bumblebees> acm 660

Lineage:

cf>cdwav>flac

Taper Notes:

View Notesthanks to Westy for the clampspace and thanks to Phil and Friends' VIPs for letting us have their section for the evening

Taper: Jim Mimna

plf2007-10-05.mimna_akg_flac16

Source:

AKG 483's (MiAGi II Silver Cables)> Busman Hybrid R4 (W Mod) @24/48

Lineage:

: Busman Hybrid R4 (USB)> Wavelab 5.01b (Resample/UV22HR Dither) > CD Wav Editor > FLAC Frontend 1.1.4b(Verify/Align On Sector Boundaries/Level 8)

Taper Notes:

View NotesPhil Lesh
Jackie Green
Larry Campbell
John Molo
Steve Molitz

Taper: Tucker

plf2007-10-05.balconynak330eq.16

Source:

Nakamichi 300 mics with shotguns > Sony D-100 > HK CDR20 > Silver Disc

Lineage:

EAC > Soundforge (levels, EQ, patching) > CDWave > dBPowerAmp (FLAC)

Taper Notes:

View NotesTech Notes:
Taped DFC Balcony, mics aimed at stacks.  EQ applied in Soundforge: Parametric EQ High-End Shelf -8 db above 16K, parametric EQ -2.5 db @ 85 & 115 Hz at 1.1 octave width each, and then parametric EQ +2 db @ 600 Hz w/2.3 octave width.  Recording started a few seconds into Deal, so I patched a half a minute of audience noise and the first four bars from another LMA source, the balc, sp c4's(bass rolloff) recording, thanks.

General notes:  As of now there are two excellent sources of this show on the Archive, the Balcony sp C4 recording and the Neumann SKM150 OTS source.  I offer this recording as a compromise alternative.  I found the balcony recording to be full of rich mid-range detail but low on any real low bass.  The Neumann's had plenty of bottom end, but sounded a little muddy and (as noted) very chatty.  This hypercard old-style recording was a nice compromise in that it captured good detail across the whole audio spectrum from the quiet balcony.  Some relatively gentle eqalization revealed a startling amount of detail throughout, so that it is rich and punchy whilst also being crisp and clean.  Let me know what you think!  

This is an experiment: I have found the dense sonic mix of a P&F concert can overwhelm many microphones, unless they screen out the offending waveforms.  I was curious if hypercards could take a more accurate sample, which would then provide good information for the equaliser to work with.  It's certainly an interesting compromise.  In future, I think there's also a role for hypercards in a multi-mic or multi-channel mix...  By the way, I chose my eq settings to replicate what I would have liked to do to the sound on the night. ie. notch it down about 3 db between 50 and 150 Hz... and then I brightened up the top end of the bass to replicate Phil's tone more closely.

One more note:  the Jam out of Mississippi Half-Step became it's own track when I listened closely and found it had nothing to do with the song either side, instead it moves through several developing stages... a very interesting piece of music.

Taper: Jim Mimna

plf2007-10-05.mimna_akg_flac24

Source:

AKG 483's (MiAGi II Silver Cables)> Busman Hybrid R4 (W Mod) @24/48

Lineage:

Busman Hybrid R4 (USB)> CD Wav Editor> Wavelab 5.01b > FLAC Frontend 1.1.4b(Verify/Level 8)

Taper Notes:

View NotesThis is a 24bit 48,000mhz file set.
A 16bit 44,100mhz file set is available.

Taper: Shawn Smith

plf2007-10-05.mk41.flac24

Source:

Schoeps mk41|cmc4 > edirol R4 (oade basic mod)

Lineage:

R-4 > USB > wav > Audacity (normalize/fades) > cd wave (track) > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View Notes*1st time played

Phil Lesh  - bass
John Molo - drums
Larry Campbell - stringed instruments, vocals
Jackie Greene - guitar, keys, vocals
Steve Molitz - keys, vocals

Taper: Z-Man and Shawn Smith

2:58:47

Taper:

Z-Man and Shawn Smith

Transferrer:

Shawn Smith

SHNID:

plf2007-10-05.ccm4v.flac24

Source:

Schoeps ccm4v > grace lunatec V2 > sound devices 722 (analog out) > edirol R4 (oade basic mod)

Lineage:

R-4 > USB > wav > Audacity (normalize/fades) > cd wave (track) > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View Notes*1st time played

Phil Lesh  - bass
John Molo - drums
Larry Campbell - stringed instruments, vocals
Jackie Greene - guitar, keys, vocals
Steve Molitz - keys, vocals

Source 8 of 9

2:58:48

SHNID:

paf2007-10-05.neumann184.87618.flac16

Source:

ots, roc, 7.5ft, neumann km184 (nos, 30cm, 90 degrees)>fostex fr2le (busman vintage mod) @ 24/48

Lineage:

fostex fr2le>usb>hd>wavelab>uv22 dither (for conversion to 16/44.1)>cdwav>tlh

Taper Notes:

View Notessome level adjustments during deal
* first time played
not really a good place to split up the second set, but the whole performance is seamless for burning to different media.  if annoyed with the split, why not grab the 24 bit fileset??  :)

Taper: Shawn Smith

plf2007-10-05.mk41.flac16

Source:

Schoeps mk41|cmc4 > edirol R4 (oade basic mod)

Lineage:

R-4 > USB > wav > Audacity (normalize/fades) > cd wave (track) > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View Notes*1st time played

Phil Lesh  - bass
John Molo - drums
Larry Campbell - stringed instruments, vocals
Jackie Greene - guitar, keys, vocals
Steve Molitz - keys, vocals