Source: | Audience |
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Media Type: | CDR |
Media Count: | 2 |
Notes: | DVD 2084; lineage: audience recording (unknown stereo recording Walkman) > 1st-gen cassette copy > HD > CDWav (tracking) > SoundForge (DC offset applied, slight adjustments to balance channel levels) > Traders Little Helper (.flac conversion; sector boundary alignment) |
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J-Card Comment: | I was surprised to hear recently that this tape apparently hasn't seen the light of day until now; I would have sworn I had probably traded it a few times back in the day, but perhaps I'm wrong about that. This is a direct 1st-gen copy of the original tape, as I shared a collection with my girlfriend at the time, and as she was a bigger U2 fan than I was at that point, I believe I made a copy for myself, and let her keep the original cassettes. I don't believe I applied any EQ to the copy I made, as the mix was pretty clear already, and the bass was already overdriven, but there is a bit of hiss on this copy, which may have been a result of the brand of tape the original cassettes were recorded on. There doesn't seem to be any problem with the music itself, just a higher level of hiss than I would have expected. It's fortunate that the bass is the only distorted signal on this recording; I didn't notice it in the venue, but sometimes these decks will pick up distortion in signals that we don't hear in the room. I don't recall what deck I was using at the time, but I think it would have been an old Sony model with built-in mics, and most likely with a built-in limiter as well. Not really high-end enough to be recording directly in front of the stacks, but I didn't know that at the time. Listening back to it affter all these years, I think it actually turned out fairly decent. I got lucky. |
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Trades Allowed: | Yes | Traded From: | |
Reference #: | 2084 |
Generation: | 0 |
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