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DVD 3445; lineage: $35 Lafayette monaural cassette recorder with adjustable recording level & unknown monaural Sony microphone -> master normal bias mono cassettes, no noise reduction. Playback (circa 2008) ::: master normal bias mono cassettes on unknown brand azymuth adjusted cassette deck -> unknown digital equipment -> wavs @ 48 kHz on DVD-Rs. Mastering (2013-08-xx) ::: 48 kHz wavs in Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, speed fix -.33 (averaged correction for whole recording), volume adjustments, NO equalisation, dithered down to 44.1 kHz) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-08-31. *** remastered without EQ from taper's original master cassettes ***

Further mastering notes : Did my 20 hours on this, then went back for a spotcheck & ended up doing a complete second overhaul (they have been me fave band for some 40 years, afterall), and removed or reduced hundreds more claps - a HUGE improvement in the sound & the music is far more part of the listening experience but it still is what it is, an AUD tape with some AUD noise. On the one hand, no one should have to listen to a very stoned person trying to figure out how to clap to "Crown Of Creation". On the other hand, he mostly gives up after several attempts & you get to concentrate on the music... And, with the second go round of mastering, I was able to reduce almost all of the clapping anyway. There are definitely still some small glitches & occasional parts more muffled than others from wind or folks movin' around. Tapeflips at end of trax 4&9.

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