Description:

• General Notes:
  
  Bill Koucky contacted me and wanted me to try and matrix this sick but
  relatively unknown show because neither source really did it justice. I
  said I'd give a whirl and sure enough the mix turned out to be a big
  improvement. The Oakland Auditorium Arena later became the Henry J. Kaiser
  Convention Center so this nice FOB sounds great when coupled with a so-so
  SBD which needed much digi snit removal (thanks Chris Ladner) which I used
  for set 1 - the second set I used was the Clugston source but there is
  nothing in the db, so it is unclear if Scott remastered the problematic
  Bruce Fried source or got it somewhere else. Bill K's 1st gen FOB from
  Steve Aldeman that he duped 23 years ago serves as an excellent AUD source.
  
  The first set is on fire with Garcia constantly trying to slow things
  down in his song selection (Birdsong as the 3rd tune?!! and TLEO is quite
  spirited) but he finally gives and cranks out a ripping Brown-Eyed so Weir
  can stretch out on a monster Let It Grow. Second set opening with Scarlet >
  Fire is big and groovy, and the Playin' that follows has Jerry referencing
  the Woody Woodpecker theme (4:57). The whole show is played well, no big
  surprises, just good ole Grateful Dead.
  
  On the FOH side of things Healy seemed to be playing with a short delay
  effect (15ms or so) for most of the first set on both Garcia's guitar
  and all the vocals. It is very noticeable in spots, especially on Garcia's
  solo in Bertha and the vocals in BIODTL. The result is a flange effect
  which some might misconstrue as bad synching, but let it be known this is
  how it sounded in both sources and is not the result of the matrix.
  
  Thanks to Steve Aldeman for recording the AUD, and to Bill Koucky and
  Chris Ladner for transfering, encoding and remastering both SBDs and the
  AUD source. Thanks to Scott Clugston for the mystery SBD II source, and
  to Dr. Bruce Fried for the SBD I source.
  Special thanks to Bill Koucky for motivating me to matrix this wonderful
  yet obscure show (even the LlaMA doesn't have anything for this date).
  
  Enjoy!
  Chappy
  
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  Editing Notes:
  
  - Pitch
  Set 1: Both sources were not very close in pitch. The SBD had to be
  pitched down between 53 and 59 cents, while the AUD had to be pitched down only
  49 cents.
  Set 2: The SBD was relatively close in pitch so I left it as is and
  pitched the AUd down about 50 cents.
  
  - Synch
  Because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
  were performed to keep the sources synched. Since the AUD was my
  master pitch and time ref, the SBD was synched to the AUD (too many
  edits to list).
  
  - Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
  No EQ was applied to either of the two sources. I applied very sparingly
  Waves L2 (limiter) to the master 2 buss to keep things contained, the
  levels rarely hitting zero, thus the limiting is quite scarce. All I was
  trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD 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 2.5:1 and 2:1.
  
  - Edits
  The following are places where the SBD and AUD had splices, holes or
  incomplete coverage in reference to the final matrix timeline.
  
  SBD:
  d1t01 (0:00 - 0:14) - missing (tuning)
  d1t01 (0:14 - 1:11) - multiple volume moves to smooth out levels
  d1t01 (1:39) - feedback - minimized on both sources