I'm sure Jeff will need less than five minutes to reply to this, IIRC it was Jeff who posted this to rmgd a few years ago. There was also a cassette master made, and it sounds like your copy originates from this cassette. This is completely independent from the betty master.
-h. > > > > >Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:53:52 -0500 > >From: jeff tiedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Altered levels on digital files > > > >At 3:52 PM -0500 12/15/02, Dave Sorochty wrote: > > >There is also the version of 5/8/77 with really nice aud patches > > >spliced in those two spots. I think a few people have been fooled > > >into thinking that it was all an uncut sbd. > > > > > >There is also the complete aud version of Cornell from the same > > >source that was used to do the patches in the SBD copy. > > > > > >I think that the sbd copies with "altered levels" are all the same > > >source. Some might trace back to the WBOTBB version that Jeff put > > >out a few years back - that had a differnent PCM decode applied to > > >it right? That version sounds different - very thumpy bass on it. > > > > > >I have had it on DAT prior to those tape trees and my original dat > > >has higher levels for the treble side of things (no PCM decode?). > > > > > >Of course cassettes from years ago are out there too and its likely > > >that many copies have been equalized in a bunch of ways. > > > > > >Dave S. > > > >The "WBOTB" flavor of 5/8/77 is alleged to have had an improper DBX > >decode, which is supposedly why it has boomy bass and thin top end. > >The DAT-to-cassette transfers that I did for the massive tree of many > >years ago were equalized to make up for this. The DAT-to-DAT > >transfers, however, were straight digital clones and so all sonic > >inadequacies were passed on down the line. > > > >Rob Eaton later did a re-transfer of the Betty reel to DAT, using a > >different DBX decode with some EQing in the digital domain thrown in > >for good measure. Is it this transfer that is the source for the > >patched-with-aud flavor of this show. > > > >I have never heard the fake 'alternate soundboard' that purports to > >be of this show, but it has been explained to me that someone lifted > >a complete Lazy Lightning > Supplication from another '77 show and > >dropped it into the middle of 5/8/77. > I have a cassette version of this show that I got in the late 70s from a > very well-connected friend (if I haven't gotten rid of it along with most > of my cassettes). It is a definite SBD source, and has Lazy Lightnin' > > Supplication complete with no splice, and I don't remember any problem > with > Minglewood either. The sound was just fine (no "altered levels"), and > from > the date I rec'd it, I'd say there were no DAT or PCM conversions done on > it. So, another SBD source (unspliced) other than the one with the splice > > <does> exist. > > For what it's worth, > Richard > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr f�r 1 ct/ Min. surfen!
