Unfortunately our recording of it was waaaay hot - ranging from the track below to just about unlistenable. Serious distortion - I used cool edit on the track below - just using the normalizing function, dropping it down to 80%. Prior to that the left and right channels were virtually blocked solid - the entire default visable frequency range. I'm not much of an audio guy but my sense is there ain't a whole lot I can do. Near the end of both mississippi and franklins, when we get a bit rowdy, is where it's most noticeable though its also so a bit noticeable on the vocals. Don't play it too loud on your speakers until you listen a bit - After the rio grandio part is where we get a bit rowdy on miss. On the good side I think I sang better here than at our first gig.
The recording is just L & R channels, ostensibly from a board feed where everything was miked - you wouldn't know from listening - and the mix leaves a lot to be desired. I've listened to this particular track on headphones about 4 or 5 times and I notice what I've noticed through listening to poor quality bootlegs; you seem to be able to pick stuff out better, thus it 'sounds' better after listening a number of times - or is it just me!
We were asleep at the wheel (cough, CLAY! cough, cough) in terms of monitoring the levels. Recording w/ one of them there zoom doohickies. In Clays defense he was singing back-up and playing the congas - which incidently are really THERE at times!
Also if this were the worst of it what are your thoughts on posting the portions that are no worse than this? The perfectionist in me says bag it but the 'archivist' in me is unapologetic and non-negotiable. So I'm in a bind. I'd obviously have to clear it through the rest of the guys as well - worst case I do it for myself I suppose - any feedback is welcome - PLEASE!!! tehe
http://www.archive.org/download/StellaB ... s2_vbr.mp3
