Constitution Hall 1995 with Soldier Field patches.
After watching an interview with Bruce Botnik, the doors engineer, on the Hollywood Bowl Bluray and how he used multi tracks from other Doors shows to repair the damaged vocal multitrack from Hollywood Bowl, I got inspired. Of course, he could isolate the vocals and use JUST the parts of the vocal track he needed, I figured I could do something the same with the Constitution Hall dropouts.
With the release of the Soldier Field show it allowed me to make a new, better version of my pet project. I’ve posted this before and some, if not most people, are not fond of it.
The feedback I received is that most people prefer the historical accuracy and the audience patches. I get it. However, I prefer a homogenous sound if it does not eat up much of the show. Given it is only around 26 seconds of a 90 minute show does not bother me.
Some criteria had to be met. It had to be a Jack show. Preferably 1995. That way it is the same era. Same unique Jack rhythms. Also, Ed’s tone in 95 is different from 98. The stereo field had to be similar. I’ve used Melbourne 98 for Release and MWFM for StBC . Now with the Soldier Field release I have the best match available. If there is interest I’ll share the whole show and if someone likes it and make it even better, go for it. It’s not perfect, but it is about as close as we can get.
Check out the my latest (version III) samples. If you like it, cool. If you like the audience patch, that’s cool too. All feedback is welcome.
https://soundcloud.com/gatherspeed/releaseiii
https://soundcloud.com/gatherspeed/stbc-12318
Edit: Patches are Release 0:24-0:37 and 1:54-2:01 and StBC 1:59-2:05. Approximate, Crossfaded with Adobe Audition.
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