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"Boyacrobat Matrix"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: boyacrobat (Audio Taper), Darren Glen (Remasterer)
Equipment: TDK SA-90 (Audio recording device)
Lineage: 2 Sources both gone from WAV to DSD > audiogate > dithered 24/96 > matrixed in 24/96 > remastered in 24/96 > mr1 dsd > archive in dsd > audiogate dsd to 24/96 & 16/44 > 16/44 to cd wave editor > track split > flac level 5
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boyacrobat melbourne lovetown matrix

tour - lovetown
venue - national tennis centre / known as rod laver arena nowdays
location - Melbourne, Australia
date - October 8, 1989
Complete Show - Yes

SOURCE: 1 - Bad At Its Best - darren glen remaster - UDG CD-R > EAC (secure) > WAV > mkwACT 0.97b1 > SHN >
back to wav by boyacrobat > dsd > audiogate 24/96 > cubase 4 for editing in 24/96

SOURCE: 2 - taper-boyacrobat - toshiba portable cassette recorder,with an external stereo clip on (t bar looking mic)
Show recorded on TDK SA-90 cassettes, new transfer from master cassette to dsd , archived in dsd >
dithered in audiogate from dsd to 24/96 > Cubase 4 wave editor > 24/96 editing

MATRIX; 3 - the two sources both gone from wav to dsd > audiogate > dithered 24/96 > matrixed in 24/96 > remastered in 24/96 >
mr1 dsd > archive in dsd > audiogate dsd to 24/96 & 16/44 > 16/44 to cd wave editor > track split > flac level 5
setlist ;

01 Hawkmoon 269
02 Desire
03 All Along The Watchtower
04 Bullet The Blue Sky
05 Running To Stand Still
06 All I Want Is You
07 Where The Streets Have No Name
08 I Will Follow --------------------------------- 00.56 sec to 1.49 sec - missing on my rec possibly due to tape flip
09 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
10 MLK
11 One Tree Hill
12 God Part II
13 Bad
14 October
15 New Year's Day 2.37 sec to 3.33 sec - missing on my rec possibly due to tape flip

16 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
17 Angel Of Harlem
18 When Love Comes To Town ----------------------- source 1 only
19 Love Rescue Me -------------------------------- source 1 only
20 With Or Without You ------------------------- source 1 only
21 "40" ----------------------------------------- source 1 only

comments

this was a project i wanted to do from long ago, lovetown melb/syd matrixes , wondering what it would be like, it had to many hurdles for me to jump
ike fluctuating bpm between the 2 sources , pitch climbing,diving quiet a bit . it was a nightmare to work with.
i could not do it, i left it for the future, pending my wav acrobatics getting good enough for me to be able to jump all hurdles involved.
time sorted me out to be able to develop the skills to put this together, quiet a little effort to merge this was.
the tuning on source 1 was to erratic to deal with on its own, chromatic tuning of source 1 only to bring it to the tuning of source 2,
source 2 is still slightly off concert pitch, but not at all as bad as source 1.

both rec run at 50/50 ratio , i eq the two sources while both playing to bring out the best of both .
merging the two was quiet fun because of the different soundscapes both offer together.
i know this show quiet well and the two together created a tone quiet pleasing to me, it also gave the rec some
reall ambience that the two on there own lacked.
this may not be for everyone but its a gold brick for me, i love it..

enjoy the matrix.

boyacrobat 20-05-2008

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"Bad At Its Best"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Darren Glen (Remasterer)
Equipment: Exact Audio Copy EAC (Sound Editor), mkwACT (Sound Editor)
Lineage: UDG CD-R > EAC (secure) > WAV > mkwACT 0.97b1 > SHN > MP3@192
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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Equipment: Exact Audio Copy EAC (Sound Editor)
Lineage: unknown gen -> EAC (secure) -> WAV -> mkwACT 0.97b1 -> SHN -> WAV -> MP3@192
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"Melbourne Memoirs Vol 2"

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: boyacrobat (Audio Taper)

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"Lovetown Melbourne - Night Two"

Origins: Audience microphone
Lineage: first generation analog recording > CD-R

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review by Bullet_Blue

6 years ago

Performance

Nice show, amongst the ones in Melbourne that I've listened so far I think this is the best (maybe just 10/14 is at the same level).
Hawkmoon 269, pretty good audio quality, what in my opinion is the best version ever of When Love Comes To Town, two great snippets of All I Want Is You...
Just a few reasons to download this bootleg and give it a listen.

Sound

Just the crowd is too loud at the start of Hawkmoon 269 that you can barely hear The Edge's intro.

Recording: "Bad At Its Best" - 3 stars

Audience

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Overall

Highlights: All Along The Watchtower, Bullet The Blue Sky, Where The Streets Have No Name, God Part II, Bad, When Love Comes To Town (probably the best version).

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1989-10-08 - Melbourne, Australia - National Tennis Centre

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