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     in the mid ’70s i recorded band and orchestra concerts, using analog stereo cassette or reel-to-reel decks for simple binaural recordings.
     almost two decades later, i started recording my bands, delicious blue and rebecca’s mask. while i ran house sound, attempting on-the-fly to mix a second set of microphones to stereo 16-bit compressed minidisc, with subsequent analog mastering to cassette.
     when both bands lost their drummers simultaneously, i began recording other bay area musicians while un-encumbered by house sound, using eight-channel 24-bit equipment, with neither lossy compression nor analog mastering for the CDs.
     often i can tell the difference.








obligatory equipment list



      
recordings—technical assessment









1 mic =
better than nothing 		 mic 3 mics =
satisfying 		 mic  mic  mic
2 mics =
listenable 		 mic  mic 4 mics =
pleasing 		mic  mic  mic  mic









mastered performances with MP3s available
send email   for problem reports or other enquiries last reported server downtime 2001.01.17
      
      
  blame sally (bs site)
(AKA story road)		   bazaar cafe,
san francisco, california 		  2001.01.12
           mic  mic  half mic
      
  mothers day show
monica pasquale (mp site), blue water triplets, me jane, jill knight (jk site) 		  musicians’ loft,
san francisco, california 		  2000.05.12
           mic
      
  jill knight (jk site)   bazaar cafe,
san francisco, california 		  2000.04.21
           mic  mic
      
  pam and jeri show   bazaar cafe,
san francisco, california 		  2000.02.19
        mic  mic  mic  mic









recorded performances in production
you have a chance to hear these someday. quality estimated from pre-mastered, raw audio.
      
      
  blame sally & erin corday (bs site)
no mp3s for ec, by request of ec 		  freight and salvage,
berkeley, california		   2001.07.22
           mic  mic
      
  blame sally (bs site)   bazaar cafe,
san francisco, california 		  2001.03.18
         mic  mic  mic  half mic
      
  rebecca’s mask (rm site)
final performance 		  barnes & noble,
san jose, california		   2000.07.08
         mic  mic  mic  mic
      
  totem
permissions contradiction TBD 		  dana street coffee,
mountain view, california 		  2000.06.10
           mic  mic




     









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