Tori Amos 1992-08-24 Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA

Tori Amos
August 24, 1992
Henry Fonda Theatre
Los Angeles, CA

Sonic Studios DSM-6 (AA battery powered) > Sony TCD-D3 DAT master @ 48kHz
13th row

DAT master on Fostex D-5 > AES/EBU > Marantz PMD580 Solid State Recorder > SD Card (via CF Card Adapter)
SD card > Adobe Audition 3.0 (compression/limiting for  crowd, fades, normalization, conversion to 44.1kHz,
transition fades for paused tpae at encores) > CD WAVE 1.98 (tracking) > Trader's Little Helper 2.7.0 > FLAC

Large dynamic swing in music and crowd much louder than music. Master had ~20 dB level difference between
audience and normal music level, steps to bring music up while limiting crowd impact:
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compression in just audience clapping sections:
compress        2.58 : 1    above    -15.5 dB
flat        1 : 1    below    -15.5 dB
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normalize
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compression in just audience clapping sections:
compress        2.58 : 1    above    -15.5 dB
flat        1 : 1    below    -15.5 dB
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normalize
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9 dB boost with hard limiting to 0.1 dB
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Recording, transfer, and mastering by Jeff Lester
August, 2020

01. Mary
02. Crucify
03. talk
04. Silent All These Years
05. Precious Things
06. Happy Phantom
07. Here. In My Head
08. Leather
09. Tear in Your Hand
10. talk
11. Whola Lotta Love > Thank You
12. Me and A Gun
13. Winter
14. E1: Smells Like Teen Spirit
15. Mother
16. E2: China
17. Eric's Song

 

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