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Dr. Forrester said...

PRRPGS006- GENESIS SERIES
THE FIRST NIGHT - MONTREAL 1974
April 20, 1974 (University Sports Centre - Montreal, Canada)

1-1. Watcher Of The Skies 9:00
1-2. Story Of Britannia 1:27
1-3. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 9:03
1-4. Story Of Romeo and Juliet 1:38
1-5. The Cinema Show 11:22
1-6. I Know What I Like 6:35
1-7. Story Of Five Rivers 1:26
1-8. Firth Of Fifth 10:17
1-9. The Story Of Henry and Cynthia 1:47
1-10. The Musical Box 11:25
2-1. More Fool Me 4:08
2-2. The Battle Of Epping Forest 13:04
2-3. The Story Old Michael 3:11
2-4. Supper's Ready 24:22


Notes from the Re-Master 
            The only complete copy of this show known to exist is a 1st generation cassette. For this project, we began with a CD version of this tape. There
were two tape flip gaps present but otherwise the complete show was captured. This is generally considered a good quality recording but with the
limited audience microphones available at the time, it is not surprising that there is no consistent signal much above 8,000 Hz.
            The first major problem that needed to be addressed was the tonality of the show. The Bass was quite excessive and needed dynamic adjustment
because the excess varied throughout the show. The location of the taper also caused an echoic, upper bass excess that was also reduced. This helped
to make Peter Gabriel’s stories more intelligible. At some points the tonality changed abruptly suggesting that the taper had to hide the microphones. In
these situations, the midrange and treble were corrected as much as possible. Finally, the treble was quite hyper-dynamic but a de-esser filter was helpful
in smoothing the response.
            The other major problem was the noise. The baseline hiss was reduced using standard techniques. The settings to reduce hiss for the last segment
of the show were difference suggesting that the tape used to record this segment had different characteristics. There was also some peak-specific noise
in the left channel that occurred intermittently that required selective removal. Lots of clicks and pops occurred and were removed as were microphone
bumps and excessive claps that suppressed the volume of the show intermittently. Dynamics were adjusted both to correct these suppression problems
and also to enhance the listening experience. A speed check disclosed no need for speed correction and at that point the show was re-tracked and
completed.

December 30, 2010 at 7:41 AM

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