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The Tragically Hip
Orpheum Theatre
Vancouver, BC
June 22, 2009

** 24 BIT **

Source: Church-Audio STC-11 stereo cardioid mics (in collar) > Church-Audio STC-9000 pre-amp > Edirol R-09 > Transcend SD Memory Card @ 24 bit/48 kHz
Transfer: Transcend Memory Card > USB > Hard Drive > Sound Forge 9.0a (normalize) > CDWav (tracking and encoding to FLAC level 5)
Location: RC, 3rd row of the balcony
Taped and transferred by: Dennis Orr (project #107)

Setlist:
- Set One -
01 Crowd
02 The Depression Suite
03 In View
04 Gift Shop
05 Coffee Girl
06 Fireworks
07 Morning Moon
08 New Orleans Is Sinking
09 It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
10 The Exact Feeling
11 At The Hundredth Meridian
12 Love Is A First
- Set Two -
01 Crowd
02 Courage (1)
03 Thompson Girl (1)
04 Wheat Kings (1)
05 Nautical Disaster
06 The Last Recluse >
07 Springtime In Vienna
08 Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park >
09 Thugs
10 The Lonely End Of The Rink
11 Chat
12 Now The Struggle Has A Name
13 Twist My Arm
14 Chat
15 Little Bones
16 Encore Break
- Encore -
17 Frozen In My Tracks
18 Blow At High Dough

(1) seated & acoustic

Band:
Gord Downie - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Paul Langlois - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Robby Baker - Guitars, Slide Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar
Gord Sinclair - Bass, Backing Vocals
Johnny Fay - Drums
Jim Bryson - Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Any ideas on converting from 24 bit to 16 bit, or will the 24 still burn to cdr and play in most players?

Thanks for the upload and the link

I'll post a 16bit version as soon as I complete the download.

It won't play for most people - it needs to be converted. The how-to is dependent on what audio software you have.

chris wrote:I'll post a 16bit version as soon as I complete the download.

It won't play for most people - it needs to be converted. The how-to is dependent on what audio software you have.

Thanks,

What do you mean by audio software? The software to convert (like flac) or the software to play the music - Winamp, etc..?

chives wrote: What do you mean by audio software? The software to convert (like flac) or the software to play the music - Winamp, etc..?

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/sho ... hp?t=12041

chives wrote:Thanks,

What do you mean by audio software? The software to convert (like flac) or the software to play the music - Winamp, etc..?

I'm a Mac guy so I can only speak to the Mac programs I'm familiar with....

For example, Quicktime Pro can play and convert 24 bit to 16 bit.

Geek mode on.

I have started to use a program called SoX (Sound Exchange). Its free and can convert 24-bit flac files to 16-bit flac files on the fly (or to 16-bit MP3 files or another else). You can download it here:

http://sox.sourceforge.net/

The syntax to convert from the 24-bit flac file to the 16-bit flac file is:

sox input_file -b 16 output_file rate 44100 dither -s

For example

sox e:\converted\tth2009-06-22set1t01.flac -b 16 e:\converted\tth2009-06-22set1t01-converted.flac rate 44100 dither -s

I wrote a little batch file that converted the whole show at once. I can post that if anyone is interested.

And yes SoX is also available for the MAC Genuises.


Geek mode off.

Why do a bunch of "good" tapers record at 24-bits? Is it just because they can - or is there that noticeable of a difference listening to it through a good pair of speakers/soundcard hooked up to your computer. Because a computer is kinda the only way to listen to those files.

And for anyone interested - here is a write-up I ran across awhile ago discussing 24-bit.
http://www.tweakheadz.com/16_vs_24_bit_audio.htm

Tthip wrote:Why do a bunch of "good" tapers record at 24-bits? Is it just because they can - or is there that noticeable of a difference listening to it through a good pair of speakers/soundcard hooked up to your computer. Because a computer is kinda the only way to listen to those files.

For DVD Audio and yes there is a difference.

Listen to the Neil Young live disc Sugar Mountain from the 16 bit cd version then listen to the 24 bit DVD Audio Disc and hear for yourself the difference in quality.

So can I take my 24 bit versions - put them on dvd and play through my dvd player then?

24-bits recording also gives a lot more "head room" meaning the "good taper" can record the levels a little lower than
a 16-bit taper and boost the volume in post-production. If a 16-bit taper records low levels and then tries to boost the
volume of the recording in post, hiss can be introduced. A lot of the time I'm multitasking, so some shows I just push record and "set it and forget it".

Also you can definitely notice a difference in 24-bit vs 16-bit recordings with a high-end stereo system and a good pair of ears, neither of which I have.

Tthip wrote:Why do a bunch of "good" tapers record at 24-bits? Is it just because they can - or is there that noticeable of a difference listening to it through a good pair of speakers/soundcard hooked up to your computer. Because a computer is kinda the only way to listen to those files.

And for anyone interested - here is a write-up I ran across awhile ago discussing 24-bit.
http://www.tweakheadz.com/16_vs_24_bit_audio.htm

markslog wrote:Geek mode off.

Are you sure that you have this option?

Used the SRCdrop software to convert the entire show, track by track, to 16 bit.
Works great.

Thanks guys.

chives wrote:Used the SRCdrop software to convert the entire show, track by track, to 16 bit.
Works great.
Thanks guys.

SRCdrop