China Doll > | 1985-02-18 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
-- All circulating soundboards originate from this source
-- Thanks to Dougal Donaldson for the tapes
-- Thanks to Brian Miksis for his input on this project
-- Thanks to Mark McCue and Alex Ford for the patch source
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for the pitch correction settings

Transferrer: Created by Brian Miksis February 15, 2025

2:24:03

SBD

Transferrer:

Created by Brian Miksis February 15, 2025

SHNID:

gd1985-02-18.170269.mtx.miksis.flac1648

Source:

SBD/AUD Matrix: Final Cut Pro (16b/48k) > Izotope RX Advanced > Peak Pro > xAct > FLAC/16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- This source is 100% complete
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the soundboard source and to Keith Bode, David Hollister, John Spaventa and Willy for getting it out there
- Ground hum and harmonics have been removed, patched, de-clicked, dropouts repaired, pitch corrected and remastered
- Stereo channels swapped on all songs except Me And My Uncle, Mexicali Blues, China Cat Sunflower and I Know You Rider
- Thanks to Mark McCue for the audience source and to Alex Ford for the transfer
- Thanks to Greg Holtz for another audience source (shnid=105539) which supplies the end of Going Down The Road Feeling Bad, most of Drums and the first few notes of Day Job

Transferrer: Matrix by Brian Miksis

2:22:54

SBD

Transferrer:

Matrix by Brian Miksis

SHNID:

gd1985-02-18.170268.sbd.miksis.flac1648

Source:

Soundboard Source (shnid=7588): Cassette Master -> DAT - > SoundForge -> CD First circulated February 15, 2002

Lineage:

Final Cut Pro (16b/48k) > Izotope RX Advanced > Peak Pro > xAct > FLAC/16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- This source is 100% complete
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the source tape and to Keith Bode, David Hollister, John Spaventa and Willy for getting it out there
- Ground hum and harmonics have been removed, patched, de-clicked, dropouts repaired, pitch corrected and remastered
- Stereo channels swapped on all songs except Me And My Uncle, Mexicali Blues, China Cat Sunflower and I Know You Rider
- Thanks to Mark McCue for the audience source (shnid=82843) and to Alex Ford for the transfer which supplies a tape flip patch for Drums

Source 4 of 7

gd85-02-18.sbd.willy.7588.sbeok.shnf

Source:

SBD>CM>DAT>SoundForge>CD

Taper Notes:

View NotesSBD>CM>DAT>SoundForge>CD; Source DAT from Charlie Miller; see info file for more detailed lineage; via John Spaventa; Seeded to etree by Willy

Taper: Da Weez

gd1985-02-18.112038.beyer-senn.daweez.d5scott.flac16

Source:

Source: 3 Sennheiser 421 microphones (up front-center) > Nak MX100 w/2001 > Sony TC-D5M - analog master cassettes;

Lineage:

Sony TC-D5M (original record deck) > Pre Sonus Inspire GT > Sound Forge > .wav files > Trader's Little Helper > flac files

Taper Notes:

View Notes---------------------------------
R.I.P. Sandy - aka "Bigfoot"  
---------------------------------

Taper: Greg Holtz

Brion Green and SIRMick

SHNID:

gd1985-02-18.nak100.holtz.lmpp.105539.flac16

Source:

Nakamichi CM-100's CP-4 caps > Sony WM-D5 > mac

Lineage:

mac > Tascam 122B > Tascam HD-P2 > 24/48 wav > Adobe Audition 1.5 > Wavelab 6 (with iZotope Ozone 4) > iZotope RX Advanced > 16/44.1 wav > CD Wave > flac 16

Taper: Mark McCue

gd1985-02-18.aud.mccue.82843.sbeok.flac16

Source:

MAC; Sennheiser 421s > Sony TC-MD5 > Maxell MX90s

Lineage:

MAC > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 2 (azimuth adjusted) > Kind Kables RCA/XLR > Lunatec V3(@2496) > coax > Audiophile 2496 > WaveLab 5.0 > 24 bit WAV > Wave L3 UltraMaximizer (dither to 16 bit 44.1kHz) > CD Wave Editor > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC16.

Taper Notes:

View NotesComment:

- the last "Baby What You Want Me To Do" played on 12-31-82

Notes:

- Master Cassettes provided by Mark McCue.
- Transfer, dither and conversion by Alex Ford 02/23/2007.
- Sector Boundary errors fixed with Trader's Little Helper.
- Files encoded @ level 8.