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Title Ames High
Date 2004-11-04
City, State Ames, IO
Country United States
Venue Hilton Coliseum
Art Yes
Taped By Alex/Ron
Catalog Digital Reproductions DR DTS-CD 10404
   
Audio Grade 9/10
Video Grade 9/10
# of Cameras 1
Format DVD
Discs 2 DVD
   
Lineage Source 1: Audience (digital)
Source 2: Audience (digital)
Source 3: Audience (digital-8)
Source AUD
Acquired From B+P with The Digital Dan
   
Setlist Disc 1 - 68:06
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Intro 1:38
Jump 4:39
Runaround 5:26
Humans Being 5:43
Up For Breakfast 5:06
Bass Solo 2:52
Somebody Get Me A Doctor 3:44
Poundcake 6:18
It's About Time 4:42
Drum Solo 5:44
Top Of The World 4:11
Unchained 3:25
Why Can't This Be Love? 3:51
Palm Tree Blues 2:58
Where Eagles Fly 3:00
Sammy's Guitar Solo 2:20
I Can't Drive 55 2:20


Disc 2 - 65:37
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The Seventh Seal 5:53
Best Of Both Worlds 5:07
Guitar Solo 19:34
Dreams 4:55
Ain't Talkin''Bout Love 4:39
Right Now 10:22
You Really Got Me 2:44
Panama 5:09
When It's Love 7:12
   
Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------
Production Notes:
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Captured live at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa on November 4, 2004. This is sourced from three different audio sources. Two of the sources are digital clones and one is an audience video soundtrack. The video soundtrack comprises the Rear channel in this 5.1 mix and each of the digital clone sources were mixed for the Center and the Left/Right channels respectively. The audio quality is pretty good, but all the sources were only lacking detail in the midrange. One can also hear a good deal of venue in the sources which explains the lack of midrange detail. The bass is very tight and detailed with surprising impact slam. Still, the 5.1 mix actually sounds better than any of the sources sound by themselves. This DTS 5.1 mix is the down sampled (16/44.1) version of the DVD-Audio mix (16/48).

The show is nearly complete except for an edit during Sammy's solo segment. The video soundtrack had a tape flip in that segment, so rear channel part of the mix will disappear for 1:31 during "Sammy's Guitar Solo". All channels where volume balanced using an SPL meter. So if your system is set up correctly, it should sound well balanced.

The video was encoded as MPeg2 at a constant bit rate of 8000kbps, the highest rate allowed. All MPeg2 compression parameters were set at the highest quality settings possible. The audio was digitally remastered as 16bit / 48khz wave format audio. The audio was then encoded at 448kbps for the 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack and at 448kbps for the 5.1 Dolby Digital surround soundtrack, the highest rates allowed. Every effort was made for this production to ensure the highest quality output possible.

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Trading Notes:
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This show is also available as a 2 dvd video set complete with 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround soundtracks, a DVD-Audio with a full bandwidth 2.0 stereo soundtrack and a full bandwidth, uncompressed 5.1 surround soundtrack, and lastly as a stereo CD set. So no matter what play back equipment you have, the bases are covered. The MD5 checksums are included to verify the integrity of the files being traded with the original pre-distribution masters.

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Credits:
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Thanks to Alex for supplying the video soundtrack and digital audio sources. Thanks to Ron for supplying the other digital audio source. Thanks to Barb and Mark for supplying the photography used in the artworks.

As with all Digital Reproductions releases, this production is for free trade or blank media trade only. Do not buy, sell or distribute for profit. Help keep alive the spirit of free trade. Please do not convert to mp3 or wma format for trading. It defeats the purpose of using high quality sources. MD5 checksums provided for authentication and identification.