Appreciate that you tried your best to clean it up. I agree that it sounds better than previous versions. This is an important historical document if only for being the only live version of Riders On The Storm that we have as fans.
Worked wonders with what you had George.👍 Great we have the tech these days - impossible before. On tapes I always swore by TDK c90s for quality; 120 was risky!
In fact you've done it amazing! All that wobbling is gone, it was so annoying! Now it sounds like a perfect audience recording. Thank you, sir, you've done all that work of bringing the only recorded performance of the song to us in good, playable quality just great!
It wouldn't be possible without digital tools. I just put the right ones to use, I thought the song deserved that. It took me a long time, but I was learning as I went. I've always loved the song. I'm glad you like it too.
@@aufornvic I'm imagining this as a pretty meticulous task. And I also like the song very much, it's real beauty. As far as I know this is the last song The Doors had recorded before Jim leaved LA.
@@454cassul9 That is true. I've been working on it ,on and off, for about 3 years now. By playing it in the background while listening to the newly released demo version I was able to match the speed and pitch more accurately. The actual cassette had over 400 faults on this song alone, so yes, it presented some great challenges.
@@aufornvic wow, 3 years, over 400 glitches... Now I admire your patience & work even more! I'm wandering are these glitches a physical damage of the tape done by time & use, or are they a result of, say, faulty recorder (exhausted batteries or something)?
@@454cassul9 I think it's a combination of every possible problem you could ever have on a tape. Here is a list. 1. It was a budget brand of cassette. 2. It was a C120, the thinnest tape available which is why it has creases and damage repeated about every one second or so. When these creases pass over the tape head you get a scratchy sound. It's a tape, but it sounds like a scratched record. It could have been a fairly old tape or well used when Jim chose it on the night. I cannot assume it was a new tape. 3. It's an audience recording, so you get audience comments etc . 4. It's a mono recording , single Panasonic domestic microphone. 5. The cassette had an uneven winding with a tight spot, so it ran fast, slow, fast etc. 6. At one point the tape edges were curled right over, rolled up. This is non recoverable in that section, so you have the tape right there but it has no signal, so you get a gap or a hole in that part of the song. It could be a word or two entirely missing. All signal is absent as it passes the heads. 7. The batteries were getting progressively flatter, so the run speed was gradually decreasing as it was recording. And that's non linear. So , on playback the speed is continually increasing. So while it's the rarest live recording with the only available version , the debut stage performance of the song, it has every possible recording problem. So it's more of a challenge, more fun to fix. And I am very grateful that we even have this, and many thanks to Jim for driving to the gig in 1970 and recording some of it, and later sharing it.
Yes they did, in the same night's earlier show. In the first set they played 1. Love her Madly. 2. Back door man.3.Ship of fools. 4. The Changeling. 5. L.A.woman. 6. When the Music's over.
Appreciate that you tried your best to clean it up. I agree that it sounds better than previous versions. This is an important historical document if only for being the only live version of Riders On The Storm that we have as fans.
I have a new cleaner version now, I just haven't uploaded it yet. I filtered it through a new AI plugin...
Worked wonders with what you had George.👍
Great we have the tech these days - impossible before. On tapes I always swore by TDK c90s for quality; 120 was risky!
Amazing work, George !
Thankyou Rainer. I value your comment.
Awsome job sounds wonderful
Thanks Kar, it's the only live one that anyone can access. They only played it live twice.
In fact you've done it amazing! All that wobbling is gone, it was so annoying! Now it sounds like a perfect audience recording.
Thank you, sir, you've done all that work of bringing the only recorded performance of the song to us in good, playable quality just great!
It wouldn't be possible without digital tools. I just put the right ones to use, I thought the song deserved that. It took me a long time, but I was learning as I went. I've always loved the song. I'm glad you like it too.
@@aufornvic I'm imagining this as a pretty meticulous task. And I also like the song very much, it's real beauty. As far as I know this is the last song The Doors had recorded before Jim leaved LA.
@@454cassul9 That is true. I've been working on it ,on and off, for about 3 years now. By playing it in the background while listening to the newly released demo version I was able to match the speed and pitch more accurately. The actual cassette had over 400 faults on this song alone, so yes, it presented some great challenges.
@@aufornvic wow, 3 years, over 400 glitches... Now I admire your patience & work even more!
I'm wandering are these glitches a physical damage of the tape done by time & use, or are they a result of, say, faulty recorder (exhausted batteries or something)?
@@454cassul9 I think it's a combination of every possible problem you could ever have on a tape. Here is a list. 1. It was a budget brand of cassette. 2. It was a C120, the thinnest tape available which is why it has creases and damage repeated about every one second or so. When these creases pass over the tape head you get a scratchy sound. It's a tape, but it sounds like a scratched record. It could have been a fairly old tape or well used when Jim chose it on the night. I cannot assume it was a new tape. 3. It's an audience recording, so you get audience comments etc . 4. It's a mono recording , single Panasonic domestic microphone. 5. The cassette had an uneven winding with a tight spot, so it ran fast, slow, fast etc. 6. At one point the tape edges were curled right over, rolled up. This is non recoverable in that section, so you have the tape right there but it has no signal, so you get a gap or a hole in that part of the song. It could be a word or two entirely missing. All signal is absent as it passes the heads. 7. The batteries were getting progressively flatter, so the run speed was gradually decreasing as it was recording. And that's non linear. So , on playback the speed is continually increasing. So while it's the rarest live recording with the only available version , the debut stage performance of the song, it has every possible recording problem. So it's more of a challenge, more fun to fix. And I am very grateful that we even have this, and many thanks to Jim for driving to the gig in 1970 and recording some of it, and later sharing it.
this is an amazing achievement sir!!!!
I'm happy you like it. Thankyou for leaving a comment.
May I please have a flac copy?
I don't have it in flac. If you play it and record it in audacity you could save it that way.
@@aufornvic do you have the original transfer?
@@sammyboi886 the original transfer is on youtube, and sounds horrible.
@@aufornvic oh ok
Didn't they play The Changeling?
Yes they did, in the same night's earlier show. In the first set they played 1. Love her Madly. 2. Back door man.3.Ship of fools. 4. The Changeling. 5. L.A.woman. 6. When the Music's over.
@@aufornvic Can you fix those, as well? Or are they un-fixable?
Much appreciated.