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Glass Beams
Park West
Chicago, IL, USA
2024-05-31

Taper:
EnglishSkylarking
https://etreedb.org/EnglishSkylarking
https://archive.org/details/@englishskylarking
https://www.youtube.com/@EnglishSkylarkingLive

Location:
Centre floor ~ 20' from stage

Gear:
> Audio-Technica AT943 / Sound Professionals SP-CMC-8 w/ 4.7k mod
> Roland R-07 (+64 input gain, PiP on, AGC/limiter/roll-off disabled, 24-bit/88.2kHz WAV)
> 32GB SanDisk Extreme Endurance mSDHC

Processing:
> iZotope RX10 (Declip, phase adjust, saved-as 24-bit/88.2kHz WAV)
> MAGIX Sound Forge Pro 16.1.4 (Moderate EQ, enveloped worst claps, fades, resampled/dithered/saved-as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
> CD Wave 1.98 (Tracking)
> TLH 2.8.4.185 (FLAC Lvl. 8, FFP)

On this night, Glass Beams was:
Rajan Silva - bass
? - drums, percussion
? - guitar, synth

Play Time - 00:57:15
-intro-
Mirage
Black Sand
Kong
Horizon >
Mahal
Snake Oil
Orb
Rattlesnake
Taurus
-encore break-
Silver Tongue
Raga Bhairav @
-outro-

@ Charanjit Singh

Notes:
This show was moved from Sleeping Village to the Park West; 3x the capacity and still sold-out.
Groovy band with groovy tunes. They played both of their EPs, plus a cover of one of Charanjit
Singh's ragas (to a disco beat!), which I thought fit the rest of their set well.

My level setting turned out to be a little hot, but only just. Bass on the floor of the Park
West was absolutely t h u m p i n g, and the clipping was limited to just some of the peaks
from the kick drum, and I doubt you'll hear anything out of sorts on this circulation copy. EQ
involved dumping huge loads of bass below 80Hz (yet there's so much the end result is *still*
punchy), moderately boosting mids, and lightly lifting highs. The worst of the loud claps between
tunes have been enveloped.

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