Soundboard/Matrix Recordings available on Archive.org

[brett27295]

Has anyone ever gone through and cataloged the soundboard/matrix recordings available on Archive.org? I’ve started randomly going through and downloading the flac files (these are lossless files unlike MP3) for each that I find. Some of the soundboards aren’t as “exciting” as some of the best audience recordings but the matrix (a mix of a soundboard source and audience source) can be almost official in quality. From what I can tell soundboard sources were much more common up until 2006 than after. Anyhow, these are the ones I’ve found so far & feel free to add to the list:

11-5-2003 Beachland Ballroom/Cleveland, OH (SBD)
1-23-2004 Alley Katz/Richmond, VA (Matrix)
2-18-2004 Bluebird Theatre/Denver, CO (Matrix)
7-29-2004 Visulite Theater/Charlotte, NC (Matrix)
7-30-2004 Ziggys/Winston-Salem, NC (Matrix)
10-28-2004 The Wheelroom/Iowa City, IA (Matrix)
1-1-2005 Bowery Ballroom/New York, NY (SBD)
3-31-2005 The Blue Note/Columbia, MO (Matrix)
2-24-2006 Orange Peel/Asheville, NC (Matrix)
10-17-2006 The Underground/Hamilton, Ontario (Matrix)

[gepman]

Has anyone ever gone through and cataloged the soundboard/matrix recordings available on Archive.org? I’ve started randomly going through and downloading the flac files (these are lossless files unlike MP3) for each that I find. Some of the soundboards aren’t as “exciting” as some of the best audience recordings but the matrix (a mix of a soundboard source and audience source) can be almost official in quality. From what I can tell soundboard sources were much more common up until 2006 than after.

Agreed, Brett, most SBD's usually disappoint me. Since the SBD is usually mixed for the House Sound, the mix between the instruments is isn't usually ideal. ie. vocals too high, drums / bass too low, virtually no crowd noise... Big fan of the Matrix, usually the best of both worlds. In most cases, a quality AUD recording (with a mic placed far enough away from the idle chatterers during the songs) works good enough for my ears. I think I've downloaded and listened to 500+ shows over the years at this point... If you can find it, Alex Leary did a Matrix of a Jason show from DC on 2-4-15 that has incredible sound (was up at DIME or BTREE at the time). PM me if you're interested and can't find it.

[brett27295]

Agreed. I am a big fan of quality audience recordings. I usually prefer them to soundboards, though soundboards for 60's/70's live shows are nice because excellent audience recordings are pretty rare. I'm interested in collecting all the DBT soundboard/matrixes because they are fairly rare and are nice for really focusing on certain aspects of a show. And some of the matrix recordings are excellent.

[Rocky]

So glad you posted this topic Brett. It made me go in today and give these a cursory listen.

Had heard the Alley Katz and near-legendary Visualite shows before but hadn't really heard The Blue Note one before. Wow. If you have some time check this one out. https://archive.org/details/dbt2005-03-31.mtx.flac16

[WarHenRecords]

That Asheville show was my first.