Regarding the "Golders Green Hippodrome" concert

Hello!
Recently I read a web page implying that the queen concert in Golders Green in fact was broadcasted in SQ matrixed quadraphonic sound. Of course I had to check with an SQ decoder and indeed; there is quadraphonic sound in that recording, the only big difference I heard was that the guitar is panned in the rear channels, and almost muted (at least in some parts) in the fronts. My question follows;
Would it be OK for me to upload the fantastic "Royalties at the Hippodrome" by Pittrek decoded into a multitrack FLAC or Wav file (since I don't have the software neccesary for authoring a DVD-audio, and I prefer it lossless)?
your sincerely
teddi2002

Sounds very interesting. So you basically plan to upload 4 mono files, each representing a single channel ?
Can this be used for "fixing" Freddie's vocals ? Because that would be awesome :-)

Would be interesteing to hear each channel - and if Pittrek is right, and Freddie's vocals can be "fixed", it would sound absolutely stunning.  I've always been a big fan of this show anyway, and Peter's "Royalties" version is fantastic.

Well, I could either upload the single channels as multiple (several) flac files or as a multichannel file (single file containing all the channels).
Regarding the vocal issue, I think there is little to be done, but I would gladely be proven wrong about that. With the guitar slightly muted, it is easier to hear the vocals, but the bass and drums are still quite loud compared to the vocals.
I'm glad that you find this interesting, and perhaps I'll upload it already tomorrow, if it's done by then; decoding SQ takes several hours and uploading will have to be to an internet server, probably megaupload, as with my internet connection, torrent would take probably weeks.
kind regards
teddi2002

4x single channels would be great please!
Anyone then wanting them as a .wav encoded dts surround file to burn to CD could make their own.
There's software available free on the net for doing just that!

Thanks!!!

Thanks a lot, teddi2002, I'd love to hear it

Quadrophonic... interesting.  This would perfectly explain why Freddie's vocal is buried.. it's in the other two channels.  Looking forward to developments here..

I think I can author a DVD-Audio. That would be lossess.

But Quadraphonic could be played and heard normally on both stereo and mono equipment, right? Im no expert on this, but is it possible that although the radio transmission would have sounded normal, it could'nt be recorded (without loosing channels) onto a stereo cassette?

An interesting read here
http://www.procolharum.com/99/bas_restoring-bbc-session.htm

Would be nice if QP could do something similar

I do own an original BBC transcription disc. I will look into this. Thanks!

Well, I had a go at decoding "Ogre Battle" with a few simpler steps in Audacity. I was pleasantly surprised with the results.

Producing the "rear" channels, I found that much of the guitar had been greatly reduced in volume. The guitar was also centred rather than panned across the two channels. The vocal sounded a lot clearer. I then simply merged these two "rear" tracks with the original. In my opinion, the vocal sounds less buried than before. Whether I'm just hearing what I want to hear or not, the Quadraphonic decoding seems to work.

If anyone could give it a listen and tell me if they think the vocal is clearer, It'd be much appreciated. The source I used was Pittrek's merge:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1jgnuntk4ox0383

Everything is now done, the rar is being uploaded to megaupload, and in a few hours, it will be available for you.
Regarding Wilki Amieva's offer to author a dvd-audio, I would really appreciate that, since as far as I know, there's no free software doing that available.

regards
teddi2002

teddi2002 - great work

GinjaNinja - I don't have my original version with me right now but the sample you posted sounds great

I would like know which Adobe Audition script, if any, did you use to decode SQ (there are several).

By the way, it seems there were quite a bunch of quad broadcasts between 1973 and 1977:
http://keepontrackin.bravepages.com/quadradio.htm#1973
Queen it's not listed in it, but there are lot of well-known names (artists and also programmes).