Albany 02-06-2001 Matrix
Pepsi Arena
Albany (New York), USA.
02 - June - 2001.
Attendance: 15.515 (sellout) - Support: PJ Harvey
Total Running Time - 127:38
01. Elevation Influx Intro (PA) / Elevation
02. Beautiful Day
03. Until the End of the World
04. Mysterious Ways
05. In My Life
06. Stuck in a Moment
07. Kite
08. Gone
09. New York
10. I Will Follow
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. - band introductions - / Desire
13. Stay (Faraway, so Close!)
14. Bad
15. Where the Streets Have No Name
16. Pride (In the Name of Love)
17. - encore break -
18. Bullet the Blue Sky
19. With or Without You
20. The Fly
21. One / Unchained Melody
22. Walk On
Recording Equipment - History
Matrix of a mono IEM source + an audience source
IEM: Bono IEM, recorded by NS (noahark2) - Mono scanner > Sony MD Master > CDR > WAV > FLAC
Audience: Sony TCD-D8 + Sonic Studios DSM-6s mics > DAT Master > CDR > WAV > FLAC
* Matrixing / Remastering by CPTwister (MB). Notes:
Both recordings have issues. The audience source was very distant and lacked a lot of high end. There is some stray audience clapping/talking but nothing too distracting. The IEM recording was recorded in mono with the volume too high causing it to be slightly overloaded or “hot” on the high end. This can still be heard in the matrix as there is not much you can do to alleviate it completely. The IEM was a very clean recording in that there were very few static bursts or flares. There are fades at the end of Stay and the beginning of Bad due to a disc change for the IEM recording; some music is lost as a result. Using Audio Lab 12, I matrixed the recordings to get them to sync up reasonably well. I put the IEM higher in the mix just because that’s how I personally prefer it. I brought up the bass slightly on both recordings. The second half of my IEM CDR seems to be a slightly lower volume, I tried to adjust it to make it the same as the first half, but the first half (up to Stay) still sounds a bit more overloaded or crisp, if that makes sense. That’s basically it; I did not add a lot or take away much. You can only do so much with the material you have to work with and I wasn’t going to waste a lot of time trying to fine tune this show. Combining the audience recording was the best option due to the overload on the IEM feed. Typically I do a layering matrixing technique when re mastering mono or single feed IEMs and an audience source is not necessary most of the time for my taste. The IEM brings out the details in Bono’s vocal and the instruments that were not as present in the audience recording and the audience recording helps alleviate some of the IEM overload and gives it a fuller sound. Overall I think it is a better listening experience combined.
* Additional notes (by ThePhog): Bono is definitely having vocal trouble and is clearly not feeling well at this show and asks the crowd to help him get through it several times. Not an awful show, but not a great one either. It is interesting to hear Bono get through a show when he is obviously sick. Thanks to the Albany audience recording taper. Thanks to NS for his IEM recording.
Comments
This is a "second source" of the gig in Albany (NY, USA). It is a matrix of a mono IEM (from Bono's) and a very nice audience source (the same audience source that we have of this show). The result is very good in terms of sound quality, considering the IEM source was mono and it has more presence than the audience source in this matrix. As mentioned above by 'CPTwister', the IEM source is somewhat saturated and it marks the ups and downs of the tape. However, it sounds very clear, strong and it is definitely pretty enjoyable. Finally, note a ading process between Stay and Bad. This is the gig where Bono felt too sick, and asked the audience for carrying the show. Anyway, no songs were dropped out from the setlist.