Seattle 24.04.2005 / Matrix 2    JEMS three-source Matrix

Key Arena

Seattle (Washington), USA.

24 - April - 2005.

Attendance: 15.126 (sellout) - Support: Kings of Leon

Disc 1 (57:20)

01. Wake Up (PA) / Everyone (PA)

02. Love and Peace or Else

03. Vertigo / Stories for Boys

04. Elevation

05. Cry / The Electric Co.

06. An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart

07. City of Blinding Lights

08. Beautiful Day

09. Miracle Drug

10. Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own

11. New Year's Day

Disc 2 (69:49)

01. Sunday Bloody Sunday

02. Bullet the Blue Sky

03. Running to Stand Still

04. Pride (In the Name of Love)

05. Where the Streets Have No Name

06. - One Campaign speech -

07. One

08. Zoo Station

09. The Fly

10. Mysterious Ways

11. All Because of You

12. Yahweh

13. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Mix of two IEM sources (dual scan: Bono & Edge) + one audience source

IEM sources:

* Edge's IEM: DAT Master

* Bono vocal mic via scanner / DAT Master

Audience source:

* Schoeps CCM4 > Aerco > SBM1 > PCM-M1 > DAT master > CDR-M > CDR-1

Mix notes (by JEMS):

Well now. I can't think of another case (though I'm sure there are some) where we have two matrixes of the same show made from completely different sources.

thir13en Productions has an ALD + Audience matrix posted on U2T by 'drewwerd' a week or two ago. To be honest, I haven't downloaded that show to compare, in part because of our own version (the thir13en post also lacks samples). I was at the show and ran one of the IEM boxes for this recording, though I could swear we too brought in an ALD box but got nothing from it. Such are the vagaries of receiver compatibility.

Also coincidentally, both sources have 'Schoeps' audience sources, though different rigs and different tapers. Trust me on that: JEMS ran two of the components ourselves joined by one of our longtime friends and allies on the audie rig which was done from side, right at the front of the stage where a speaker was well positioned.

This is also the first time we had an isolated vocal to work with in a mix, so J spent a lot of time trying to get the balance of sources right. I think he did an amazing job. He also did a meticulous removal of dropouts and noise to minimize any unpleasantness. You might hear occasional ducking but that to me is much better than bursts of static.

We have some other IEM sources to work from the tour (including the second night in Seattle) but the amount of time it takes to do these right has impacted our output. That being said, I think you'll enjoy this.

Comments

This is a second (and completely different) matrix of the first night in Seattle (WA, USA). As said with the other matrix recording of this show, the work by the JEMS group is outstanding with the mix of the sources, so sound quality is tremendous. The audience source itself was stunning in terms of sound quality, and the dual scan is fantastic with a extremely clear and strong output, and a good balance between Bono's and Edge's vocals. A real must have.

Usual snippets appeared here and there, such as Stories for Boys and Hello on Vertigo, No Regrets at the end of Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own, or The Hands That Built America and Johnny Comes Marching Home on Bullet the Blue Sky.