U2: Call Prime Minister Martin at 613-992-4211    second remaster

General Motors Place

Vancouver, Canada.

28 - April - 2005

Attendance: 18.515 (sellout) - Support: Kings of Leon

Disc 1 (72:01)

01. Introduction by U2's Stage Manager Rocko Reedy

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

03. City of Blinding Lights

04. Beautiful Day

05. Vertigo

06. Elevation

07. Gloria / The Ocean

08. New Year's Day

09. - Bono talking -

10. Miracle Drug

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

12. Love and Peace or Else

13. Sunday Bloody Sunday

14. Bullet the Blue Sky

15. Running to Stand Still

Disc 2 (68:00)

01. Bad

02. Pride (In the Name of Love)

03. Where the Streets Have No Name

04. - 'One Campaign' speech -

05. One

06. Zoo Station

07. The Fly

08. Mysterious Ways

09. All Because of You

10. Original of the Species

11. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Core Sound Cardioids + Sony TCD-D8 (@44.1kHz) > DAT Master

Taper: MGT

Location: Section 117, Row 7

Transfer: 7-pin plugged to soundcard > CDWave > CDR-M > SHN

Remix (by Birdman): SHN > Adobe Audition > CD > Yamaha DM1000 > CD

*Comments about remastering by Birdman:

First remaster: This recording was originally very nice. The majority of the remix work was around fixing the dropouts on the first 3 tracks. Significant work went into recreating about 30 seconds of the intro to City of Blinding Lights (track 3), which was recorded in mono (with dropouts) due to a microphone short. Additional remixing was done to expand the dynamic range of the recording and add back the low-mid range of sound. 

Second remaster: Why would someone remaster a show a second time? Well, I was AT this show, so it holds special meaning, and after switching audio gear, I realized the first remaster left a lot to be desired. That plus I've discovered a whole new tool and process I'd like to share...

I introduce you to the power of "Har Bal". A remasterer's dream. Using Har Bal, you can take any song and "harmonic balance" it to match a reference song of your choosing. The results are staggering, as this remix can attest to.

For this final version (no version III I promise), I settled on using as a reference, a track from the Chicago DVD to get the "live feel", augmented with some cleaner high-end from HTDAAB. Effectively what Har Bal does, is attempt to match the sound print of the boot recording to that of the reference. It also removes all of the harmonic imbalances, creating a sound that is enjoyable to listen to at high volumes, low volumes, in the car, on your ipod.

And as was the case in the original remaster... many many thanks to MGT for his original taping effort, and for his support and approval of this remix. This recording would not be possible without his kind and generous donation to the community.

Comments

This is the second remaster of Birdman on the original recording taped by MGT. Let me say the original recording featured VG sound quality. The first remaster gave it more sharpness and clarity, putting the tape in the scale between VG and Exc sound quality. And yes, Birdman has done it, the second remaster has made this recording to sound awesome. From the initial VG quality, the final result has become excellent, keeping the nice live feeling, and without sounding artificial. The tape sounds powerful with instruments well audible throughout the show, and vocals as well. The output is pretty clean and crisp, and it brings minimal audience noise. A long performance of Mysterious Ways was played that night, and an emotional rendition of Original of the Species.