| Porcupine Tree - The Forum, London - 16 bit Matrix |
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| Recorded at the Forum, London, UK. Fantastic matrix of 2 very well-sounding audience recordings. From the info file: Porcupine Tree Venue: Forum, London, England Date: 09 November 2007 Taper: mrruin + duncan Source: Audience Transfer (mrruin): AT U853c (DIN) > 3wire BB > Church Audio ST-9100 preamp v2.0 > R09 24bit 48kHz, line in > fades, track edits, downsampling, slight EQ > flac (level 8) > you Transfer (duncan): DPA 4061s & Sound Devices 722 @ 24/96000 Transfer to Adobe Audition > Normalise > down sampled to 24/48000 > track-split Mix: Nuendo 3.2 about 60% mrruin - 40% duncan Sound Quality: A+ Position mrruin: center, 15m from Stage Position duncan: PA stack 01 What Happens Now? 02 Blackest Eyes 03 The Sound Of Muzak 04 Lazarus 05 Nil Recurring 06 Anesthetize 07 Waiting 08 Open Car 09 Dark Matter 10 Cheating The Polygraph 11 A Smart Kid 12 Way Out Of Here 13 Sleep Together --------------- 14 The Sky Moves Sideways 15 Trains 16 Halo Running Time: about 2 hours **If you HAVE to convert to mp3 do it in a HIGH (320kbps) bitrate** **Please respect the taper and do not distribute without the info.txt file!** Show Notes: An excellent show, made special by the location and how many people showed up (sold out) and the simply amazing setlist. Despite Steven saying that he can relax a little more now that his parents arent here (contrary to the show earlier this year) I found that was not entirely the case. They played extraordinairily and of course the amazing setlist helped. The audience itself was also a bit reserved. Maybe thats the british audience (after all it was my first time there) but the reception was more polite than enthusiastic. Highlights were Waiting, Annie's Thighs, The Sky Moves Sideways and Trains. The stage in the Forum is pretty big and very wide. Because of that you could hear the stereo mix really well and this reflects on the recording. Gavin's drums were rumbling from left to right and back again. The sound was good, some reverb from the venue can be heard which makes the vocals a little distant at times. The drum toms are very up front in the mix. Some talking/screaming but it is minimal and mostly during songs fortunately. All in all a very good recording. Matrix notes: I used duncan's stack recording to apply some much needed vocals and guitar presence to my own recording. There is a lot more clarity in this recording, much more detail without loosing the stereo image or the venue acoustics. The mix sounds fantastic, wide open yet never distant. Everything is where it should be in the mix. The ratio is around 60:40. This is my first job at a matrix mix so be gentle but honest ;) Enjoy this excellent show! |