U2
May 15, 2015
Vancouver, BC
Rogers Arena
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Source #1:
4-5 Wireless Sources > Multitrack Recorder
Taper: Sharebear
Source #2
CA-11 Omni > CA 9100 Preamp > Tascam DR2D
Taper: DJ Soulless
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Mixed, Produced, and Mastered by Sharebear/Hoserama
Aligned in Adobe Audition
Mixed in Reaper, using extra waves and Ozone plug-ins
Dithered using Izotope MBIT+
Flac'ed using Trader's Little Helper
Mix version 20200605
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05/15/2015 Show
01. Brat on the Beat
02. Miracle of Joey Ramone
03. Vertigo
04. California
05. I Will Follow
06. Iris
07. Cedarwood Road
08. Song For Someone
09. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Raised By Wolves
11. Until the End Of the World
12. Intermission
13. Invisible
14. Even Better Than The Real Thing
15. Mysterious Ways
16. Angel of Harlem
17. When Love Comes To Town
18. Every Breaking Wave
19. Bullet the Blue Sky
20. Hands
21. Pride
22. Beautiful Day
23. With or Without You
24. Encore
25. Miracle Drug
26. Bad
27. Mother and Child
28. Where the Streets Have No Name
29. One
05/15/2015 Soundcheck
01. Warm-Up
02. Lovetown Workshop
03. When Love Comes To Town
04. When Love Comes To Town
05. When Love Comes To Town
06. When Love Comes To Town
07. Shakin' All Over
08. Angel of Harlem
09. Califorina (Partial)
10. California
11. One
12. One
13. Miracle Drug (Partial)
14. Miracle Drug
15. Miracle of Joey Ramone (Partial)
16. Band
17. Miracle of Joey Ramone (Partial)
18. Band
19. Miracle of Joey Ramone (Partial)
20. Miracle of Joey Ramone
21. Dead Air
22. Workshop
23. Miracle of Joey Ramone (Partial)
24. Miracle of Joey Ramone (Partial)
25. Bono's Panic Attack
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Recording & Mixing Notes:
Recorded multiple feeds through these rehearsals. Occasional static here and there, most of which has been cleaned up. Clicks and counts have been mostly scrubbed, but you might hear a bit leftover here and there. The quiet nature of rehearsals tend to highlight some of the low-level imperfections that a robust crowd might hide. The show is more of a usual mix, wireless mix heavy during the songs and then crowd and audience faded up at key points. There were several mixes that were released with the multicam in 2017. You might ask why do another one? Answer--because I can, and also wanted to keep the sound quality consistent across the entire weeks worth of audio. I feel this is an upgrade over the 2017 mixes, but you might feel different.
Show Notes:
BB King passed away that morning, which prompted the band to work in When Love Comes to Town in his honor. Multiple takes during the soundcheck, along with some other alternate songs for the second night. Yet again, they have a breakdown over Miracle of Joey Ramone, which has plagued them all week. After several frustrated takes, Bono has a mini-tantrum, suggests that they scrap it and open with an acoustic version of Joey Ramone. Edge quickly shuts it down, and Bonos stomps off, ordering the crew to review the audio and find a version that works.
A few beers later for Bono, his mood has noticeably improved by show start time. A much better show than opening night, the band seemed relaxed, engaged, and having a good time. Some minor hiccups here and there, but a very inspired excellent show (especially considering the second show of tour).
And thus concludes the week at Rogers arena for U2! Until the next time!
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As always, encouraging people to get into taping and mixing. Just take the craft seriously and it will reward you many times over. There's no point in complaining about missing recordings or subpar quality if you're not contributing--pushing 1's and 0's around on the internet is no comparison for taping.
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IEM recordings are not for everyone. If not they're not your thing, either sonically or ethically, there's excellent alternative recordings out there.
Similarly, I'm mixing primarily for my ears. This is what sounds best to me. This may not sound best to you. That's a fair statement. I'm open to honest criticism (although you should have caught me when I was working on the mix!), but pointless complaining is unappreciated (naturally). Let's play nice. Or maybe lug in recording equipment and make an alternate mix of your own sources.
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Enjoy y'all!
- Hoserama/Sharebear