2006.06.27 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ HMH
Source A: Hi-MD ---- Core Sound Cardioids > Sony MZ-RH10Dissemination: Hi-MD > USB > SonicStage 4.0 > PC > SoundForge 8.0 > Normalize > CD Wave (track split) > SoundForge 8.0 (fade in/out) > Flac Frontend (level 8) > Flac > Dimeadozen.org (07/2006)
Location: Front of Stack - Left
Taper: Wim
Notes - by: Taper: A little rec. level adjustment at the beginning of the show.
Notes - by: Prof. Stoned: This is a remastered version of the previously posted recording.Do yourself a favor (especially if you think the original didn't sound good), and listen to the mp3 sample to compare the original recording with this one. I'm sure you will be pleasantly surprised. Thanks Wim, for this great tape job! I attended this concert. It was great, and I'm glad somebody was able to get his taping equipment through the security check. During the concert, it struck me that Tool's soundengineer used tremendous amounts of compression on the whole mix. Especially during the first half of the set, this was more than obvious. Listen to the long scream ("whyyyyyyy...") in Stinkfist, for example. You'll hear that the voice pushes the volume of the band down, and you can hear it come back when the scream stops. You may also notice that during the more quiet passages, the volume increases considerately. Keep in mind that is not the taper's nor my fault. I did use multiband compression to get the voice & the bass drum somewhat deeper in the mix. But that is not the compression that you can hear so obviously. I used the pultec eq to cut off the enormous boost in the sub-low (round 30 Hz) that was in the original recording. I did this remaster for myself in the first place, but since the difference is so spectacular, I have decided to give it a shot here. However, since the mix changes throughout the set, and the mic position is not constant either, some songs will sound better than others. I attempted to find a reasonable balance in my settings for the whole thing, rather than to master every song separately. The band sounds really direct. It almost has a soundboard-ish quality to it, because the taper was so near the P.A. stack.
Notes - by: Galen: Interesting performance. To me, this performance sounds the way Tool want to sound; polished, precise & masters of their craft. There may be a few moments of strangeness; particularly with some MJK quotes but make no mistake, this is a recording that will hopefully not sit in the back of your collection. Or on CD. Or on FLAC or whatever. The remastered version sounds quite a bit more processed - in a good way as there is more depth in the soul of the recording versus the original.
CD 1
Time: 64:49
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
Stinkfist
(Please keep sleeping 'til you feel something)
Forty Six & 2
Jambi
Schism
Right In Two
Sober
CD 2
Time: 31:37
Lateralus
Vicarious
Ænema
Source B: Hi-MD - Sound Professional Slimline Cardioid-2 (AT 831) > SP-SPSB (95 hZ Sony MZ-NH600
Location: Front of Board
Taper: Niek H.
Gen: 1st from Master
Notes - by: Galen: I thoroughly enjoy this source even though it was not taped in PCM mode. Some would say you can hear some amount of compression but it sounds quite crisp, clean & clear to my ears. The vocals, unlike many 2006 recordings of this leg, are actually up-front in the mix & rather in your face. The crowd around the taper is respectful & almost calm? There are a few instances of microphone phasing but that is a rather minimal perception. When posed with the question, of the two known sources as of 08/2006 to be floating around what is the better... the answer will be up to the collector. Each offers a rather unique view into the band. I will say that the bass has more of a drone than a thump on this source but then again that is what oftentimes occurs when one uses this type of microphone. Is this source worth attaining as it is enjoyable, a smooth listen, clear, concise & all-around fun? The answer is yes. Good job to the taper.
CD 1
Time: 56:43
CD 2
Time: 38:30
Source C: Mini Disc - Core Sound Binaural mics (low cost) > battery box w/bass roll-off > Sony MZ-N10
Location: Balcony, first row, in front of the left stack Sony MZ-N10
Transfer: Line in > Sound Forge 8.0 > WAV > FLAC
Taper: Bliv
Gen: 0 from Master
Notes - by: Taper: I like to cut things up. That's why most of the intro's/interludes were cut into separate tracks. I also think it does them justice and makes it easier to skip to the actual songs if you just want those.
* Awesome show, but not much 'Maynardism': it doesn't get any better then a "Good e-ve-ning dutch personsss!' and 'We had a new album come out, recently. That's why we're here. To tell you all about it. It's called 10,000 Days. This is a song off the album'.* I fucked up changing discs: I was too early and missed a few seconds of Lateralus. With his permission I used a patch from Niek's excellent recording (thanks!) to fill the gap.
Notes - by: Galen: Surprisingly, this recording is really quite clean. Surprisingly. With the low cost version of the CSB microphones & the compression of the ATRAC style of mini disc it is rather a feet to have a recording come out like this. Perhaps it was luck, perhaps it was skill, perhaps it was placement, perhaps it was all things considered. Although this may not be the greatest, technically speaking source for this performance it is definitely deserving of a place in your collection.
CD 1
Time: 65:26
CD 2
Time: 31:39