2009.07.29 - Charlotte, NC, USA @ Bojangles Coliseum

Source A: Solid State Recorder --- Core Sound High End (4061 caps) > V22 > MT 24/96 @ 24/48
Information: Core Sound Dual DPA 4061 merged into 3 pin XLR into Mic2496 V2 Portable Mic Pre-amp/A-to-D Converter (coax out) into Monster Cable Interlink Digital Datalink IDL 100 High Resolution Cable M-Audio's MicroTrack II Professional 2-Channel Mobile Digital Recorder (into SPDIF) 1/8" male to male connector to Olympus LS-10 (from earphone jack of Microtrack to mic port of LS-10) ScanDisk Extreme III 8 GB SD
Taper:  bill
Gen: 0 / FLAC / Torrent

Notes / Taper:
This was a pretty bad night. The concert was fun and the light show spectacular. As usual, I was around idiots. My seats were PERFECT. The second row on raised lower level directly straight back from band. Soundboard in front of me. However as luck would have it, I had idiots around me. The first was "monkey boy with bandanna on head. During the show he would grab the rails and bounce up and down like a chimpanzee. the second was the "mystery guest. The seats to my left were continuously filled by the next mystery guest until removed by security. The last was a prick from Rock Hill, SC. He shows up with his friend drunk and probably jacked on some stimulant. HE talks loudly and my son asks him to be quiet. Also mentions that i am taping. (Bad Move!) During the show he tries to sabotage my equipment. First he pours water on the floor where my gear rests and succeed in getting my preamp wet from bottom. (Eventually it was ruined the next day). What made this guy the most angry was that i had an extra ticket that could not be used so I used it to set my equipment since the floor was wet. IT pissed him off SO much that the seat was not taken that he followed my son to my car and wanted to start a situation. What makes it even funnier is that i didn't turn off the Olympus and the whole situation was still recording. Needless to say, no fight ensued. son learned lesson about idiots and I am now reordering my preamp. The microtrack went crazy and thank GOD I made a back up with the LS-10 just to see if I could pull off two recordings. Luckily I got one. Microtrack makes great recordings when they aren't schizophrenic. Toward the end, evidently the water spilt affected the 9v contacts causing popping during Lateralus and Vicarious. They have been cleaned up with Adobe Audition. Samples included as mp3. I also have tweakbird. will include them later. For now enjoy!

Notes / Galen:
The recording is actually pretty good; a bit better than the taper gave it credit for though. Though the vocals are a bit buried (but what else is new?) the overall result is a good, clean audience omni recording. That said, this is a good, solid recording but nothing that is truly astounding about it - not that, really, any of the recordings from this tour are jaw dropping or astounding compared to a random other. For the most part, pretty much all of these new recordings are of relative high quality. This is no exception although there are times when the audience is a bit not overpowering but 'present'. This is either good or bad depending on preferences.
 

Setlist:

Jambi
Stinkfist
Ions
46 & 2
Schism
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
Flood
Aenema
Lateralus
(with Tweakbird Drummer)
Vicarious

Source B: MD - Sony ECM-717 > Sony MZ-R37
Position: Taped from the floor, near the left stack
Taper: geoffers

Notes: Crunchy and somewhat distant sounding recording. Some Mini Disc sourced recordings, you can can acutely hear the compression. This is one of those recordings; I pulled many with results similar to this. The microphones do not help the situation but at minimal this is a complete and decent MD recording. I do not have proof but, to my ears, this also sounds like it could’ve been recorded in LP2 mode.

Time: 1:48:14