Members Cross Eyed Mary Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 And by that, i mean the actual SOUND of the band. It seems live performances have gone down the {censored}ter with all the high, clicky, attack filled sounds. Everything is too {censored}ing bright and dry these days. [YOUTUBE]ofNvYlIsV9E[/YOUTUBE] Everything here just oozes this big, warm, organic tone. [YOUTUBE]4XMgyibjqgc&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Everything just sounds so natural here, and it feels like you could hear a {censored}ing pin drop. Lets see some others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RumStik Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Best concert sound I ever heard was Zappa, with Queen and Stanley Jordan tied for a close second...obviously for different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Well I've posted this a few times but I seriously think this one sounds incredible, super tight and well rehearsed. [YOUTUBE]sYw0KhwXdAY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 [YOUTUBE]b7shXjfiOKg&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Edit:[YOUTUBE]2zTkAr-KDx8&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zarazabas Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 I saw Roger Water's play here in Brisbane in 2007, and i gotta tell you, it was by far the best sound i've EVER heard at any concert. It was literally amazing, they used a lot of 3d effects with ambient sounds coming from behind you. [YOUTUBE]uz9cy8i7TmE[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]azl33i6-JVM[/YOUTUBE] I didn't record these, but it seems quite a few people recorded the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drumtechdad Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 With the ultimate destination of recordings these days being {censored}ty MP3s, I wouldn't look for sound getting better, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cross Eyed Mary Posted September 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 With the ultimate destination of recordings these days being {censored}ty MP3s, I wouldn't look for sound getting better, ever. {censored}ing 'a. I was watching an interview with the owners of Daptone records (a tape-only studio in NY, most famous for recording Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse), they claimed that tape is the only thing that can truly capture the highs of certain wind instruments like sax and trumpet, and that the real tone gets pretty much lost in digital format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drumtechdad Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Well, I've heard good digital, it can be done right, but good sound isn't even a niche market anymore, it's a fringe. Part of the problem is the loudness war--the suits want their record to be louder than anybody else's, so they tell the mastering engineer to push the signal into digital overs on a near-constant basis. On a hi-rez system this sounds brutally bad, but as I say, if the end market is MP3s and $4 earbuds, what's the use of preserving good sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darten Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Steve Miller has always sounded good live. I saw Brubeck a few yearsago, ok,maybe like ten,and his group was on top of it, then again, that was Carnagie Hall. They better be on top of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCR Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Pretty much anything on the Abby Road Series... but this is one of my favorite live performances. [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andyplaysdrums Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Well, I've heard good digital, it can be done right, but good sound isn't even a niche market anymore, it's a fringe.Part of the problem is the loudness war--the suits want their record to be louder than anybody else's, so they tell the mastering engineer to push the signal into digital overs on a near-constant basis. On a hi-rez system this sounds brutally bad, but as I say, if the end market is MP3s and $4 earbuds, what's the use of preserving good sound? http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity This article is really great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SkiAz4Free Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Pink Floyd - Sun Devil Stadium, Phoenix '94Wynton Marsalis - Wheeler Opera house - Aspen, COChick Corea - Belly Up - Aspen, CO delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Watchdog Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Definitely Pink Floyd. After I saw them live, everything else seems to suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keric Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 If we are talking live shows then I would go with Elton John live in Central Park back in 1980, followed the next year by Simon and Garfunkle live in Central Park. Whoever did the sound for those shows did a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drumtechdad Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 Believe it or not, ELP in the old Boston Garden, Brain Salad Surgery tour, sounded superb. I can't explain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members manoeuver Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 [YOUTUBE]3T65NpyfPkQ[/YOUTUBE] melted my flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zildjian@consol Posted September 23, 2008 Members Share Posted September 23, 2008 1979 Rush, Moving PicturesBilly Cobham 2006SRV @ his CBS signing party at Fitzgearlds-HoustonJeff Beck & SRV @ The Music Hall-Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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