Relisten

View NotesAn outdoor stage with a huge dub sound system

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set up to 'house' left. 

Great location, within sight of the ocean.

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The PA was run from a small desk at stage left.
The engineer was pretty busy going between the crowd
and the console.

Using a semi-home-made ~90cm omni bar for the first time
at a concert. The height is a bit low, but still above the heads of
most everyone at the show... barely. 

- 2009-09-11 edit -
Originally I had written,
"As usual, Sakai-san's bass overpowers the recording a little."
but after getting the band's feedback and re-listening
it's pretty clear that the balance is there
thanks to the Roots Vibes Soundsystem, despite the bass
distorting in the recording.
- 2009-09-11 edit end -

The drum machine during 'Jump' also gets morphed into 
a more industrial sound than usual, but everything around is clear.
 This, despite the metres running at -20db the whole time.
No pads or filters were used. 10.1db of amplification was added 
with Audacity in post. No clipping occurred.

Nohshintoh were supposed to be on a brief hiatus, 
purportedly to work on new material, but
the organisers of the event assumed they'd be playing
and put Nohshintoh's name on the posters.
Suddenly, with about a week's notice, they had a gig.
Mostly they were there to celebrate their friends' wedding
and go to the beach. Having seen them a lot, I'd say
they were a little off this day, but it was a fun show.
The circumstances were certainly working against them.

- 2009-09-11 edit -
no, actually, they were pretty hot, in many respects,
on this occasion. There is one false start which
may have coloured my initial apraisal
- 2009-09-11 edit end -