Rush - Nashville, TN 01.05.2013 (Remaster Version)

Rush - Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN - USA 2013-05-01 (Remaster Version)

Remaster to adjust EQ.

Many Thanks to pgroove_fan for the original torrent & the open invitation to have a go at remastering it.

Band: Rush
Venue: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: 1st May 2013

Recording Information (from original Dime torrent):

Source (Taper: pgroove_fan): Sound Professionals SP-CMC-9 > Naiant Littlebox > Edirol R09HR @ 48K/24b

Lineage & Transfer: SD > PC > Audacity (fades, process down to 44.1K/16b) > CDWave (registered) >
Trader's Little Helper (flac 8) > Dime

This Remaster (Cuztard Pi): *.flac (24bit/48Khz) > Foobar2000 > *.wav -> Wavelab6 & HarBal > *.wav (16bit/44.1kHz) > Foobar2000 (level 8) > *.flac > MP3

Title: Missing Lord Stanley in Nashville

Disc 1 (1h 19mins)
Set 1:
Subdivisions
The Big Money
Force 10
Grand Designs
Limelight
Territories
The Analog Kid
Bravado
Where's My Thing?
Far Cry

~~ Intermission ~~

Set 2:
Caravan
Clockwork Angels
The Anarchist
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Disc 2 (1h 18mins)
Carnies
The Wreckers
Headlong Flight
Halo Effect
Seven Cities Of Gold
The Garden
Manhattan Project
The Percussor
Red Sector A
YYZ
The Spirit Of Radio
~~ encore ~~
Tom Sawyer (prelude)
Tom Sawyer
2112 Overture / Temples / Grand Finale


flac tags & fingerprints & MD5 files are included.
*** Note - Apart from the intermission, the recording is continuous but if you want to put it on 2xCDRs then split it after track 13,'The Anarchist'.

Artwork for this one is available in the original torrent comments (& copied here; thanks to shemethree)
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Notes:
There are only 2 recent Rush shows on Dime so I thought it would be worthwhile to answer the invite from pgroove_fan to have a go at remastering this very nice recording of his. The original recording is very clean with minimal audience intrusion so is well worth the effort to try & improve things a bit. The original recording does have some issues with the EQ including a hole between 100Hz & 200Hz & a broad resonance at around 880kHz.
So I've done the usual clean up & adjust that I do to my own recordings to try & make the best of it. This is the result. It turned out quite nice so I thought I would risk it & share it with you nice folks at Dime (notice I said 'nice' LOL), so please be gentle!! ;-D

The basic details of the remastering applied to the original 24bit/48Khz version from pgroove_fan seed on Dime (using Wavelab6 & HarBal) are as follows:
A: Fix phase issues
B: EQ / Compression / Limiting (-0.6dB max) / Dithering to 16bit (bass boost, tighten up the sound & increase average volume level from -19dB to -12dB)
C: Add silent lead-in & lead-out to WAV.
D: track split (with modifications to the original track break points)

Please note that this remaster reflects my own personal preferences with respect to listening to live shows. Remastering has been done to polish the raw master recording with the aim of enhancing the listening experience. So if you prefer virgin recordings, unspoiled by any such amateur 'dabbling' then do not join in on this one, you can still get the original recording on Dime; see above contrast clauses for links.

IMO for sound quality this is now a solid 9 out of 10 (= A-) an upgrade to the original and a real keeper ... but I would never put that in writing of course ... Doh! .. I just did ;-D

If you have any comments, whether positive, negative or otherwise, I would love to read them ... don't be a lurker, but hey! ... please don't flame me if you don't agree with my efforts ... & at least keep it 'nice' & friendly ;-)

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Enjoy - Cuztard Pi - 5th May 2013

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