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The Mars Volta   10/05/2005

Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Source Core Sound Binaurals > Battery box w/bass rolloff > Sony MZ-RH10 (in Hi-MD PCM mode) > USB > Sonic Stage 3.2 > WAV > Cool Edit Pro 1.2a (editing and tracking) > T-RackS 2.0 (EQ and compression) > FLAC Frontend Level 8
Media FLAC   4 discs
Notes TMV opened for System of a Down here at Key Arena. This was the first time TMV played in Seattle since opening for A Perfect Circle in Tacoma last year. The crowd was definitely a pro-SOAD crowd but a good portion of 'em were won over by TMV's amazing set, and there were times I was impressed how silent the crowd was during some of the softer jamming sections of songs. There were some excellent jams and both Omar and Cedric sounded amazing tonight, and the rest of TMV were in top form. Too bad they skipped us on their headlining tour--hope they come back and give us a proper 2 hour set sometime soon.
Tech Notes I recorded this in the middle of the crowd, just right of center about 50-60 feet from the stage, and 30-40 feet under the PA stacks suspended above the stage. I hoped this location would give the best balance between the PA mix and the wall of Orange amps on stage, but I couldn't avoid the boominess of a big arena. Generally the crowd was good and quite interested in watching The Mars Volta. Oddly, a mosh pit broke out about halfway through their set and I got jostled around a bit, causing some dropouts in the right channel when someone bumped me. I attempted to cover these up using Cool Edit, but they're still noticable, though not nearly as harsh as they were before the edits. I also EQ-ed down some unwelcome loud talking and some impatient SOAD fans near the end of the show, but you can still hear 'em a bit. After this editing, I ran EQ and light compression in T-Racks to tame some of the bass heavy boom of Key Arena, then back to Cool Edit for tracking. Key Arena is a bad sounding venue, especially using omnis, but I think it sounds okay given my modest mics. P.S. To the guy I talked to in the Soundgarden shirt--I hope you liked the show and I hope you download this one too.
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