U2start.com | Shows | 2018-11-10 - Dublin, Ireland

"IEM Matrix"

Origins: Audience microphone, IEM
Credits: hoserama (Matrix Creator), DJ Soulles (Audio Taper), phofstee (Audio Taper), fv45pfap (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Tascam DR-2D (Audio recording device), Schoeps MK4V (Microphone), IEM Receiver (IEM Receiver)
Lineage: IEM Receivers > Tascam 2D & Schoeps MK4V > Tascam Dr2D
Quality based on reviews:
Downloads: 1756

U2
3 Arena
Dublin, Ireland
Saturday November 10th 2018

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Source One: IEM Receivers > Tascam 2D
Tapers: DJ Soulless, fv45pfap, phostee

Source Two: Schoeps MK4V > Tascam Dr2D
Taper: phostee

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Mixed, Produced, and Mastered by Sharebear/Hoserama
Aligned in Adobe Audition
Mixed in Nuendo 4, using extra waves and Ozone plug-ins
Dithered using Izotope MBIT+
Flac'ed using Trader's Little Helper
Mix Version 20181230 (Goldilocks)

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Tracklisting:
01 Intro
02 The Blackout
03 Lights Of Home
04 I Will Follow
05 Gloria
06 Beautiful Day
07 Dirty Day
08 Zoo Station
09 The Fly
10 Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
11 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
12 Intermission
13 Elevation Intro
14 Elevation
15 Vertigo
16 Even Better Than The Real Thing
17 Acrobat
18 You're The Best Thing About Me
19 Summer Of Love
20 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
21 Get Out Of Your Own Way
22 New Year's Day
23 City Of Blinding Lights
24 Encore
25 Landlady
26 One
27 Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way
28 13 (There Is A Light)

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Show Comments:
From reports of folks that attended multiple 2018 shows, this was the cream of the crop. Once they inserted the Achtung Baby heavy redo of set 1, the tour mostly stopped feeling like a lame imitation of the excellent 2015 tour. Too bad about the first 2/3rds of the tour though...

High energy performance, even compared to other shows of the Dublin run. Very nice representative show of 2018 if you had to listen to just one.

Recording Notes:
Show is a lovely exercise in redundancy among tapers. There not just one, but two card write errors among the three tapers. But multiple feed coverage and collaboration is great in taping, so able to (mostly) seemlessly piece together a full set. Full credit goes to the taping gang.

Counts are scrubbed, but you might hear the occasional artifact. Clicks are mostly scrubbed, although there will be a bit of a remainder in sections. It's always a compromise, and I'd rather remove 90% of the metronome and leave the music intact instead of removing 99% of metronome and damaging the music.

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Special thanks to the tapers for all their hard work!

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As always, encouraging people to get into taping and mixing. Just take the craft seriously and it will reward you many times over. There's no point in complaining about missing recordings or subpar quality if you're not contributing--pushing 1's and 0's around on the internet is no comparison for taping.

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IEM recordings are not for everyone. If not they're not your thing, either sonically or ethically, there's excellent alternative recordings out there.

Similarly, I'm mixing primarily for my ears. This is what sounds best to me. This may not sound best to you. That's a fair statement. I'm open to honest criticism (although you should have caught me when I was working on the mix!), but pointless complaining is unappreciated (naturally). Let's play nice. Or maybe lug in recording equipment and make an alternate mix of your own sources.

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Please don't sell this recording in any way - no cash for blanks, 2:1s, or any other form of "getting paid for your time". Just share it freely.

Please don't convert to mp3, then back to wave, and then trade it around. This stuff is too easy to find on torrents now.

Feel free to remaster/remix this recording. Just keep it to your own computer and iPod.

Also, please don't torrent or share on other sites without at least dropping me a line and asking. This includes Youtube! I may want to just torrent/share it there myself.

Please ask (and wait for permission!) before putting it into any matrix + video production. If you ask nicely for a quality high-res video project, I will likely say yes. If you put it on YouTube or cell phone video production without asking, I will send my cats from hell to chew your computer cables.

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Enjoy y'all!
- Hoserama/Sharebear

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Audience microphone

Origins: Audience microphone
Credits: Alysha (Audio Taper)
Equipment: Neumann KM 140 (Microphone), Sony PCM-M10 (Audio recording device), Naiant Tinybox (Pre-amp)
Lineage: Neumann KM140's > Naiant TinyBox > Sony PCM M10
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review by kevins2u

5 years ago

Performance

I arrived in Dublin on Thursday morning in anticipation of the 3rd and 4th shows of this amazing 4 show run in Dublin. After a stellar 3rd night on Friday, anticipation was off the charts for Dublin 4 on Saturday. The feeling in 3Arena was festive, positive and fun. And U2 delivered a dream show. For the fans from all over the world that made the effort to attend, this performance was so amazing that it is difficult to quantify.
In the house that night, there was a feeling of not knowing when we will see the band again - nothing was scheduled beyond the Berlin show in a few days, and everyone really wanted to enjoy and savor the moment. Highlights:
Lights of Home - Powerful, gripping vocal given extra meaning in their hometown.
I Will Follow - as Bono invoked the Dublin audience, including fans from all over the world, he told us to look around their hometown, and enjoy the place where they live. It felt surreal to be in Dublin for this incredible night.
GLORIA - a fire-breathing, intense, nasty guitar, crazy crowd jumping version brought the house down. A life highlight for me indeed. Seeing them play Gloria in Dublin at The Point.
STAY (faraway, so close) was brilliant, with a tremendous vocal by Bono, and clean, crisp, and precise guitar from Edge, but the best gift was that this was a "Full Band" version. With Adam and Larry driving he beat, Stay (faraway, so close) was a treasure for everyone.
Wild Horses - intensity off the charts, a gorgeous, flawless and spine tingling performance of this fan favourite.
ACROBAT - I always listen closely to Edge during his featured parts, and on this night, I feel he played the Acrobat solo as well as ever before. And I love this solo because in order for it to work, he must absolutely GO FOR IT. There is a certain "pedal to the floor" risk/reward style to this solo, but there is no other way to play it. I was emotional in the house that night after this song closed. I had just witnessed a historic perfect performance of this incredible song in Dublin.
The Best Thing About Me - chills. This arrangement crushes the original studio version in so many ways. I especially love the harmony in the Chorus, as Bono ascends his voice, Edge sings a descending line in vocal harmony.
Summer of Love - "When all is lost we find out what remains". One of my favourite lyrics Bono has ever written, backed by Edges incredible touch on the guitar.
New Years Day - my favourite song of all time (along with Gloria) - seeing this version was a dream, and it was played as though it had just been released. And I just have to say, Adam is an amazing person and band member. His presence on stage means so much to all of us, and we love him dearly. This bass line is one of his very best.
Landlady - a meaningful dedication to their four partners, Landlady produced a remarkable vocal by Bono, and connected with everyone in the audience... however, the outro was a bit off... it happens. We were all still thrilled to hear it, and the incredible vocal. Another chill inducing moment.
Love is Bigger - This is an all-time great U2 song. This particular performance met every criteria of excellence.

Sound

The Matrix is stellar. The drums are slightly more forward in the mix, and I personally love that. It sounds so amazing to hear Larry, and it impressed the hell out of me to listen into his sound this way. He's such a good drummer. Keep in mind, part of this matrix is an In-ear-monitor feed, and during quiet songs like 13, Stay, and Summer of Love, you might hear mild remnants of the click track, but our friend ShareBear did remarkable work to keep the music so pristine and undamaged by the post-processing.
In my humble opinion, this is a MUST HAVE.
I am grateful to ShareBear as I have always dreamed of being at a show in Dublin that has a recording of this quality, and after my 8th show in Dublin I finally have it.
Recording: "IEM Matrix" - 5 stars

Audience

The Audience for U2 in Dublin is unlike any other I have seen at any event anywhere. The volume, the participation and the feeling that THIS was definitely a historic moment in the band's career while it is happening, is what we all felt that night. It can't be described. Dublin must be experienced.

Overall

Dublin 4 was a life highlight for me. So many friends in the house, seeing this from all different vantage points, and a stellar off the charts performance from the band. 5 stars is not enough. I would double that. This is 10 stars on a scale of 5.