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  1. Originally posted by Hibby43:Wembley Stadium, London 15Aug band played brilliantly but sound quality was pretty BAD.
    Maybe depends where you are seated - we were mid tier kind of south east direction of the Claw.
    Some songs were clearer than others - but generally whenever there were deep basslines the sound was just too muddy and poor. Atmosphere is one thing - but sound at a large stadium is always nowhere near as good as it could/should be.....

    Shame too for supporting acts - Glasvegas are one of my favourite bands but the sound rumbling around Wembley stadium from their bass and drums just destroyed their set as it sounded so muddy the songs were nearly unrecognizeable! It gives people impression the band are bad rather than the sound mix in a large stadium.

    The sound was fantastic on the 14th on the pitch where I was (appreciate that's different to being seated), and there were no doubt a lot of things that can affect sound wherever one is, but I think the support play a pretty big role in ironing out the sound - I was really impressed by The Hours but I did think their sound mix was pretty overpowering, I could barely hear the singer at times but I have to say I'm a sucker for lots of bass so I was loving it at the same time by the time U2 were on and got going, the sound was great (as I say, from where I was). This is factoring the Wembley echo what with the roof slightly closed, but that didn't detract from the gig for me.
  2. Originally posted by Hibby43:

    Shame too for supporting acts - Glasvegas are one of my favourite bands but the sound rumbling around Wembley stadium from their bass and drums just destroyed their set as it sounded so muddy the songs were nearly unrecognizeable! It gives people impression the band are bad rather than the sound mix in a large stadium.


    they were shite in Dublin aswell but the sound was fine. Lack of talent hidden behind a wall of fuzz (their music)

  3. Ouch lol, no sitting on the fence with that statement

  5. Always a bit gutting, I can sympathise - I was really interested in seeing The Hours and Elbow live at Wembley and luckily they didn't disappoint - I've got a bit of a grounding with Elbow but The Hours were completely new to me, and like I say, very much worth seeing. Only downside like I said earlier was The Hours' singer getting slightly drowned out by manic bass, but they felt a bit like a slightly less-heavy Muse on speed lol, manic stuff that really got into you. Elbow certainly opened with a bang, that trumpet part on Starlings would have woken the dead lol...
  6. On the pitch at Wembley on friday and thought the sound was brilliant. But I also recognised times where the sound reverberated back from the top. Fortunately the laws of physics meant that it was drowned out by the sound coming directly from the stage. Being in the stands would have been different however. In truth it's not a good venue to have a live band and this has been reflected by some of the pretty poor reviews Bono & the boys have gotten since. That said many of them seem to have been based at the back of the stage where the band rarely seemed to venture.
  7. One thing I have noticed certainly on this tour compared to the Vertigo Tour is that there seems to be at times dynamic range compression, this can be used to reduce the peak loudness of a sound or to make the quietest sound as loud as the loudest sound. The problem with this is, there is less range hence the name 'dynamic range compression' or 'DRC'. It's usually used as a cheap fix and sadly these days it's being used more and more in both live settings and on new albums and songs. The biggest example of a song that I can hear instances of DRC is during Breathe, with Larry's drums and Bono's vocals.

    I personally wish U2 would steer away from using cheap tricks to fix sound problems. Since sound for U2 in a live setting is very important, I think U2 would be better off without using DRC. Listen to some of the bootlegs from ZooTV, Popmart, Elevation and the Vertigo Tour and tell me there isn't a significant difference. I don't mean comparing arena vs stadium either, I'm talking stadium vs stadium - to be fairer.

    I'm not saying the sound on tour so far has been really bad, just that U2 have sounded better before.
  8. Originally posted by u2opra:One thing I have noticed certainly on this tour compared to the Vertigo Tour is that there seems to be at times dynamic range compression, this can be used to reduce the peak loudness of a sound or to make the quietest sound as loud as the loudest sound. The problem with this is, there is less range hence the name 'dynamic range compression' or 'DRC'. It's usually used as a cheap fix and sadly these days it's being used more and more in both live settings and on new albums and songs. The biggest example of a song that I can hear instances of DRC is during Breathe, with Larry's drums and Bono's vocals.

    I personally wish U2 would steer away from using cheap tricks to fix sound problems. Since sound for U2 in a live setting is very important, I think U2 would be better off without using DRC. Listen to some of the bootlegs from ZooTV, Popmart, Elevation and the Vertigo Tour and tell me there isn't a significant difference. I don't mean comparing arena vs stadium either, I'm talking stadium vs stadium - to be fairer.

    I'm not saying the sound on tour so far has been really bad, just that U2 have sounded better before.



    One reason may be the law. I know that the allowed volume has been lowered during the years.

    Anyway DRC is crap on CDs and it is live.
  9. You could be right about the volume issue.

    Like you said DRC is crap and it can certainly ruin the sound imo.
  10. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    The sound was fantastic on the 14th on the pitch where I was (appreciate that's different to being seated), and there were no doubt a lot of things that can affect sound wherever one is, but I think the support play a pretty big role in ironing out the sound - I was really impressed by The Hours but I did think their sound mix was pretty overpowering, I could barely hear the singer at times but I have to say I'm a sucker for lots of bass so I was loving it at the same time by the time U2 were on and got going, the sound was great (as I say, from where I was). This is factoring the Wembley echo what with the roof slightly closed, but that didn't detract from the gig for me.


    Must depend on where you are because where I was on the pitch on friday the sound was atrocious with lots of echo and booming bass. The sound on Saturday (from much closer to the stage) was far superior. The roof was fully opened on Saturday as well which cut out some of the echo.
  11. i was at the Croke Park gig on 24th july. the sound was excellent all over the stadium. i was kinda worried, the first two acts were kinda muffled, you couldn't really hear the words clearly. the minute U2 came on it was a different story...
  12. Originally posted by dancon:i was at the Croke Park gig on 24th july. the sound was excellent all over the stadium. i was kinda worried, the first two acts were kinda muffled, you couldn't really hear the words clearly. the minute U2 came on it was a different story...


    not so in section 710. Muddy bass
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