
Yesterday night I taped my first serious show and officially joined the tapers club


And here's hoping to share many more recordings (hopefully U2 ones too) in the future with you

Arctic Monkeys
2012-01-27 - Madrid (Spain) - Palacio de los Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Taper: LikeASong / U2santos
Lineage: CA-14's (cardioids) > CA ST-9100 preamp (+5dB aprox) > Zoom Q3·HD > WAV (48kHz, 24-bits)
Transfer: Zoom Q3·HD > WAV (48kHz, 24-bits) > Nero WaveEdit > added fades, dithered to 16 bits > MP3 (320 kbps) > YOU
Location: lying against the sound desk (a.k.a. The Sweet Spot)
Setlist:
Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Teddy Picker
Crying Lightning
The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
Black Treacle
Brianstorm
The View From The Afternoon
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Library Pictures
Evil Twin
Brick by Brick
This House Is A Circus
Still Take You Home
Pretty Visitors
She's Thunderstorms
Do Me A Favour
When The Sun Goes Down
---(encore)---
Suck It and See
Fluorescent Adolescent
505 (with Miles Kane)
Taper comments: this was my first Arctic Monkeys show, and also the 1st concert I responsibly taped. Two factors that played against each other. On one hand, I was absolutely overwhelmed and hyper excited by (finally) seeing them, and on the other hand I was trying to be careful not to f**k things up in my first tape. Hence the relative unstability and fluctuations of the sound quality.
I also had to literally scape from the first rows after the Miles Kane opening act, because it was so overcrowded that we could barely breathe at all. It was horrendous. By the time I got to the mixing desk, my hat (where I'd thought to mount my mics in) was completely drowned in sweat, so I had to improvise a manual mount while the Monkeys were already in the stage. I got things right around Black Treacle, there the recording becomes a little better.
No processing has been made. What you get is the direct, raw recording. I might upgrade it soon by tweaking some things, removing hiss, etc... But for the moment (until I have some spare time) this is what I can offer.
All problems aside, this is a pretty enjoyable recording of a great, great show. I hope you can enjoy it as much as I did recording it.
Special mentions go to AlvaroTole, Angie_M, Irene and Andrea. Thanks for being there ;-)
Special mentions also for everyone at U2start.com, you know who you are, you know I love you all.
Dedicated to Dani_Darko and Miriam_GL.
And remember: share, trade, remaster, re-encode, upload, do whatever... BUT NEVER SELL!!!
@LikeASong_90 (twitter) / U2santos.
Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/nhc1pxv751crbov/Arctic_Monkeys_-_2012-01-27_-_Madrid.zip
Enjoy

