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daspyknows
You are using phone Youtube videos to compare sound? Seriously?
No I'm not comparing, I was just noticing. Therefore I was askingQuote
daspyknows
You are using phone Youtube videos to compare sound? Seriously?
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Has anybody who went to the concerts last year AND this year noticed these differences?
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DEmerson
I was at Prague last year and Chicago 2 the other night. To my ears, Prague was much louder. And as others have mentioned, Sasha was criminally low during Gimme Shelter.
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StonedRambler
Can't go to America this year but only judging from Youtube videos I feel like the live sound is a bit different compared to last year. This year's videos sound like it's a bit quieter and cleaner than last year. Also the bass seems to be more audible. The snare drum also seems to be tuned a bit differently - last year is was lower bit a bit of ringing and this year it seems to be tuned higher and dryer, more like in 2014/15/16
Has anybody who went to the concerts last year AND this year noticed these differences?
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Chris Fountain
Well maybe technology changed - It can change from year to year due to design changes- it is part of the product life cycle. Apple I-phone is a good example.
However, stadiums may make a difference, the open stadiums with where bleachers are cl0ser seem to contain a sound better such as Carter-Finley in Raleigh. I'm going to the new renovated Miami Hard Rock stadium which has a roof over the stands only. Not sure how the sound will fare. But the stadium is louder during football games.
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MisterDDDD
Haven't noticed the sound being different on this leg vs the last one, but my first impression of the screens was that they were different than last years.
The side screens are a bit more angled that seems clear, but the screens themselves strike me as not quite as clear and vivid as the ones in the UK. Probably "just my imagination", ... has anyone else noticed a difference?
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MisterDDDD
Haven't noticed the sound being different on this leg vs the last one, but my first impression of the screens was that they were different than last years.
The side screens are a bit more angled that seems clear, but the screens themselves strike me as not quite as clear and vivid as the ones in the UK. Probably "just my imagination", ... has anyone else noticed a difference?
The video screens are the exact same used last year and at the same angle.
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MisterDDDD
Haven't noticed the sound being different on this leg vs the last one, but my first impression of the screens was that they were different than last years.
The side screens are a bit more angled that seems clear, but the screens themselves strike me as not quite as clear and vivid as the ones in the UK. Probably "just my imagination", ... has anyone else noticed a difference?
The video screens are the exact same used last year and at the same angle.
Take your word for it as you aren't citing a source, but myself and another person who saw several on the last leg had the exact same thought when we first saw the screens.
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TornAndFried
I will talk with someone on the video crew at the Boston load in tomorrow and confirm if they are the same screens.
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TornAndFried
I will talk with someone on the video crew at the Boston load in tomorrow and confirm if they are the same screens.
I'd be curious.. the outer two screens can swivel as I recall, perhaps just tilted slightly more to reach the fans in a larger stadium. But the quality of image, at least pre-show seemed different and not quite as crisp.
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TornAndFried
I'm not sure if the outer screens can actually swivel using an electric motor and track, or if there's some variance in the construction of the stage to adjust the angle according to the shape of the venue. The football stadiums in the US are generally wider than the soccer/football stadiums in Europe and the UK so it would make sense that the screens have an adjustable angle for optimum audience viewing. Also, the perceived quality of the video image is somewhat dependent on the ambient light conditions much like your LED television or phone screen. So, it may appear to be of higher quality simply because it was darker or you were simply closer to the stage.
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keefmick
I am pretty sure when Bernard was shaking his tambourine at Chicago 2 one of the little bells on the tambourine was tuned slightly different that it was in Prague and it totally changed the dynamic of the band.
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Chris Fountain
Well maybe technology changed - It can change from year to year due to design changes- it is part of the product life cycle. Apple I-phone is a good example.
However, stadiums may make a difference, the open stadiums with where bleachers are cl0ser seem to contain a sound better such as Carter-Finley in Raleigh. I'm going to the new renovated Miami Hard Rock stadium which has a roof over the stands only. Not sure how the sound will fare. But the stadium is louder during football games.
Hampden Park Glasgow has the stands completely covered with an oval roof and I remember on the Bigger Bang tour there was the most atrocious echo for big chunks of the show even though it was mainly full. Even the BBC broadcast couldn't mask it.