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Atlanta '94/Dissident release sound quality vs newer stuff

groovyfgroovyf Posts: 173
edited August 2009 in The Porch
Am I alone in thinking that the Atlanta 94 show that was released as the 3 CD digipak sounds far better than any of the official bootlegs that have been released? Possibly a little bit too much bass, but on the whole it sounds a lot clearer, (more of a live in-studio sound than anything else.)

I assume the recording was taken straight from the recording desk as is the case for all boots starting from the 2000 tour?

Just thought I'd throw the question out there.
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    Personally, I almost always prefer the old soundboard recordings to the post 2000 stuff. Some people say that they like to hear the audience but I could care less. If I wanted to hear a bunch of crazys* yell I'd spend 30 seconds in a Wal-Mart.

    I think the old soundboard recordings provided much better tone in the guitars.





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  • overstandoverstand Posts: 54
    yeah..most everything from the sound board will be good quality. It helps when the person running the soundboard thinks about the fact that there is a bootleg being made....

    there is definitely some variability with some of the shows I have that were recorded from sound board from 1996 and newer...
  • darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    The old recordings may sound cleaner but there's no way in hell those are straight soundboard mixes. The mix for the house would sound awful on a recording. I'm sure the band has always hand a secondary board for their recordings.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    I sort of think the radio broadcast recording of Atlanta 94 is better than the Dissident singles. The soundboard is third.
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