Adam Baboolal wrote: First up, by the way everyone is talking, I'm guessing they definitely have the multitrack for Wembley, yes? That's confirmed? I Wouldn't be against a remix, coz I've loved what they've done in most cases with the live DVDs. Wembley could be as good, provided they have those multitracks lying around.
Second, the comment about the guitar sound, " And because of that weird, and quite frankly awful guitar tone, Wembley would benefit enormously." I hate to break it to you, but, that will never change. It's NOTHING to do with the mix that was made. It's everything to do with Brian's choice of booster tech on that particular day. As far as I know, he used his usual TB83 booster PLUS a Line Driver, which was also provided by Pete Cornish. So, that can't be "fixed".
I always try to make it clear that a recording of an instrument can't be magically changed. Unfortunately, sometimes it falls on deaf ears. Hopefully not here :)
Adam.
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That's nonsense. I'm quite aware that the sound can't be drastically changed, but it can at worst be EQ'd. Pulling back some of the top end, and perhaps boosting the lower/mid frequencies would certainly improve it IMO.
Best case, they would have a separate track for each amp (although its probably a stereo bounce), meaning they could play with the sound of the 'dry' amp, so no over the top chorus.
The Line Driver was probably used throughout the Magic tour, and quite possibly earlier tours? And it makes very little difference to the sound. All it does is boost certain frequencies which can be lost because of very long guitar cables. A 100ft cable with Line Driver should sound roughly the same as a 10ft cable without.
The guitar does appear to be suffering from a lot of fretbuzz, especially on the 2nd night, which doesn't help the sound at all.
Bad Seed