U2
The Sphere, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
October 25, 2023
"U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere"
Recorder: Sean Gursky (me@seangursky.com)
Location: Section 406, Row 4
Equipment: CA 14 Cards > CA 9200 > Edirol R-09HR
Lineage: SD Card > 24/48 WAV > Adobe Audition RMS Adjustment > Audacity EQ > Adobe Audition tracking and down sample to 16/44.1 WAV export > xACT FLAC Level 8
Setlist:
01. Lemon Remix [04:34]
02. Choral Intro [02:30]
03. Zoo Station [04:32]
04. The Fly [05:19]
05. Even Better Than the Real Thing [05:29]
06. Mysterious Ways [05:26]
07. One [06:33]
08. Until the End of the World [05:44]
09. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses [06:08]
10. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World [07:15]
11. All I Want Is You* [03:50]
12. Shallow* [05:15]
13. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For* [06:32]
14. Desire [04:19]
15. Love Rescue Me [04:15]
16. Acrobat [04:47]
17. So Cruel [05:20]
18. Ultraviolet (Light My Way) [05:14]
19. Love Is Blindness [05:58]
20. Encore Break [01:54]
21. Elevation [05:25]
22. Atomic City [03:52]
23. Vertigo [03:29]
24. Where the Streets Have No Name [06:32]
25. With or Without You [07:32]
26. Beautiful Day [05:43]
27. Glorify [01:14]
Total concert length: 2h:14m:39s
Show Notes:
Twelfth performance at The Sphere and first with a guest artists appearing onstage as Lady Gaga performed vocals on three songs.
No noticeable technical difficulties with the band (audio or video). Very minimal talking is heard on this recording, which is a treat because the show was amazing. The Sphere visuals take these songs to another level and has to be experienced to appreciate it all.
Further details about the show, song snippets and references for this performance can be found here: https://www.u2songs.com/shows/2023_10_25_u2_msg_sphere_at_the_venetian_las_vegas_nv.
Recording / Editing Notes:
* Lady Gaga on vocals
Talking and song snippets were included on song that just concluded so each track stats with the next proper song. Talking as the song begins (ie: One, Love Rescue Me) was included with the primary track. I used https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/u2/2023/sphere-at-the-venetian-resort-las-vegas-nv-7ba0c274.html to confirm track edits.
Partial band introductions were left on I Still Haven't Found until the "rhythm section thing you got going on" started Desire.
Clear vocals but perhaps the instruments could have been louder but I didn't want to mess with the EQ too much.
Settings on the CA 9200: Gain +15db, Volume 100% and Edirol R-09HR: Line Input: 38, Plug in Power: Off, Limited: Off, Low Cut: Off, Mic Gain: Low.
Adobe Audition channel adjustment to balance volume in channels, right had average RMS value that was 0.56dB higher and balanced. My reference for calculating RMS in Adobe Audition (because I never remember) is here: http://bit.ly/2ooIg4e.
Final EQ adjustments in Audacity were: +1dB Bass, +1dB Treble, +9.0dB Amplification