Medeski, Martin and Wood
July 18, 2008
The Bomhard Theater
Louisville, KY


Source:
Neumann KM-140 (active cables in ORTF bar) > directly plugged into Sound Devices 702
in order to avoid any further cables. (24bit/96kHz)
Transfer:
S.D. 702 > Compact Flash extremeIII > PC > Samplitude v8.31 (resample 24/96>16/44.1,
level adj,tracking, but no other eq/noise reduction or other modification of signal)
16/44.1 wav > .flac via FLAC frontend lv 8

Location Notes:
This venue (there are some great ones in Louisville!) has regular seats with a central
area that has several round tables up front. We were in the Front Row table 'B'. Initial
hassles that shackaholic recieved with taping made me set up a small tripod on the table
which was about 15 inches above stage level, 2 feet back from stage lip and 3 feet to the
left of dead center. At set break I put the mics on my stand instead and put them 10 inches
above stage level looking right over the stage lip Dead Fucking Center. The band was set
set up about 20 feet back from the stage lip. Though MMW does not allow on stage mic'ing
anymore, this is about as close as you can get. Listen for differences between set I and
II, I bet few can hear the 3 foot slide to the right. I would put this in the top 10
recordings I have ever pulled, sound quality wise. The band was dialed in perfectly and
played great!

Reported setlist:
I do not know if these tracks match up correctly or not, as this was all new music. Thanks
to shackaholic for the setlist info...I have only cut 6 tracks in I and 10 in II since the
track breaks are a bit hard to find. Thanks to Rex T for the kind seats!

Set One:

"dense" >
"strumming"
"cajun boogie"
bass solo >
"presidential"
"triple breaks" >
"hey slow"


Set Two:

crowd
"samples" >
"rotate"
"stabs"
illyb percussion solo
piano solo >
"piano funk boogie"
"slow blues"
"chords build"
crowd/applause
E: untitled --recipe cooked up 'special for the 'ville.