RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
2014/04/16 - Lincoln Theatre; Washington DC, USA
Source: CA-14's (Cards) > Church Audio ST-9200 +40dB > Edirol R09-HR @ 24/96
Location: 10th Row, DFC (Sec CTR, Row L, Seat 107) *STEALTH*
Editing: Tracking, fades, and EQ were done while the show was laid in Sony Soundforge 9.0a (Build 297) as a wav file. Select audience applause between / during songs was mitigated using the "Click and Crackle" removal tools. Claps were enveloped, see "Misc. Notes" for more on this. Normalization performed on each channel independently to -0.10dB.
Conversion: Trader's Little Helper v.2.7.0 (Build 172)
TRACKLIST: TIME:
01. Intro 00:16
02. Grey Gardens 03:34
03. Maker Makes 04:15
04. Vibrate 05:19
05. Out of the Game 03:58
06. Jericho 04:31
07. Dinner at Eight 06:36
08. Argentina 02:29
09. Friendship is the Wind 09:46
10. Les feux d'artifice t'appellent 07:58
11. Me and Liza * 05:27
12. April Fools * 04:52
13. Gay Messiah * 04:25
14. Candles 05:21
15. Going to a Town 05:59
16. I Don't Know What It Is 05:45
17. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk 05:36
18. The Art Teacher 04:42
19. Pretty Things ^ 02:47
20. Hallelujah ^ # 04:42
21. Poses 05:54
22. Foolish Love 05:36
GRAND TOTAL- 109:48
* Joined on stage by his sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche dressed as Liza Minnelli
^ Joined on stage by his sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche dressed normally
# Originally performed by Leonard Cohen
MISC NOTES:
My first time seeing Rufus. This was a General Admission show. He was touring in support of his album, "Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright," which essentially made the show a "Best of" show. I decided to buy a ticket and attend and I'm glad I did! I am pretty happy with the tape too. There was a giggly fellow sitting to my left who occasionally chats with his friend between songs, but for the most part, a few "woo's" aside, everyone was pretty respectful which the performer was playing.
Show was opened with about a half dozen songs performed by Rufus's sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche, whom I also recorded.
In editing the show I ran Soundforge's "Click and Crackle Removal" tool, but was left with plenty of applause. I undertook the four-hour task of manually applying a "v" shaped envelope to each individual offensive hand-clap in between songs in order to cut down some of the unpleasantly loud claps. I also applied custom envelopes to each post-song roaring-applause, which fade away sharply in a shape which matches the rise in volume, and fade back again softly, so as to minimize or remove any potential for sounding odd or manipulated. I think it came out pretty well!
Only other technical note I'll make is that there is a slight snap sound as the volume shift slightly during track two at about 2:42. The preamp I was using is still fairly new to me, and at this moment I decided to increase the level of gain from +35 to its max, +40. Unknown to me at the time was the fact that switching the gain settings results in a small stutter in the signal. I tried to match the volumes in post, but I have come to find that matching that 5dB difference is not as simple as applying a 5dB boost to one part of the recording. Indeed I believe that the difference in those settings is likely about 7dB. Further, the gain-change also left a, extremely short (0.034sec) hole in the signal, which I decided to remove all-together. The lesson here is if you're going to change gain settings, wait until there is no noise at all other than applause.