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Originally Posted by seanbrutus
Was the audio for the 2002 Gorge show remixed for the Drive In? It sounds better balanced than the cd's I have.
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I think the mix might have been slightly tweaked for last night's stream, yes. Felt like the audio was a touch cleaner last night than it was on the CDs they released back in the day. I flipped back and forth between the live stream and the original audio release on multiple songs to make sure I wasn't creating that difference in my mind, but I noticed a few things; Dave's voice sat back in the mix just a tiny bit better on the live stream last night, and his guitar had a little bit of a brighter presence last night as well, for example. Both adjustments improved the mix, for sure. I listened at the same volume, on the same nice headphones set up, so there were no variables while I was doing that.
I certainly wasn't expecting a difference or listening intently for one, seeing as every other drive-in stream from a Live Trax that they've done had identical audio to the original mix as far as I can tell, but it jumped out at me right away. If they did indeed alter the mix or at least the master a little bit for last night, it was done in a very tasteful way and absolutely for the better.
As for the show itself, I was pretty blown away by how great last night's stream was. If this was the last one in the drive-in series, major kudos to the band for going out on a bang!