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This show was better than the previous show in Chicago! The sound was spectacular here and I definitely was lucky to get a seat that was directly in line with the stack. A few tapers in attendance tonight and it was great to bump into a few of them! Notable things that happened during the performance was during "Terrible Lie" when Trent's guitar was not tuned properly and he launched it into the air. So for most of the song, no power chords were played. Again, I need to thank JD for loaning me his Schoeps mics. They are absolutely fantastic mics and the pick up the sound so well. I am very happy how this tape turned out. Just need to make note that there is about .3 seconds of dropout during "Copy of A" probably due to the cable from the tiny box and also there is a guy that leans into the right mic during "Find My Way" and asks me to move. Other than that, I think this is a great tape.

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Another taper was kind enough to loan me his Schoeps CCM4 mics for these shows (thank you JD!) and this was especially important for this amphitheater as it is notorious for having horrendous sound. Thankfully, the mics and where we had seats were in my advantage for a decent pull! I was ecstatic about the results! I am really happy with this tape and this just solidifies me wanting to take the plunge in purchasing some Schoeps microphones! I've never used a card pattern mic before and these really drown out the crowd around you. I will be moving to the dark side soon.

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This one also took a long time to release. I was hoping to get a better copy than mine, so please, if you captured this performance please get in . Would love a better copy. There was a video broadcast for this (which I don't have) and this was ripped from the Coca-Cola radio app from the internet. I found that the first few songs were lacking in quality, but during "Terrible Lie" it gets better. I would have to say, we (as nin fans) have been spoiled with very good proshot broadcasts, this one is not on the same level as the previous ones throughout 2013. Not to say it isn't good, because it is. This also may have something to do with my connection to the stream. If I get a better copy, I will update this.

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The first time they performed "Sanctified" on the Tension 2013 Tour with Pino Pallidino on bass. As they have played this version on the festival tour earlier this year. This is my best tape, out of all the recordings. Stack taped again and the crowd around me was very respectable, as was the crowd overall. No one spoke during "Hurt," I think that was the first time I've actually think this might have occurred. The arena was silent. You could look at it as being a very non-energetic crowd, or respectful. Either way, it was pretty cool. My last stop on the fall Tension tour.

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Good recording, I was happy with the outcome of it. Taped from in front of the right stack. Numerous tapers were at this show and hope to have their tapes for the archive soon. It was recorded in 24/48 and that is available on the NIN Drive. This is the 16 bit version.

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Average recording. Stood in about the same spot that I did for Toronto. A few talkers to my right, but they are not on the tape as much as I thought they would. It was recorded in 24/48 and that is available on the NIN Drive. This is the 16 bit version.

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Felt my recording came out pretty well. Recorded from just in front of the soundboard. It was recorded in 24/48 and that is available on the NIN Drive. This is the 16 bit version.

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Average recording. Taped off to the right side a bit as I did not get a great spot due to running from the opposite side of the festival grounds after taping New Order. Some clappers and screamers apparent on the tape, but I am happy with my tape.

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Taped the show just to tape it. Me and a bunch of other tapers were at this show taping/filming the show for the band last night. We got a lot of impressive footage and it may form into some type of release. This is really not that great of a tape just because it was on the highest balcony in the Vic and the whole left stack was barely noticeable. Sometimes the vocals are faint.. But I just tape the shows to have them for myself. There will be soundboard audio if there is an edit of the footage we have. But we also had another taper with some great mics that will be sharing their recording some time down the road. Thanks to all the tapers who came out yesterday and filmed the show! It was great to meet all of you.

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Good recording but there is some phasing here and there because of getting bumped and really not caring how well the tape turned out as it was my last NIN show I would go to, so I just stopped and enjoyed the show. The tape is more for the purpose of doing it rather than releasing it. There are better sources than mine I am sure.

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11 Ft. up on a stand clipped on each side of Mr. Potato Head's glasses.

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My last video from the run of shows in 2009. This was supposedly the last show in the States for the foreseeable future, until they announced the last run of club shows. It was epic. Over 2 hours of NIN at Bonnaroo. This was the first and only time that I ran a mic stand for NIN and it was a treat. We had about 3-4 other tapers there as well and it was great to talk prior to the set. I can't remember why I didn't record the beginning of "Home" I think it was because I was having difficulty starting my DAT recorder with the ALD recording I was doing (it's not great, trust me) as well. Thankfully, Frank has added in the beginning edits from some other footage from the show. The only two incomplete parts are during "The Way Out Is Through" because I wanted to enjoy the song and also "Dead Souls" when I had to switch batteries. It was show #9 on this tour for me filming and my arms were dead tired as I had to hold it over my head the entire show to film from the board. Big thanks to Frank for getting all of this synced up and edited. I revisited the 2009 audio master for this, as I felt the original release was pretty boomy. It was nice to listen to this show back. A really great show. I think it ended at 0130-0200 in the morning.

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I was lucky at a few shows and had some great seats by the soundboard. These were just right of it and the sound was great during the night. A great recording, very clear and good stereo separation. There are some screamers here and there but overall the tape is very enjoyable.

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This was added back on June 27th, 2009 as a shitty iPod video conversion. Remember that was a thing at one point? lol. Anyways, thanks to Frank G. for taking a drive of the archive's collection and editing the footage for me to something that I could present on the archive. This is my film from the show and there are a lot of great close ups and the video follows the music well. There are points where I get pretty lazy and don't zoom in much as my arm was started to get tired (mostly during Burn and Gave Up). A lot of nice close ups though and the view is not obstructed at all. DVD version also available.

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A great recording. No crowd noise, only at the end of the songs. As many other tapers suffered wind noise on their recordings this one has no wind present on the tape. This was the closest I have ever sat for a NIN show and I really thought because I was so close the sound would not be picked up from the stacks. I was wrong.

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10 years ago today, I filmed one of the best captures of Nine Inch Nails I have done, ever. Thanks to the open taping policy, I took advantage of it by bringing my Sony HD camera and DPA mics in to 9 shows on this tour. For being a one camera angle there are some great close ups of each band member and I was really hoping to get more HD sources from this show to mix in together. Since I am infatuated with everything NIN live, I knew when to pan to different members to get the best shot for each song. Alas, not many sources came out and I sat on the HD version of this for many years. This performance is special with a lot of my favorite tracks during the show. This is also the performance where Robin destroys his guitar at the end of The Becoming! Two little hiccups with the recording during the end of 'March of the Pigs' and 'I Do Not Want This' because the sound was so intense that it shut off the hard drive based camera! Only released in SD on a DVD this is the first time it has been seen in its high definition form. Big thanks to Frank G who has been working tirelessly to get this footage formatted and edited for archival purposes and the ability to share it with the NIN community. Enjoy the recording.

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Its a good recording but omni's are not the choice for this spot. Sounds a bit distant but its enjoyable. Someone came late to the show during "Discipline" and her purse snagged my mic cable and ripped it out of my R09HR. So I lost about 12 seconds of discipline.

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Thanks to Frank G. for taking a drive of the archive's collection and editing the footage for me to something that I could present on the archive. This is my film from the show. I also ran audio from my seat, but was disappointed in the quality. My omnis sounded very distant. I was always very fond of ninslave's minidisc recording from this show, Frank synced up that audio to my video.

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One of my best recordings. The seats were great and directly in front of the soundboard. Had the mics HRTF and it produced great stereo separation between the stacks. Everything is clear and only a little audible chatter is present on the tape.

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This was added back on June 27th, 2009 as a shitty iPod video conversion. Remember that was a thing at one point? lol. Anyways, thanks to Frank G. for taking a drive of the archive's collection and editing the footage for me to something that I could present on the archive. This is my film from the show and there are a lot of great close ups and the video follows the music well. This was the 3rd day in a row of shows. Chicago > Indianapolis > Clarkston. Lots of driving in 3 days, but worth it. This show was one of the shorter sets during the NIN|JA tour and also pretty sunny out! I had a great seat near the soundboard and this was one of my favorite audio recordings I have done during this tour. There is a DVD version floating around as well. But that is in standard def. Enjoy the new edit!

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