Recordings
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NIN packed 45 minutes of just a nasty performance for the VetsAid concert put on by Joe Walsh. The start of Wish with the house lights on and the stage full of fog is absolutely epic. As TR stated, this will be the last performance of 'The Cold And Black And Infinite' era. I assume losing the raw aesthetics that we've seen on stage since 2017 and maybe one member is taking time away from touring? Not sure. Either way, NIN blew the roof off with this set. Really enjoyed all the performances from the evening. Thanks to anonymous for the feed, it was quickly worked on and matrixed together! I heard that the livestream audio had some echo in it throughout the night. So hopefully this makes up for it! Note this was uploaded to DIME but was banned because of the stream still being available for purchase. This is not the stream. All audience sourced. There was also a few changes to this audio recording and is the definitive source. I made a few errors that you may or may not notice in the initial seed.
Recording Details
- Length: 103 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Babynbox + Marantz PMD-620 Oade Concert Mod
- Added: 2022-09-19
Notes
Made another blunder with the mic attenuation setting on the Marantz. Even though the levels were peaking around -9 to -6 db, the sound is blown out with bass. It is not a good representation of this show and Source 1 is a vastly superior recording. This will not be released.
Recording Details
- Length: 99 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps MK4s
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Babynbox + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2022-05-28
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Second night in Philly and I was EXPLODING. Band comes out with the fog rolling in, house lights still on. I about lost my mind. No intro, just right in to Wish. This set was HEAVY. No fluff, no encore. Just straight through for 1h40m. Tonight was the debut of 'Me, I'm Not' on the 2022 tour. There were a few songs soundchecked in the afternoon that were not played that haven't been played in awhile. Taped from the same spot on the floor as the previous night. I also did video and came out really well, not having too many people that were taller than I around.
Notes
Looking back at these two shows in Philly. They may have been my favorite shows of the tour. Very small venue and the sound was great in the venue from the floor. I taped the audience recording from about 15 feet in front of the soundboard on the floor. House lights still on and the band walks through the fog and starts to play Wish. It was a pre-2008 setlist with no encore. They played straight through. I received the feed in my inbox a few months ago. I have been slowly working on matrixing the sources together. I did not know that they recorded. I believe the two recordings complement one another. The small amount of reverb is added to help with the harshness of the feed. I am really happy with how this turned out and it sounds fantastic. There are a few more to come.
Recording Details
- Length: 108 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps MK4s
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Babynbox + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2022-05-28
Notes
First night of the run in Philly. Thank you to my wife for getting me tickets for both nights and she accompanied me for this show! Her first. She now gets it why I travel to see NIN so many times. Said that they are an unbelievably tight and well executed band and understands my allure to them! Anyways, to the show... They opened the show with the backing track of Subterraneans and Trent was playing the sax live, so I kept this on the tape. The whole setlist is WELL. BALANCED. Some deep cuts, Home/TBOTE and an EPIC encore. Trent/Atticus blew my mind with the 'Happiness In Slavery' breakdown. This was taped from a few feet in front of the soundboard on the floor.
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I edited this fileset slightly. You probably won't notice the very small difference on a few songs. But my OCD needed to fix a few things. Looking back at these two shows in Philly. They may have been my favorite shows of the tour. Very small venue and the sound was great in the venue from the floor. I taped the audience recording from about 15 feet in front of the soundboard on the floor. House lights still on with Trent playing the saxophone on 'Subterraneans' at the back of the stage. It was the only time this song opened/played on this tour. This Isn't The Place > EDIETS > The Big Come Down was the highlight of this show for me. I received the feed in my inbox a few months ago. I have been slowly working on matrixing the sources together. I did not know that they recorded. I believe the two recordings complement one another. The small amount of reverb is added to help with the harshness of the feed. There are a few more to come.
Recording Details
- Length: 101 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps MK4s
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Babynbox + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2022-05-02
Notes
Another great show, featuring the return of Echoplex and The Line Begins to Blur!
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I've been working on this off/on for almost 2 years now. A few times the project files did not sync to my Google Drive, losing everything. So starting over each time just seemed like a chore. But I finally found the motivation to really knock it out. I am usually not one to talk up recordings, but this is the best recording/representation of the NIN 2022 tour. I have meticulously mixed all of the sources for this one and went through removing each click from the feeds individually to give a clean version of each song. This run of shows (Raleigh, Atlanta, Franklin) was very special for me, personally. Not only was it post COVID lockdown to see my favorite band's first shows since 2018/pandemic. But I was also able to spend some time with my brother and good friends, Mark from lplive and TJ of ratm.live. As for many, the two years prior were pretty tough not seeing shows and not being able to converse with others in person about our favorite hobby, taping! Met a lot of people throughout the 3 days and it was great to talk with everyone about Nine Inch Nails and the archive. It took awhile to get out of the parking lot here in Franklin after the show, so it was cool to sit with everyone after the show and transfer the tapes to our laptops! Not to get too sentimental... let's talk about the show! First off, the venue was pretty amazing. Sitting down in an old rock quarry. A very cool venue! I would definitely go back to see a show there. The sound was great from where we sat, about 7 rows back from the left section in line with the stack. The bass was pretty overpowering throughout the shows and felt the A10 wasn't handling it well at the prior two. So I used my M10 for this show, which helped. I don't know if it was a noise ordinance or what, but up until Burn the PA system was dialed down. It was only during this song did they turn up the PA and being at the show there was a noticeable difference from then on. Atlanta saw the return of 'Heresy' in to the set and I was happy to see it at the Franklin show too! Highlight of the night was seeing 'The Line Begins To Blur' performed for the first time since 2009. Trent stopped to talk a few times throughout the show and I think even he was happy to be back on stage and out of the studio cave. I am really happy how this recording came out. It is definitely the best tape of the tour and represents it well. I would say it rivals any soundboard release. But I also could be biased. Thank you to ToolDVN and anonymous for sending over their IEM feeds after the show to work on. Let's hope that 2024 may see NIN back on stage, but I am not expecting it. Enjoy!
Recording Details
- Length: 88 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps MK4s
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Babynbox + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2022-04-30
Notes
A face melting festival set, with the first performance of Heresy in 13 years!
Recording Details
- Length: 107 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps MK4s
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Babynbox + Sony PCM-A10
- Added: 2022-04-28
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NIN returns to the stage for the first time in three and half years with an amazing show!
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First show for NIN since 2018. It was absolutely incredible. They melted the place. Trent was very appreciative of every one coming out and the performance showed. The first time 'Everyday Is Exactly The Same' since 2006. I taped in front of the left stack. I was recording on level 2 on the A10 to start the show during Somewhat Damaged and my levels clipped and I immediately turned the volume down a few clicks. Only to realize I went to zero for about 3 seconds. I received the feed in my inbox over a month ago. I have been slowly working on matrixing the sources together. I did not know that they recorded. It was a treat to see from the first show of the tour when it came to my inbox! The audience tape is more apparent, as the feed is there to supplement. The feed ran a bit hot. But adding some reverb and compression helped to reduce the harshness. There are a few more to come.
Notes
There are longer notes in the txt file of the recording. Two sources mixed together from myself and an anonymous source. This has been an unbelievable tour and so many damn good tapes have come from it. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the archive and sharing tapes. Especially those who were involved in the ninlive archive taping rig project. It was such a wonderful treat to get recordings from everyone and read the journal entries. Those should be up on the site very soon once I get it back and scan it. I hope to be able to bring some more recordings from the tour onto the site, as well as unearth some older recordings. Until the next tour... See you then.
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This was edited by BLG and here is his notes on the mix he did of 3 sources from the show, "I swore I was no longer going to do projects like this, but this show definitely deserved it. I can't tell you how tedious and annoying it was to remove the click track from the IEM source, but in the end it was worth it. Both AUDs complemented each other nicely and I was able to remove some crowd noise from both sources. The pre-amp battery in the AT933 source failed and it is missing the last 3 songs of the main set. Thanks to all the tapers. This was a great show to end what I consider to be an epic 6 night stand at the Palladium."
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This is probably one of three blunders I have ever done taping. Didn't have my recording rig handy and DM was kind enough to send over his recorder. I didn't check all the settings and the recorder was set to mid instead of 'low' and I paid for it. Totally brickwalled recording and the mic jack came loose a bit during the encores and it's riddled with static. I am hoping that another recording pops up from this date. This was my favorite set out of the run in LA. This will not be released. But is on here for the sake of archival purposes. It's a terrible recording that is not salvagable (I don't think, someone can take a stab at this brickwalled tape who has more experience than I).
Recording Details
- Length: 105 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps MK4s
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Naiant IPA + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2018-09-28
Notes
After meeting the band the first night, I didn't know how we could top it the next night. But NIN DECIDED TO PLAY "NOW I'M NOTHING!!!!" Which they haven't played since 2009 and only played a handful of times since 1991. There was no "Bad Witch" segment of the show like all the setlists before. They were not fooling around and played hits after hits!! It was epic! LOVED hearing them cover Joy Division's "Digital!!!" We had some great seats thanks to m0reta on ETS. I was living in San Diego at the time and she came to the physical world pre sales and picked us up tickets. This recording is for her and she was the reason the tape came out so well because the placement of the seats. Honestly, the best setlists that they have been playing and I think better than the first night. We met a lot of people over the weekend, and it was amazing to talk with other fans around the concourse and head out after the shows to talk about our favorite band. I will never forget this run of shows!
Notes
Kip matrixed my audience recording with their IEM source. It would be hard to say that this isn't the best sounding tape of the tour thus far.
Recording Details
- Length: 106 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps MK4s
- Lineage: Schoeps MK4s + Naiant IPA + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2018-09-28
Notes
Best two shows I have ever seen. My brother flew down to Atlanta for the shows and these are now the only ones I am making. I've been running the archive for almost 10 years now and I have never met the band. All I have wanted to do is meet them, shake their hands and tell them how much I appreciate their music. So I sent a message over twitter and the outpour of support was overwhelming. Their tour manager contacted me and we setup a meet prior to them going on stage this night! We went up to meet them and it was surreal!!! Just to meet the band that I admire so much and travel to go see with my brother, it was just an awesome experience. We chatted about the archive and taping and I understand where TR is coming from. He told me that he is flattered about the site and the band came to speak to me and said that they love my work and the site is incredible. It meant a lot. Alessandro said that, "if I need to know where I have been since 2005, I just go here". It made me laugh. At the end of the day, no open taping policy because they can't control the quality. But he respects it and said that I can keep doing the good work and he would never shut the site down. It was such a great thing to hear from him. He told my brother and I a few other things that will be coming up and we talked about the Banksy Hotel compositions that will be coming out on vinyl! There will be a bigger write up about this encounter on the site. In regards to the show, IT WAS AWESOME. This is the live debut of Dear, World and we had some great seats thanks to m0reta on ETS. I was living in San Diego at the time and she came to the physical world pre sales and picked us up tickets. This recording is for her and she was the reason the tape came out so well because the placement of the seats. Honestly, the best setlists that they have been playing. We met a lot of people over the weekend, and it was amazing to talk with other fans around the concourse and head out after the shows to talk about our favorite band. I will never forget this run of shows!
Notes
Kip matrixed my audience recording with their IEM source. It would be hard to say that this isn't the best sounding tape of the tour thus far.
Recording Details
- Length: 91 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Schoeps CCM4s
- Lineage: Schoeps CCM4s + Actives + Tinybox + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2017-09-16
Notes
What can I say? My first NIN show since 2014 and it was NASTY!!!!! Drove from Detroit for the show and back the same night. Got there early to hopefully see DFA but we got stuck in some traffic. Made it in during Ministry and got a spot dead center of the stage. Taped New Order from where I stood, that tape is mediocre at best. Obviously more interested in catching NIN's set. They did not disappoint. The sound was absolutely fantastic at the stage and Branches/Bones is a HEAVY HITTING opener! This was the Panorama Fest set on steroids. The first few songs I was getting thrown around as it got pretty aggressive out there. But I got through it! During "March of the Pigs" some guy grabbed my shoulder (right on one of the mics) and I flipped on him. Turned around and gave him a swift heart punch and yelled, "Don't fucking touch me!" Honestly have no idea how that didn't show up on the tape. Probably due to these beast of Schoeps mics. Should point out, BIG THANKS TO JD for allowing me to borrow his rig for this run of shows (including my Depeche Mode trek). He allowed me to run the same rig for the NIN/Soundgarden 2014 shows I went to."I Can't Give Everything Away" was a real emotional song. Actually teared up during it. Just really powerful. This was also the debut live performance of "The Background World" and it was AMAZING! By the end of these two songs, there are a few spots of wind noise, as it started to pick up. I heard "The Hand That Feeds" and there was still 30 minutes left. I thought we were getting close to the end. HLAH played, then the encore.. It was like a minute long and Trent comes back on stage and says, "fuck it, we're playing some more! and goes into SOMEWHAT FUCKING DAMAGED!!!!!!!!!! My favorite song, I lost it, man. So damn good. That encore kicked so much ass. The show was so good. There are not many better feelings than a concert high. I get it every time I see NIN. I am hoping for a club show on Sunday or Monday! It was really nice to finally meet the other NIN fan site creators from ninhotline, nintourhistory, and ninwiki! It has been a long time coming and it was finally nice to meet them all in person and chat for a few seconds! Listening back to the tape now, I am really happy with the results and stoked to get this kind of quality for the archive. Thanks to all who have helped gather sources and sent them my way. Hope there is more to come from Cali next month and the tour in 2018!
Recording Details
- Length: 87 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): RyanJ
- Microphone: Sony ECM-717
- Lineage: Sony ECM-717 + CA-9100 Pre + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2014-08-19
Notes
This was my last show of the NIN tour. I have always wanted to visit this venue since my first recordings I ever owned were from this venue back when I was 12 years old (Depeche Mode 1990 silvers). I would definitely come back to this venue. It was wicked. Not to mention having the hotel right next to the venue so no stress with traffic after the show! We got some ridiculous seats, 3rd row, dead center in front of TR in the pit! It was incredible. A very nice way to end the tour because it will be awhile before NIN hits the road again. I wasn't too worried about getting a recording since I did not know what to expect with being so close to the stage with sound. Not to mention I really wanted to jam out to the show, as it being my last of the tour. This tape was mostly for myself as I can't help but tape any show I go to regardless of sound. So I brought the plug n' play taping rig with the 717. Still one of my favorite mics to use and recently had to repurchase one as my first one was broken when I gave it on loan for some NIN Euro gigs in May. Even though this recording is not on the same level as the Schoeps recordings from a few weeks back, I am still very proud of the tape. It's definitely an average recording as there were a few points in the show where I covered the mic up. This really only happens during "Closer" for a few seconds causing some phasing. Was really excited to get "Reptile" and "The Day The World Went Away." Reptile is always nasty live and TDTWWA using the album version of the song live with all 4 band members jamming out on guitars is fantastic. Of course "Eraser" was the highlight of the set for me!!! NIN also filmed the night as well. As most NIN fans know, sometimes nothing will come of the footage because Trent doesn't like it. So we will see if anything comes of it down the road. They have recorded LA last fall, Vienna during the recent Euro tour and Woodlands. I snapped off a few photos during the show and one was featured on NIN's Instagram! (shameless social media plug, ha!). To my knowledge, there was also another taper in attendance. I would assume that his tape will be superior to mine whenever he may release it.