Pearl Jam November 14, 1997 Alameda County Stadium Oakland, California, USA ght 1 out of 4 opening for The Rolling Stones Rare Trade
1 DVD Matrix Audio Mix Professional 2nd VHS proshot (2nd or 3rd Gen) > Goldstar 4 head Hi-Fi VCR > ASUS TV TUner > Windvr > Ulead Movie Factory NTSC 4:3 1h-00m-20s
After years of having the full proshot of the show, I decided to give it a try and work to get the best of the 3 versions of this show available. As main audio I used the original and awfully distorted from the original VHS, then mixed it with the Schoeps & DSM-6P audience audios, using one version in the right channel and other in the left.
The main problem was the distortion in the VHS audio, which I somehow tried to reduce and cover it with the other sources. Hail Hail & Animal were the most difficult songs to work on, since the volume was very high compared to the rest of the show (that was still high). From Dissident onwards, audio imroves a lot. The other problems were at least 2 sources running at slightly different speed and, in certain spots, slightly lower pitch.
Fortunately, the 3 sources complemented very well and result in a more consistent sound than the 2 audience sources on their own. The distortion is not fixed 100%, but the final result is pretty good.
Until a better SBD source pops up (hopefully from a better video source), I´m certain this is the best we will get from this show for a while.
