27.03.1985
Canada, Montreal, Forum
1985-03-27 - Montreal SBD AUD matrix
exc. Soundboard/Audience

01. Two hearts beat as one [5:15]
02. MLK [2:36]
03. The unforgettable fire [4:52]
04. Wire [3:53]
05. Sunday bloody Sunday [5:25]
06. The electric co [7:49]
07. A sort of homecoming [5:23]
08. Bad [10:41]
09. October [2:08]
10. new year s day [5:37]
11. Pride [5:53]
12. Knocking on heaven s door [3:54]
13. Gloria [4:50]
14. Forty [8:09]
15. Bad (Dortmund) [7:42]

Total Running Time: [1:24:14]

Quality : EXCELLENT
Sources :
- Analog SBD recording transfered from cassette and kindly shared by bonoman66 : EX SBD
- AUD recording taped by unknown, approx 3d-4th gen Tape. kindly shared by Dana : G/VG AUD

Mix : SBD (80%) + AUD (20%)
Complete concert : No (first songs missing since SBD recording starts with 2 hearts)

[ Additional track : SBD / AUD mix Live in Dortmund 1984 ]
Quality : EX SBD (80%) + VG AUD (20%)
Sources : Fradoca's SBD remaster (25th anniversary) + Minimax AUD master

AUDIO PROCESS (with Audacity 2.3.3)

FLAC > Audacity in 32-bit float > AUD track speed : +1 semitone > AUD track tempo : synching > subtle remastering/editing* > tracksplitting > Export to 16-bits-FLAC

* Remastering/editing notes :
- SBD : Little noise reduction, normalization, slight compression, little EQ
- AUD : slight EQ and volume adjustments (channels balance)
- SBD + AUD : Slight left / right panning + normalization
- Fades-in/out

Additional notes : 
AUD recording missing between Electric Co and Homecoming, then between Pride and Knocking, finally between Gloria and 40 ; transitions have been smoothed (fades-in/out).

I hope to find time to work on some other matrix projects, it's damned time-consuming (even more with analog sources!!) so I really can't tell. Anyway, I'm happy to give some contribution to this nice sharing spirit within the U2 community. Thanks to all who share great material.

Before leaving, here is my ISO list (possible matrix purposes), that is EX AUD sources for :
- Washington 1981
- London 1987
- Adelaide 1989
- Basel 1993 (+ Pro-shot soundtrack in lossless form... if it exists...)

Notes:
This is a matrixed version of the famous SBD 1985 Montreal bootleg.

Why a matrix ? UF Tour may be the one tour that wasn't spoiled with SBD recordings and that hasn't been granted with any matrix projects. So I convinced myself it could be worth working on that. If you have Noiseless's remaster in your collection and are happy with it, then you may be tempted to stick to it, I don't think this matrix tops it. Your curiosity may lead you to listen to a sample, at least, and hear by yourself...! Well, a remaster and a matrix give different results.

As for the mix, I've chosen to set the AUD source low. My idea is that AUD tracks should be kept quite low in the mix so that it doesn t take precedence over SBD tracks : a succesful SBD/AUD mix is a one that allows to preserve a SBD feeling while AUD brings some space and a little bit of live feeling. Surely, it depends on the quality of the sources. In this case, it led me to keep the SBD recording high in the mix.

A bonus track is offered for free ! It is there to honour the good old tradition when pressed audio bootleggers used to put (luckily... or not) additional songs...! This bonus track is also a matrix recording (Dortmund 1984) to keep the whole project coherent. But don't expect a full SBD / AUD matrix for that concert (just a simple test, isn't worth going further IMO and AUD recording isn't complete BTW). sept 10th 2025 - portissol83 (aka billcarter)

U2Torrents.com: Torrent 11091 (by portissol83)