Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - 'M(A)DE IN JAPAN' out June 29th + 2015 TA TOUR (TA ver.) [II]

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Not really sure if there's a better place to talk about it (there isn't a separate TA Tour DVD thread), but I'm kind of disappointed with the editing of the TA Tour. (I only just received my album+bluray set).

Audio was done poorly, her voice sounds robotic in parts, they didn't really do a very good job of capturing the atmosphere of the show at all, which is sad as it's probably my favourite time seeing her live.

It was also a shame they cut out the acapella section, but she had an annoying MC with Timmy so not really complaining about that missing.

It really is such a travesty the way they continue to butcher her vocals in post like that. I watched Untitled 〜for her〜 the other day on youtube and then booted up A BEST LIVE and the difference is staggering. I couldn't watch it. You can't feel anything at all coming from her when they process her so much that she becomes flat and the sound emotionless. :no

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Originally Posted by Zeke. (Post 3209474)

Actually A BEST LIVE wasn't THAT bad, it was only the beginning when they switched to different software/settings. My guess they were using Melodyne or similar program before and then started using Auto-tune. The real nightmare began starting from CDL 2013-2014. They ruined Premium showcase, A-nation 2014. Then for some unknown reason they returned to an old editing technique, so A-nation 2015, CDL 2014-2015 and Arena Tour 2015 were nicely edited. And then the nightmare continued with CDL Made in Tokyo and TA Tour 2015. Oddly enough there was 1 song in CDL Made in Tokyo that was edited the old, normal way - WARNING.
I'm so happy that I didn' pay for TA Tour DVD. The moment Ayu opened her mouth in the first song I knew they f**ed up her voice again. I tried watching different parts, but couldn't stand it and deleted the file. I enjoyed her human voice in MS Flower performance thinking that it most likely will be insanely robotic in upcoming AT 2016 broadcast.

Didn't know where else to post in case anyone else is interested but Made in Japan bluray ver is 20% off right now at cdjapan. I just got my own copy together with the 1500 points I had been saving up it came down to almost nothing. =)