Returning to her home town of Brooklyn, Barbra Streisand is the second artist to headline at the newly-opened Barclay’s Arena – barely a mile from where she grew up, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

The two shows she put on at the 19,000-seat venue were recorded by the M3 (Music Mix Mobile) remote facilities company, which had its Eclipse remote truck in place for both rehearsals and performances. These were recorded by Streisand’s long-time engineer, Grammy and Emmy award winner David Reitzas, noted also for his work with artists including Madonna, Seal, Andrea Bocelli and Guns N’ Roses.

Reitzas used M3’s extensive array of Waves plug-ins – including the Renaissance Vox, the Renaissance Axx, the Renaissance Compressor, the MV2 Dynamics Processor, TrueVerb and the H-Delay – on many of the 190 inputs used by Streisand’s orchestra, band and 60-strong choir.

‘This is an amazing show by an amazing artist,’ says Joel Singer, Engineer-In-Charge at M3, which was also on hand to record select shows on Streisand’s 2007 tour. ‘Ms Streisand is using all live musicians – not one single tape track at these performances. And we’ll be using Waves plug-ins on many of the inputs, from the 18 vocal microphones we’ll have on the choir to the string and horn sections. It will be processed by Waves, because Waves is that good.’

‘Because Waves understands the comfort zone we all look for when we embark on a high-profile audio project like this,’ he continues. ‘We know what we want things to sound like and Waves gets us there. You know when you walk into a control rooms and see certain things, like a familiar set of monitors, that you’ll be in your comfort zone and will be able to do your best work. That’s what Waves does for us.’

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