Backstage Class: How Not To Record A Live Album
A case study in breaking the “golden rules” of recording – and getting away with it…
January 30, 2023
A case study in breaking the “golden rules” of recording – and getting away with it…
Don’t be discouraged—we’ve all experienced these (and more) over the course of our careers. The key is avoiding repeats…
A veteran who’s been on both sides offers experiences, observations and insights; being able to switch between them involves employing the appropriate mental skills and adapting to the context in which you’re working.
On analog consoles and processors, and ways that mixing and the workflow has changed in the digital age.
Appropriate musical choices played at the right levels before the show can subtly prepare an audience for the live music that will follow.
The value of thinking about – and looking at – the mix in a graphical way. Anything that can help us visualize sonic concepts can enable us to better understand the nature of the mix and produce consistently high-quality results.
Considering the nature of the space in which we plan to mix and what happens when our carefully crafted sound is let loose in the wild.
The story of how I came to conquer a beast that stalks all live events, wrenching both the audience and the performers out of the moment.
With careful planning and a good awareness of all stages of the process, you should be able to meet the deadline and ensure the finished product sounds as good as possible.
A “low-tech” approach in recording basic show file values in such a way that they can be translated to any console, leaving more time for the all-important finessing of the mix.
Five problems that the author — a veteran live engineer — has encountered at gigs. as well as some suggestions for how they can be avoided.
With careful planning and a good awareness of all stages of the process, you should be able to meet the deadline and ensure the finished product sounds as good as possible.
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