Thursday, August 7, 2014

"Live" Tracking in the Studio

Many times musical groups will want to "live" track in the studio. They come in practiced and ready for the engineer to push record while they play all together just like they do at a live gig. When they listen back to the take it is usually not what they expected. Most of the time the artists are not pleased with their performance all or parts of it, and want to dub in spots or re-record certain parts. The next thing you know the live feel is gone and so is the reason they wanted to live track in the first place. Our suggestion to live track enthusiasts is to expect imperfection. Music is made by human beings not robots. If you want a live recording it will sound like a live recording with all the little mistakes that may happen. Quite frankly, with the near perfection that software and multiple takes can get us these days, a nice live recording with all the human elements in it, is refreshing.
See you in the studio !