Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible View Post



For the most part, they are not altered or enhanced, just mixed live, balanced and mastered in the studio.
Um, that means ALTERED. Any change to how it sounds to the people at the show is an alteration. What do you think everyone is talking about when the topic of recreating the live show means? How many people at any concert get to listen thru a Mixing Board?

Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible View Post
What you hear coming from the PA is very different than what you hear direct from the mixing board. We don't use the FOH feed, or record what comes from the PA speakers. We send the mix to the recording truck or in house recording facility where it is balanced and fed to the disc drive or digital recorder.
A true live recording is done from the mic directly to the recorder, not thru a mixing board. Chesky uses 2 stereo mics and records directly to the recorder so what you hear on the recording is about as close to what you would have heard if there.