When a band appears on a TV show and it is obvious they are lip synching, why do we not hear the drums that are on stage?

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What I mean by that is, obviously the guitars and other instruments are not plugged in, but the drums don’t have that option. So why can we not hear that the drums are actually live? Hopefully that makes sense what I am asking.

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Audio engineer for TV shows here: we would just mute all of the mics. When you hear the audience, they have the mics so close to them that they don’t pick up any sound from the stage.

Great question! Lip syncing on American entertainment shows is less common than it used to be though.

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