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?

1.08K views

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.

In: 3815

63 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

The studio audience would hear muffled drums, if they weren’t drowned out by the in studio PA. As for you watching on the TV, if there are no mics in studio picking up the ambient sound, you’d only hear the broadcast track anyway.

You are viewing 1 out of 63 answers, click here to view all answers.