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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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.
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.
Apart from mutes you can also stuff the shells of the drums to cut out most of the volume and double up the cymbals. My band did this for a music video and once stuffed with blankets the toms, kick, and snare made about as much noise as a cardboard box full of clothing when they were hit.
Apart from mutes you can also stuff the shells of the drums to cut out most of the volume and double up the cymbals. My band did this for a music video and once stuffed with blankets the toms, kick, and snare made about as much noise as a cardboard box full of clothing when they were hit.
Because the audio and the video you experience at the same time on TV aren’t necessarily captured at the same time.
When a drummer is shot wide, they’re probably miming actually playing. You see the movement of their shoulders maybe, but they’re way in the background.
For close up shots, the audio is thrown away (because you’re right, it would be garbage) and replaced at the editing stage whatever perfect, pristine studio recording they want to pretend that band sounds like.
In studio people would be able to hear somewhat.
The audio is just turned off completely for the cameras though, so the audience at home can’t hear anything because no mics are on.
Edit: Also, the track is also being pumped into the studio very loudly for the band to lip sync to, and drowns out what little sounds the drums are actually making as well.
In studio people would be able to hear somewhat.
The audio is just turned off completely for the cameras though, so the audience at home can’t hear anything because no mics are on.
Edit: Also, the track is also being pumped into the studio very loudly for the band to lip sync to, and drowns out what little sounds the drums are actually making as well.
In a professional mainstream TV show, usually you have drum heads that made to not create sounds, so called “mesh heads”. Cymbals are usually two cymbals on top of each others (you can’t use rubber as you’d see it on TV). Kickdrum very often has a special trigger that doesn’t produce proper sound. The drummer needs to know what he is playing, but his set will give an extremely muffled sound. The audience will not hear anything he does as long as he is playing in time and knows his breaks.
Was in a band that appeared on TV to lip synch a song we wrote. We had the instrumental track and we’re supposed to sing live. Our instruments were not plugged in. They had shitty stage monitors playing the backing track so we could sing to it. The drummer tried to play “very lightly” and they did not use tape or pads. But he was just too loud, and he drowned out the monitors. At one point we were all just listening to him and we all got off the beat. We realized it, and he just stopped playing so we could hear the track, and then got back on the beat. Total pain in the ass. Studio audience must have been like WTF. Would have been much simpler to just let us play live.
Was in a band that appeared on TV to lip synch a song we wrote. We had the instrumental track and we’re supposed to sing live. Our instruments were not plugged in. They had shitty stage monitors playing the backing track so we could sing to it. The drummer tried to play “very lightly” and they did not use tape or pads. But he was just too loud, and he drowned out the monitors. At one point we were all just listening to him and we all got off the beat. We realized it, and he just stopped playing so we could hear the track, and then got back on the beat. Total pain in the ass. Studio audience must have been like WTF. Would have been much simpler to just let us play live.
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