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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There are so many things that go into televising “live” performances that make it difficult to execute properly, especially when multiple acts are involved.
Televised audio sounds much different than live audio, so you have to have multiple mixers/engineers.
Different acts will all have different levels coming from their equipment. And you know the guitarist will turn the volume up after sound check.
Then the effort it takes to get the different acts setup with mics and lines. There is a reason truly live shows have long intermission between acts.
Cymbals: you stack two identical ones on top of each other, it’ll look like one on camera but sound completely mute.. you may tape etc but that looks awful
Drums: drop the heads so they’re absolutely loose, put some cloth inside the drum.
Source: drummer
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There are so many things that go into televising “live” performances that make it difficult to execute properly, especially when multiple acts are involved.
Televised audio sounds much different than live audio, so you have to have multiple mixers/engineers.
Different acts will all have different levels coming from their equipment. And you know the guitarist will turn the volume up after sound check.
Then the effort it takes to get the different acts setup with mics and lines. There is a reason truly live shows have long intermission between acts.
There are so many things that go into televising “live” performances that make it difficult to execute properly, especially when multiple acts are involved.
Televised audio sounds much different than live audio, so you have to have multiple mixers/engineers.
Different acts will all have different levels coming from their equipment. And you know the guitarist will turn the volume up after sound check.
Then the effort it takes to get the different acts setup with mics and lines. There is a reason truly live shows have long intermission between acts.
Cymbals: you stack two identical ones on top of each other, it’ll look like one on camera but sound completely mute.. you may tape etc but that looks awful
Drums: drop the heads so they’re absolutely loose, put some cloth inside the drum.
Source: drummer
I worked on a cruise ship as a show band musician. The entire show was “Tracked”, meaning there was a drum track, guitar, bass, horns, sweetener (background vocals and effects) etc….Obviously they preferred to play live, but the new guy isn’t going to nail the show on day 1 with a small amount of time to prepare.
Occasionally though we would have to run up on stage, and those were 100% tracked. My bass wasn’t even plugged in. The keyboard I don’t think even functioned, and the horns were just miming it.
For drums, he had to at least look the part, hit the cymbals at the right time and such. But the reality was he was playing so quietly, and the sound in the room was so loud, that I couldn’t even hear him and I was on stage with him.
So to answer your question, yeah you might get some bleed, but stages are big, and drummers can play quietly.
Cymbals: you stack two identical ones on top of each other, it’ll look like one on camera but sound completely mute.. you may tape etc but that looks awful
Drums: drop the heads so they’re absolutely loose, put some cloth inside the drum.
Source: drummer
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