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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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.
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.
I think the true answer is they just don’t record the audio from the stage.
TV cameras don’t have audio recording. Anything ever heard on TV or in a movie has been separately recorded using a microphone. Electric instruments don’t need a microphone, they plug into the recording system directly. But drums and vocals need microphones to pick up their noise. Simply don’t turn on the microphones recording the drums/vocalist and play a track over them.
If we are talking about live performances in front of an audience, like SNL or something. The band usually does play during that time and the vocalist is the only one pretending. This is done for lots of reasons, fatigue being a big one. But most bands don’t get opportunities to play on TV and will do so without lip syncing.
I think the true answer is they just don’t record the audio from the stage.
TV cameras don’t have audio recording. Anything ever heard on TV or in a movie has been separately recorded using a microphone. Electric instruments don’t need a microphone, they plug into the recording system directly. But drums and vocals need microphones to pick up their noise. Simply don’t turn on the microphones recording the drums/vocalist and play a track over them.
If we are talking about live performances in front of an audience, like SNL or something. The band usually does play during that time and the vocalist is the only one pretending. This is done for lots of reasons, fatigue being a big one. But most bands don’t get opportunities to play on TV and will do so without lip syncing.
I think the true answer is they just don’t record the audio from the stage.
TV cameras don’t have audio recording. Anything ever heard on TV or in a movie has been separately recorded using a microphone. Electric instruments don’t need a microphone, they plug into the recording system directly. But drums and vocals need microphones to pick up their noise. Simply don’t turn on the microphones recording the drums/vocalist and play a track over them.
If we are talking about live performances in front of an audience, like SNL or something. The band usually does play during that time and the vocalist is the only one pretending. This is done for lots of reasons, fatigue being a big one. But most bands don’t get opportunities to play on TV and will do so without lip syncing.
I was wondering this yesterday! I think they use muted (noise cancelling pads) on the tops of the drums
They do have that option. Mesh drum heads and double stacked cymbals. However, chances are that everything is dubbed anyway, meaning sound on set only matters for performers hearing the guide track clearly.
I was wondering this yesterday! I think they use muted (noise cancelling pads) on the tops of the drums
They do have that option. Mesh drum heads and double stacked cymbals. However, chances are that everything is dubbed anyway, meaning sound on set only matters for performers hearing the guide track clearly.
They do have that option. Mesh drum heads and double stacked cymbals. However, chances are that everything is dubbed anyway, meaning sound on set only matters for performers hearing the guide track clearly.
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