On Oct 9, 7:16*am, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:
With respect to classical music, live recordings often sound better
because the recording engineer is less able to **** with the sound.
You wouldn't call measure by measure and note by note editing
****ing with the sound?
Correcting bad notes doesn't change the "sound" of the recording -- it
changes the performance.
The OP did not clarify what he meant by "sounding better". To me, that means
the /sound/ -- not the performance. The OP should have said "more exciting"
or "greater involvement", or something like that.
Good point. I'll say that I THINK it's the sound, but I can't be sure.
A good example of what I'm talking about is You Shook Me All Night
Long:
Live:
http://dream.maker303.free.fr/music/shook.mp3
Studio:
http://davewhitman.com/Music/My%20Mu...0-%20AC-DC.mp3
There are better ones, but this seems to be the best example of what
I'm thinking of off the top of my head. In general, the good live
albums have a certain on-going quality that isn't there in studio
albums. Maybe it's the audience cheering, maybe it's the amps being
cranked farther, but they have a certain intangible quality which
escapes me. I suppose it's possible that this only happens in live
performances, but I'm just wondering why.