[hank alrich]

brian l maccarty barfed:

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Perhaps there is something lost in the digitizing (aliasing
etc), that leads to this apparent phenomenon?

The explanation is very simple.

Yes, it is. Brian L. McCarty is without a life and lives as a parasite.

--
ha
shut up and play your guitar

[hank alrich]

geoff wrote:

FS wrote:
Does anyone have any information on the apparent intonation of a
musical ensemble when recorded as opposed to the intonation when
audited live?

Although our string ensemble is not remarkable for its intonation, it
always sounds much more in tune live, then when I listen to the
recordings that we are taking. I use an AT3202 mic which is fine for
solo work. Perhaps there is something lost in the digitizing (aliasing
etc), that leads to this apparent phenomenon?

No. What you are recording is what is actually being played.

It just sounds better at the time due to the ambience and emotional
immediacy of the performance.

geoff

Yep. In terms of cold, informative objectivity, a mic doesn't care what
I think I played; it shows me what really went down.

--
ha
shut up and play your guitar

[dwgriffi]

I had a college roommate who'd listen to an album side many times
straight through. When I asked why he didn't just play something else
he said the first time he listened to the whole music, the next time
he'd listen to just the singing, the third just the bass, the third
just the drums, etc.

A live show is one listen, taken from whatever perspective one does at
the time, that's it,one "pass" and then we have only our memories. If
we have a question about something on a recording we can listen to it
50 times instead of just letting it go off into the sunset.

I'm sure there's not enough actual physical difference to account for
any real pitch difference.

[Geoff]

hank alrich wrote:
geoff wrote:

FS wrote:
Does anyone have any information on the apparent intonation of a
musical ensemble when recorded as opposed to the intonation when
audited live?

Although our string ensemble is not remarkable for its intonation,
it always sounds much more in tune live, then when I listen to the
recordings that we are taking. I use an AT3202 mic which is fine for
solo work. Perhaps there is something lost in the digitizing
(aliasing etc), that leads to this apparent phenomenon?

No. What you are recording is what is actually being played.

It just sounds better at the time due to the ambience and emotional
immediacy of the performance.

geoff

Yep. In terms of cold, informative objectivity, a mic doesn't care
what I think I played; it shows me what really went down.

Likewise, a vocalist may swear he didn't get the word or phrasing wrong, and
it sure wasn't the recording ( digital analogue or whatever) that changed
it.

geoff