How To Mix Live Recordings To Sound Studio Quality - RecordingRevolution.com 

Came here for mixing techniques. Stopped watching because of all the overdubs.

So what you're saying is all you have to do to get "studio quality" out of a live recording is just re-record everything in the studio? Oh and use sample replacement? Seems like this should be titled "how to pass a studio recording off as live" or something along those lines. For everybody watching you can achieve this same result by just putting a recording of a crowd behind a bunch of studio recordings. I'm not trying to be condescending but when you are replacing over half of what was there and adding things that weren't there in the first place you can no longer refer to it as "mixing live recordings to sound studio quality". I can assure you that there may be overdubbed vocals on most of the big live records but they do not overdub everything.

Your vocals on the board weren't too hot, they were mixed for the room accounting for backline & drums sound that was coming from amps & acoustic instruments. They needed less in the desk mix as the audience were hearing 50% (or whatever) directly from instruments and not through the PA. The louder the PA, the lower the percentage 'backling makeup' sound, and the better the direct PA mix. It's great that you sharing your knowledge, but personally I wouldn't be comfortable calling a recording a live mix when so much was rerecorded.

ARE YOU WATCHING MY LIFE? Every time I needed to learn something so specific you launched a video about it. Hahahaha thanks, Graham!!!

I've been recording live recordings for over 15 years and have never had the opportunity to overdub separate vocals to replace and have managed fine. Sure there is bleed but it's all in the balance and in the processing. Honestly this would have been more beneficial if you had kept it real... Nice to see something on this subject though. I wish positive thoughts to you. Cheers!

Sooo step 1: re-record everything in the studio and use samples. I just saved you 21 minutes

Dislike brother, it’s lying! Good luck!

I'm a gospel music Minister, and I'm planning on releasing my first album, though I have some singles already. But I want a live record album and this video here just opened my eyes to many things. Thank you so much for this video.

If you call it a “live remix”, the accusation of cheating is off the table. We all do some kind of live remix every day, the original just wakes up in the morning with twisted hair (if there's any left). By the way, your radio-ready song guide is really brilliant! Stay tuned and don't let the joy be taken away from you.

So basically it's not 100% live, what about recording tips for a real live recording and mixing without overdubs ?

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Thank you so much for this video! Great song choice as well. Learned a lot from this video and several of your other ones. Since this whole quarantine situation our church has been doing RU-vid for our services. So I truly appreciate the information and your willingness to put your faith out there. Keep up the good work! God bless

I take the Guitar DI's and send them to the amp. I rescue my signals from other enstruments bleeding. I think most popular rock bands live album was done like this.

Wow the final result sounded awesome👏👏👏

Very honest reveal and very helpful also. Merry Christmas Gods blessing in your ministry of music...

Really good tutorial. I thought the final mix was a bit busy but the techniques you highlighted were spot on so I now have a good idea on how to record my band in the practise room and post edit. Thank You .

You should do another video on how to capture these kinds of recordings showing what kind of gear you used, how many mics did you use, and how to did you connect it to an interface or did you connect to your computer straight to the board. If so, how do you get them as separate tracks rather than just one stereo track

You are right that some of the bigger live recording bands DO over dub their vocals. I remember attending a concert and later that year they used the concert I went to for 1 of the songs on their live album. Well i'm a singer / musician / recording studio so I can hear and pick out things a lot of people can't. I remember the singer that night sang just 3 words different. He went lower when the original is higher and when I got the "live" recording of that night he went higher and I remember him going lower so yes they do re-record the vocals or dub them.

This video came at a perfect time for me!! Thanks graham!