TV vs Live

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   Just been watching an Andy Williams compilation show on BBC2 showing stuff from 1963 to the early 1970s. Now, I think Andy is one of the best male vocalists of all times  - alongside Nat King Cole and possibly the UK's Matt Monro - possibly (definitely) not my first choice of musical styles, but great talent, none-the-less. What I find amazing is the audio mix of the shows from US TV in those days - the US also had colour TV several years before the UK - the audio mix seems absolutely brilliant. I think back to the mid sixties and the TV video/audio quality in the UK which seemed very hit and miss looking back on it - far away from the output of the top recording studios in the UK at the time, which listening back to remastered albums from, say the 1967 Abbey Road recordings such as Sgt. Pepper/The Piper At the Gates Of Dawn/SF Sorrow show how the original recordings were top rate and the quality is carried through the various re-mastering/remixing processes and hold up against many modern audio recordings. It seems strange that recorded sounds seem to have stayed on a (high) plateau - with obvious improvements made possible by technology (but not that reason alone) - whereas live sound has made improvements in leaps and bounds - but still doesn't really hit the button (so to speak) so that it is like sitting in front of your  (very loud) TV, except perhaps when watching a DVD/Blu-Ray which has gone through what seems to be extreme post-production re-mastering/editing to make it seem perfect (auto-tune/ overdubbing etc). 
When was the last time any of you folks out went to a live show which sounded and felt like it was pretty much perfect - not just live and loud - but like a studio album? Video-wise for me it would be the Pulse tour by Pink Floyd, which I didn't manage to see live, but I have it on good authority was as good live as on on video.

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jazomir Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 20 November 2006 Location: Sunderland UK Status: Offline Points: 1711	Post Options Post Reply Quote jazomir Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: TV vs Live Posted: 18 August 2012 at 12:32am
	Just been watching an Andy Williams compilation show on BBC2 showing stuff from 1963 to the early 1970s. Now, I think Andy is one of the best male vocalists of all times - alongside Nat King Cole and possibly the UK's Matt Monro - possibly (definitely) not my first choice of musical styles, but great talent, none-the-less. What I find amazing is the audio mix of the shows from US TV in those days - the US also had colour TV several years before the UK - the audio mix seems absolutely brilliant. I think back to the mid sixties and the TV video/audio quality in the UK which seemed very hit and miss looking back on it - far away from the output of the top recording studios in the UK at the time, which listening back to remastered albums from, say the 1967 Abbey Road recordings such as Sgt. Pepper/The Piper At the Gates Of Dawn/SF Sorrow show how the original recordings were top rate and the quality is carried through the various re-mastering/remixing processes and hold up against many modern audio recordings. It seems strange that recorded sounds seem to have stayed on a (high) plateau - with obvious improvements made possible by technology (but not that reason alone) - whereas live sound has made improvements in leaps and bounds - but still doesn't really hit the button (so to speak) so that it is like sitting in front of your (very loud) TV, except perhaps when watching a DVD/Blu-Ray which has gone through what seems to be extreme post-production re-mastering/editing to make it seem perfect (auto-tune/ overdubbing etc). When was the last time any of you folks out went to a live show which sounded and felt like it was pretty much perfect - not just live and loud - but like a studio album? Video-wise for me it would be the Pulse tour by Pink Floyd, which I didn't manage to see live, but I have it on good authority was as good live as on on video.
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colint Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 06 October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5227	Post Options Post Reply Quote colint Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 August 2012 at 12:52am
	Last one I was really impressed with was Luther Van driver at Wembley in the round with Dina Carol was a Turbo rig and sounded just like I was at home listening the a CD on the Hi-Fi amazing sound in a really difficult room. I think the trouble with recorded sound now days is to much compression TV, DVD & CD.
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