On a clean vinyl disc or a tape played with dolby or some kind of compression/limiting...?

2016-04-01T13:23:31Z

there is no difference in sound quality between playback and "live" so why do some people say there is ,when you make a recording the eq effects etc. sound exactly the same on playback,when you play it back dry,so why do some people say the words live and recording as mutually exclusive ,when they are not,just like some people argue there is no difference between analog and digital in how it sounds,I make the argument there is no difference between live and playback and how they sound.

2016-04-01T14:48:06Z

"Live" Albums are certainly edited ,you are not listening to the whole concert or even one concert in the sequence it has occurred ,go listen to "Let It Be" by The Beatles listen to "Dig a Pony" now go see the rooftop scene in the movie "Let It Be" and you will notice that "live" song was edited for the album now a recording does not have to be in 3 dimensions or the original dimensions of when it was live to be an accurate representation of the sound,the dimensions are the format not the..

2016-04-01T14:51:54Z

performance (the sound) even if it is mono you can still discern whether someone was in back or front etc. all you digital fans are doing is nit picking the analog playback sounds the same as when it was live a recording and live are not mutually exclusive period.

2016-04-01T14:53:38Z

also there is NO audible degradation of the sound between live in the air ,coming out of the speakers live going to the medium or playback!!!

Robert J2016-04-01T13:40:44Z

There are several points in that question.

"Live" means As-it-happens-in-real-time, as in watching a sporting event live.

Or, with music, a "Live Album" is a recording of a Live performance (as opposed to an album made up from edited sections recorded in a studio).

Live albums and Studio recorded albums are totally different things; I don't know if that is where some of the disagreements originate.



Re. recording & playback: Technically - and obviously to most people - there are always differences between the original and any reproduction of a live show.

The first and most obvious is the acoustic environment. At a live performance you can turn your head and hear the differences with the sounds echoing and different ambience from different areas. A good surround system can emulate some of that effect, but with a limited number of speakers in a few fixed locations, it's never the same as a true theatre- or stadium-size live performance.

Also, there is always some degradation in a recording and playback process using analog elements. It may be very close but it is not _exactly_ the same.


(Actually, virtually any commercial "stereo" recording played back through a normal stereo system has serious quality degradation, as they are almost always surround encoded and without being fed through the correct surround decoder and speaker system, sounds from different directions are mixed, reducing the clarity and separation of the "stereo" output.)

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Anonymous2016-04-03T05:06:47Z

I'm not sure whether you are just expressing yourself badly but you seem to be very badly informed and confused.

In the case of most recordings meant for entertainment, there is NO attempt made to make the final tecording sound like the actual performance. If that was the intention then the main limiting factor would be how the tecording was reproduced. Considerably more than a pair of stereo speakers would be required.

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spacemissing2016-04-02T17:43:44Z

The asker is poorly informed,
has poor communication skills,
and is belligerent.

That's a recipe for not having any further questions answered.

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Danton J. A.2016-04-01T13:21:41Z

This question makes no sense.

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