hmchristian7020
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I have a question for anyone that has experience recording a capella ensembles,
Why do they only record one voice at a time, and then sync it in post? I school I worked for has placed in/won several international a capella competitions, and recorded several albums with studios that have worked with famous groups like pentatonix, etc.
From a performer and director standpoint, recording everyone individually on separate days sounds like it would have disastrous consequences in blend, timing, and tuning. We spend SO much time in ensembles learning to feel each other's pulse and be able to match vowels, pitch, and shift in dynamics to make the song become a performance, why would that not want to end up on the recording?
From an engineer standpoint, wouldn't aligning everything and processing everything individually take way more time and work, when most of that is done for you by a tight ensemble? Even using directional Mics and having some space between the singers would be far better in my opinion than making the group sound right in post.
So yea, just some thoughts, if anyone has experience in this area, I would love to know why the industry standard is the way it is.
Why do they only record one voice at a time, and then sync it in post? I school I worked for has placed in/won several international a capella competitions, and recorded several albums with studios that have worked with famous groups like pentatonix, etc.
From a performer and director standpoint, recording everyone individually on separate days sounds like it would have disastrous consequences in blend, timing, and tuning. We spend SO much time in ensembles learning to feel each other's pulse and be able to match vowels, pitch, and shift in dynamics to make the song become a performance, why would that not want to end up on the recording?
From an engineer standpoint, wouldn't aligning everything and processing everything individually take way more time and work, when most of that is done for you by a tight ensemble? Even using directional Mics and having some space between the singers would be far better in my opinion than making the group sound right in post.
So yea, just some thoughts, if anyone has experience in this area, I would love to know why the industry standard is the way it is.