All the musicians must play or sing at the same time you can't overdub. And you have to do a flawless mix as the band plays. The band you record has to perform well all the way through the song, so they must be well rehearsed. Recording live to 2-track is exhilarating. What's more, you save recording time because you omit the overdubs and mixdown. The signal path is as short as possible, so the sound is extra clean and clear. If you mix directly to a 2-track recorder, the signal goes through your mixer only once - during recording - not twice during recording and mixdown. Why? The sound can be more transparent and punchy, and the performance can be more exciting because all the musicians play at once. These days we record everything on multitrack, but we ought to rediscover the art of 2-track recording. Bruce is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and Syn Aud Con.īefore the mid-sixties, all recordings were mixed live to stereo or mono. He has written 800 articles and eight books on audio topics, such as "On-Location Recording Techniques" and "Practical Recording Techniques 4th Ed." published by Focal Press. RECORDING LIVE TO 2-TRACK by Bruce Bartlett © 2006īruce Bartlett is a recording engineer, microphone engineer, and technical writer.
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