[B11]

I use pre-recorded music tracks for certain instruments / effects
during live performance.

I know playing from a CD will not have the same audio effect like live
music, but sometimes we have no choice.

Here are my questions:

1. What would be the best way to get the best sound effects from a CD
for live performances?

2. I don't master the music tracks which I use in performances. Is it
really necessary to do so? I am of the opinion that mastering may make
the tracks sound very CD-ish...

Thanks in advance, folks, for your inputs.

--B11

[Scott Dorsey]

B11 wrote:


2. I don't master the music tracks which I use in performances. Is it
really necessary to do so? I am of the opinion that mastering may make
the tracks sound very CD-ish...

What does "mastering" mean to you? Because it sounds to me like it means
something very different than what it means to us.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Allen Corneau]

On 1/25/08 1:48 PM, in article
, "B11"
wrote:


1. What would be the best way to get the best sound effects from a CD
for live performances?

The best result will be to find the best sound effects you can get your
hands on. Crappy sounds effects will just sound bad.


2. I don't master the music tracks which I use in performances. Is it
really necessary to do so? I am of the opinion that mastering may make
the tracks sound very CD-ish...

No need to "master" individual instrument tracks. Standard mixing techniques
(EQ, compression, etc.) would be expected.

You are correct in the idea that mastering performance tracks can make them
sound more canned than the real give-and-take of a live performance.


Allen
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Allen Corneau
Mastering Engineer
Essential Sound Mastering
www.esmastering.com