Live recording or studio mastered sets
What are you more likely to listen to a live rip or a set recorded and then post processed through a daw for mastering. And post processed to remove flaws
Which and why?
Live, if you can’t do it live, you can’t do it.
Word.
i personally feel if you master it it loose the feel of a live set… some of the few mixes ive listened to lots that weren’t my own were radio rips i mean take a look a the essential mix series.
both! live rips are great if you want to see/hear a show. studio sets are great if you love podcasts.
It doesn’t matter.
Whether I listen to a set depends on who made it, who recommended it, and whether or not I want to listen to the tracks.
Unless you’re talking about the feel of a live set vs. the feel of a mix promoting tracks, I’m not sure how you would tell. And for most of the big room/edm/electro croud, almost all of the producer DJs, and just about all beginners…I’m not sure there IS a difference.
Back when I was spinning with Live, the only real difference was that the “live” mixes took longer because I had to wait for mix points instead of dragging in clips and just drawing the automation (if there was any).
this, and I’d rather hear something that’s got slight imperfections than a sterile bland set.
I don’t give a shit.
As long as it’s funky.
This.
Also, I just realized that preferring live sets is a bit weird. You’re not in that room, so how do you expect to get the full vibe anyway?
Ah, yes…
“You had to be there, man”.
It depends on the artist’s intent for me. If they are presenting it as a recording of what they did on a certain night or in order to get some gigs, then I think it should be as it was straight to the PA.
Sometimes I have used live events to record a new album though. Where even though I was performing almost all of it live, the live presentation was just facilitating the means and reason to play new material for an hour. In that case, if the whole goal was for it to be more of a studio album, then I’m fine polishing it up to retain most of the flaws, just fixing the big ones. Maybe some light mastering.
But it’s never advertised as being live, so I don’t think there’s any room for confusion.
I feel the same way for DJ sets too, if you’re putting it out there representing what you do as a DJ, give it to me exactly like the crowd heard it.
About the only thing I’d do is bump the volume up if it’s too quiet in the recording.
What do you mean by “mastered set.” I always go into audacity after my mixes and do click/pop removal since I’m mostly vinyl and throw a limiter on there to increase the volume because I do my best to keep my levels at 0db. That’s what I consider mastering. But the mix itself is all done live. I don’t splice, re-record sections, etc. I personally think that’s BS, but truthfully if I can’t tell…I’ll still enjoy the set if I love the music.