chiangfc wrote:
I'm not so sure about that. Yes at various times in the concert DVD we can here them singing live but sometimes they sound just a little too good
esp when they are actively running/dancing. And while they can touch up their DVD, what about the 2001 winter concert which a fan secretly captured it.
Of course it could be all their singing but after hearing live Sakura perf i have become a bit sceptical
i believe they are all live captured, even the concert dvd ones or the sound good ones.
every performer has his bad stage day anyway.
the reason why they sound clear even through the shouting in the concert dvds is because their singing are directly recorded from their mics and not a million miles away from the camera. and all recorded stuff are mixed to the optimum quality anyway.
like battlegirlai, i used to sing alot on stage long time ago, and there was one time a loud noise interferred with my pitching key and i was off tune all the way.
EDIT
Since we're talking about this subject that I'm particularly professional about, let me explain a little about concert/live recording.
Sometimes (depends on the extravagence of the event), visuals and sound and sound effects are captured separately.
A couple of cameras to capture different angles, different distances. artist performance and crowd reactions are captured separately.
Direct voice capture from the artist's mic, sometimes mics to capture instruments and mic to capture crowd reactions.
everything is mixed in the studio at the end.