Sgt. Pepper isolated tracks.
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Rockin and Rollin....
WOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!... that was just simply amazing.. ok.. not simple.. but still...
I heard things that I had never heard in that song before, and I've heard that song hundreds of times.. one of my most favorite albums and movies.
What really surprised me was all of the finger noise on the strings in the second track.. a lot noiser than I would have ever imagined.
Also the third track, a lot more strain in the voice at the beginning than what it sounds with all the tracks combined...
It sure does put a whole new perspective on a song to hear it picked apart..
MOST EXCELLENT POST David!!!!
I heard things that I had never heard in that song before, and I've heard that song hundreds of times.. one of my most favorite albums and movies.
What really surprised me was all of the finger noise on the strings in the second track.. a lot noiser than I would have ever imagined.
Also the third track, a lot more strain in the voice at the beginning than what it sounds with all the tracks combined...
It sure does put a whole new perspective on a song to hear it picked apart..
MOST EXCELLENT POST David!!!!
Fred Sanford
Addicted Member
Thanks for that- I had seen a TV show once where Martin played with the 4-tracks a bit, but this is just great. I want the whole album in 4-track, it'd be fascinating.
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It's wonderful to be here It's certainly a thrill. 
FalconEddy
Audio Mastering Engineer
As a person that does this for a living, I'm use to all the anomalous stuff in there. The headphone bleed into a mic during vocal takes is pretty standard. Many artists only use one side of the headphones to monitor the part, the other side is left swinging wide open so the vocal mic picks it up.
It really is pretty amazing what can actually be buried down in the mix. I've had everything from quiet lip-popping and humming, to guitarists turning their volume knobs up and down on the guitar, quietly rehearsing the part before the actual take, playing with the whammy bar and pickup switches. I've heard people whispering, tapping their feet and fingers, farting, suppressed sneezes, throat clearing, clicking guitar picks with their fingernails, moving sheet music and lyrics around, turning on a music stand light switch, pulling lint and fuzz off the condensor mic's windscreen, dropping bottles, chewing gum, eating food.
I even had one once where the engineer accidentally left a studio mic open during the mixdown. The board input wasn't being monitored, only the playback. You could just make out a full conversation between band members throughout the entire album. So, I had them submit another mix (without an open studio mic).
. . Falcon
It really is pretty amazing what can actually be buried down in the mix. I've had everything from quiet lip-popping and humming, to guitarists turning their volume knobs up and down on the guitar, quietly rehearsing the part before the actual take, playing with the whammy bar and pickup switches. I've heard people whispering, tapping their feet and fingers, farting, suppressed sneezes, throat clearing, clicking guitar picks with their fingernails, moving sheet music and lyrics around, turning on a music stand light switch, pulling lint and fuzz off the condensor mic's windscreen, dropping bottles, chewing gum, eating food.
I even had one once where the engineer accidentally left a studio mic open during the mixdown. The board input wasn't being monitored, only the playback. You could just make out a full conversation between band members throughout the entire album. So, I had them submit another mix (without an open studio mic).
. . Falcon
Mystic
We're all born mad
And in the case of the Beatles -- especially post SPLHCB Beatles -- you can hear almost all of it on myriad bootlegs. They got to the point where it seemed they recorded everything for, uh, posterity. :scratch2:
Paul C
Super Member
I have to caution students (I do music clinics, among other things) about playing onstage with mics. I actually do a little segment on playing with microphones, and have an online article on the subject. Even whispers like, "Hey, check out the babe in the front row with the big hooters" will come out over a PA system for all to hear. Rustling sheet music, pencils dropped on music stands, etc. It all comes over the mic.
Fred Sanford
Addicted Member
When I was running a lot of theater systems, wireless body mics were a blessing and a curse- if you didn't mute it when they went offstage, you got a lot of crap. If they shut it off during costume changes, then turned it on AFTER you'd brought it up in the mix- ka-BOOM! I'd sometimes record the dress rehearsals to multitrack- each mic getting a channel, if possible, it would help me to analyze which mics worked best for each scene/singer/whatever. This meant that even if I shut off a body mic in the house mix, it would stay on & record to tape. We learned a LOT about the actor's true feelings for all the other people involved in the productions:yes::nono::scratch2:
. I just watched the DVD of The Who live in Boston, and they leave Daltrey's mic hot while he's swinging it around the stage. Very distracting "whoooosh" noises at odd times. You'd think they'd have figgered that out during mixdown, and gated it.
Re: headphone bleed, I remember one song where the singer liked his headphone levels SO loud that when he fully opened his mouth, he'd get a gap between the 'phones and his head and get feedback for a split second. It came to be an expected part of the recording, punctuating the bellowed chorus. Ouch.
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sleddogman
Super Member
Thanx! Time to go pull out the album and listen to the rest of it...
Fred Sanford
Addicted Member
A personal favorite is the beginning of 'Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution' from AC/DC's Back In Black. You can plainly hear Brian Johnson open & spark up a Zippo, light a cigarette (you can hear the tobacco crackle as it burns on the inhale) and blow the smoke out before he starts to sing- all with the slapback delay on it. Classic.
:guitar:
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bshorey
Super Member
When I was running a lot of theater systems, wireless body mics were a blessing and a curse- if you didn't mute it when they went offstage, you got a lot of crap. If they shut it off during costume changes, then turned it on AFTER you'd brought it up in the mix- ka-BOOM! I'd sometimes record the dress rehearsals to multitrack- each mic getting a channel, if possible, it would help me to analyze which mics worked best for each scene/singer/whatever. This meant that even if I shut off a body mic in the house mix, it would stay on & record to tape. We learned a LOT about the actor's true feelings for all the other people involved in the productions:yes::nono::scratch2:
And don't forget the classic scene in Naked Gun where Leslie Nielson walks into the mens room with the lapel mic on..
:nono:
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mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
I jes' enjoy hearing Sir Paul playing bass...
KeninDC
Hazy Cosmic Jive
Ditto the Stones. The "Satanic Sessions" boot is approximately 8 CDRs of Keef working out the "2000 Light Years from Home" riff on bass.
mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
crap.... now I am watching all the "Making of Sgt. Pepper's" videos on YT.
and I really want to go listen to the hifi...
and I really want to go listen to the hifi...
Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Peanut Head
On David Bowie's "The Bewlay Brothers" (Hunky Dory) you can clearly hear the chair he's sitting on creak and rattle as he exhales on one channel, all while he's stumming his 12 string, which is miked on the opposite channel. It's not all that noticeable played in stereo, but moving the balance control from extreme left to right reveals a lot.
