Live dvd sound

[Trevoire520]

Seriously?

I've seen that one a few times and I've always figured it was overdubbed to shit because it sounds so good.

Yep, says on the DVD that there's no overdubs.

The Avenged Sevenfold one is probably not overdubbed but the drums are probably sample replaced and the guitars are probably reamped too. I just checked it out on youtube and the first lead Almost Easy is painfully out of tune, they'd have fixed it if they had done overdubs.

Yeah there's definitely some samples on the drums, particularly the snare. Could have done with it being a bit less obvious. Snare does sound awesome though imo.
Not sure about re-amping because as far as I'm aware it's not something that CLA does to be honest.
Keep in mind these guys are playing Uberschalls live so it's possible that they actually captured a great tone on the night. Also the whole band use in ear monitors so there'll be very little spill, which I expect helped the overall sound quality immensely.

 

[arv_foh]

Well I'm pretty positive that M Shadows doesn't sing live and his vocals are all track. I've watched them closely live (and taken that photo of their backing tracks setup that I showed you guys) and he doesn't watch his mic technique at all, sometimes the mic is not anywhere close to his mouth and the vocals are still blasting through loud and clear.

Just because they say it doesn't have overdubs doesn't make it true. It's possible the band didn't do any overdubs and the vocals were recorded completely separate...

 

[DanLights]

I think when you have picture to the sound its so forgiving that you don't need all that studio perfection. And if you replace the drums then do it right

I agree 100%, and this is why I love watching live DVDs but get bored listening to live albums most of the time, without the images it feels like a weak album to me. With exceptions of course, like Deep Purple's Made in Japan

 

[Jormyn]

As long as the performances are entirely live, I don't see anything wrong with reamping/triggering/whatever to get a better mix. A lot of two-guitar bands can start to sound awfully thin when one or both of the rhythm parts drop out for a lead.