How much of The Dance was re recorded or "sweetened" in the studio?

[Josh2003]

Originally Posted by Ulpian

Is that definitely auto-tune? Christine's voice sometimes sounds naturally 'metallic' I find.

I remember reading that The Dance was touched up a lot. If you look at the piano opening of Silver Springs the notes you hear are totally not the notes from the keys Christine is touching.

I've noticed that with the Silver Springs intro, too. I don't know how much "touching up" that is, rather than just poor video/audio editing.

[jbrownsjr]

I think a lot has to do with the vid not locking with the sound on some of the DVD's. I've seen some copies where Christine's piano is perfect, and then some where it's no where near what she's playing. Vocals too on Sweet Girl and a bunch more that drive me Insane.

[secondhandchain]

If memory serves me Stevie is doing two harmonies on Go Your Own Way in the dance version.

[MacShadowsBall]

Another thing that we have to remember is that it was more than just the five of them performing. Extra guitar and keyboard players, pecusionists, and Stevie's back-up girls were there augmenting the sound.

[secondhandchain]

There is NO way those guitars on Bleed to Love her are live. No way.

[moon]

It's rare to say...
I compared several times the tracks of the DVD, the CD, the central channel mixes, and an interesting radio broadcast from the tour, to see the differences, especially between the "final product" (The Dance), and the "original sound" (the radio concert). And well, I saw something. Rhiannon, Silver Springs, there's some things with the backing vocals and the guitars...
And about other songs, yes, sometimes I feel I'm listening more than only one Stevie!

About Live, I'll talk in other thread!

Regards!

[dontlookdown]

The Dance was mixed extremely well - meaning that the sound you hear isn't just from the mics on stage, but from the board in the middle of the room, which had at least 24 tracks.
There were mics all around and over the stage, not just the ones you see on camera.
There were also lots (too many in my opinion) of back up musicians and singers.
So what you get is a very full sounding recording.
I don't think much was added although levels were tweaked when the band felt like you weren't hearing enough guitar or enough vocal here and there.
The editing on the video was pretty lackluster - I wish they had used a different director and editor, so that certainly made some moments feel manufactured.

I only know this because I work from time to time at the facility where the album was mixed.

[secondhandchain]

Originally Posted by dontlookdown

The Dance was mixed extremely well - meaning that the sound you hear isn't just from the mics on stage, but from the board in the middle of the room, which had at least 24 tracks.
There were mics all around and over the stage, not just the ones you see on camera.
There were also lots (too many in my opinion) of back up musicians and singers.
So what you get is a very full sounding recording.
I don't think much was added although levels were tweaked when the band felt like you weren't hearing enough guitar or enough vocal here and there.
The editing on the video was pretty lackluster - I wish they had used a different director and editor, so that certainly made some moments feel manufactured.

I only know this because I work from time to time at the facility where the album was mixed.

I'm a film editor and audio mixer I know these things...you can clearly hear multiple vocal overdubs. Listen on headphones to Go your own way, Stevie does at least two harmonies. Bleed to love her guitars are in no way live.

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by Ulpian

Is that definitely auto-tune? Christine's voice sometimes sounds naturally 'metallic' I find.

I remember reading that The Dance was touched up a lot. If you look at the piano opening of Silver Springs the notes you hear are totally not the notes from the keys Christine is touching.

It does have that quality, but if you listen to bootlegs from that era, her voice doesn't have that little jump in it that you hear on The Dance.

I, like Lindsey, can't read music, so I never caught on to the key thing!

Originally Posted by secondhandchain

I'm a film editor and audio mixer I know these things...you can clearly hear multiple vocal overdubs. Listen on headphones to Go your own way, Stevie does at least two harmonies. Bleed to love her guitars are in no way live.

Lindsey's voice is nowhere near as strong as it sounds there.