Articles

Notes on live recording restoration, written for musicians.

• What Is Audio Restoration? | LiveSetRescue

  Audio restoration is about making recordings enjoyable to experience again — not rewriting history, but helping the performance shine through.

• Why Live Recordings Never Sound Like They Felt

  Why live recordings rarely match the experience you remember — and what actually helps bring them closer to the performance.

• How to Improve a Live Recording

  A musician's guide to improving live recording audio: practical steps to enhance live recordings, restore live audio, and bring rough tapes back to life.

• How to Fix Muddy Live Audio

  Recording sounds muddy? Learn why live recordings get congested and how to fix muddy live audio so the performance breathes again.

• How to Improve Rehearsal Recordings

  Rehearsal recordings rarely sound the way the rehearsal felt. Here's how to improve rehearsal recordings without re-recording them.

• Can Old Concert Recordings Be Restored?

  Old live recordings rarely sound like the memory. Here's what can be restored, what can't, and how to reconnect with a performance that mattered.

• Board Feed vs Audience Recording

  Board feed vs audience recording: why they sound so different, what each one captures, and how to get more out of either source.