Advantages of a Multi-Camera Recording Session

Although many artists film their concerts in a venue with an audience, there are those who prefer a multi-camera recording session instead.

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Eight Advantages of a Recording Session

1. In contrast to concerts, recording sessions do not require an audience, allowing you to record different sections of a work many times until you are happy with the end result. These sections can be combined in musical order in the editing process to create the finished product.
2. Cameras and microphones can be positioned at the best locations and to your liking, without interfering with the audience as often happens in live performances.
3. The piano and other instruments can be tuned more often between pieces or movements.
4. When performing technically demanding pieces, you can take longer breaks and relax between pieces or movements and thus reduce mistakes and inaccuracies.
5. After recording a movement, you can review the video recording on a monitor and listen to the audio. If you don't like the camera positions for whatever reason, they can be changed to your liking very quickly.
6. Proper lighting conditions and closer distances of the cameras improve overall picture quality compared to a concert filming.
7. If you are a pianist, you can try out the piano provided by the venue to see if you are happy with the instrument.
8. There is less pressure when recording without an audience.