Originally Posted by Litespeedlouie

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Anything that actually sounds good live can be recorded live to stereo for a CD. There is absolutely no reason for this to not sound professional if you have the right engineer. Much of the same equipment may be used, but everything must be done perfectly, live, direct to stereo. While this puts pressure on the engineer to get it right - right now, it's commonly done for classical recordings. Most proponents argue that recording live groups results in a better musical performance, whereas multi-tracking usually has musicians playing in a little room by themselves with headphones, listening to prerecorded material or click tracks. The trick is finding a decent engineer who works like this, and it should cost less than having someone work for weeks afterwards.

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