Remote recording, also known as
location recording, is the act of making a high-quality complex audio recording of a live concert performance, or any other location recording that uses
multitrack recording techniques outside of a
recording studio. The multitrack recording is then carefully
mixed, and the finished result is called a remote recording or a
live album. This is in contrast to a
field recording which uses few microphones, recorded onto the same number of channels as the intended product. Remote recording is not the same as
remote broadcast for which multiple microphones are mixed live and broadcast during the performance, typically to stereo. Remote recording and remote broadcast may be carried out simultaneously by the same crew using the same microphones.