I read in an interview with Daniel Lanois, that when he recorded Bob Dylan, all tracks (including vocals) were recorded in one large room at the same time. He said that there was so much bleed into the vocal mic from the instruments, that in order to make the punch ins on the vocals unnoticable, he would put 2 huge speakers behind Dylan with the instrument tracks played through them.

It's easy to punch-in on tape. That's where the process was invented. Small mistakes are repaired individually, big mistakes by punching-in longer sections.If the band is all playing in the same room, there is sometimes bleed between the instruments, but usually not enough to matter, and punch-ins are still common in sessions of that kind.

^^ speaking of mistakes, and punches ^^

blue\_thunder wrote:I read in an interview with Daniel Lanois, that when he recorded Bob Dylan, all tracks (including vocals) were recorded in one large room at the same time. He said that there was so much bleed into the vocal mic from the instruments, that in order to make the punch ins on the vocals unnoticable, he would put 2 huge speakers behind Dylan with the instrument tracks played through them.30Peak wrote:^^ speaking of mistakes, and punches ^^The only mistake Lanois made was in not punching Bob Dylan in the mouth.

is it standard practice to record punch-ins on the same track as the original take, or do you record on a new track, make notes of the time, and duck the original take during mixing? in the old days when i used a 4 track i dreaded punch-ins because of the inevitable fraction of a second of silence if i didn't do it exactly right.