Originally Posted by
soulster
nah! There are no rules in recording. Anything goes. Some bands are recorded all at once, and that was the way it was done in the ols ols days. It really depends on a number of factors from the working style of a producer and/or band, time constraints, style of music, and feel. To reduce leakage, the engineer could use baffles, or partitions, or even put a vocalist [[or drummer) inside an isolated booth. But, again, there are no rules.
One benefit of recording vocals separately is if a singer and the band don't get along, as in the later days of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, or when Diana Ross didn't want to be around Marvin Gaye's pot smoke while she was pregnant while they recorded "My Mistake".
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