Live recordings?

The Livestream broadcasts of the events that I have sung are all terrible.
Perhaps I need to be better at using a microphone?

I just... Wonder what I am doing wrong.
As I listen to various artists some live performances are amazing while others are terrible, for the same individuals. Starting to realize the sound engineers behind the setups and recordings make a massive difference. I should know this already because I have worked lighting and sound for events... But yeah. Didn't expect it to impact my self confidence so much as a vocalist.

I thought everything sounded fantastic from our most recent event. Our blending was great in person. But listening to the recording it's just not there.

This is mostly me rambling. But maybe there are tools or tutorials folks can point me towards so we can have better recordings.
Maybe there are post production processes that we could use from existing footage?

Thanks for commenting.

 

Though I’m not an expert on livestreaming such events, I do know that the quality of the audio on the stream often doesn’t represent the audio as it sounds live. Aside from the microphone and sound mixing, the equipment used to broadcast, the upload speeds available (due to internet upload speeds, equipment limitations, and streaming service capabilities/settings) all have a huge impact.


It is quite possible that you sounded delightful in person, but there were limitations in equipment, uploading, or the streaming service, that throttled back the quality of the sound for those on stream.


I say this because I’ve experienced it many times. Since the pandemic we’ve seen a lot of folks stream weddings, funerals, and other events. We’ve attended quite a few virtually. Often the sound available on the stream was limited, while friends we have that attended in person said it sounded great for those in the room. Perhaps that is what happened here.