Dear list members,
Yesterday the live-episode of E.R. aired here in Norway. Being fairly
stunned by the technical wizardry of the episode, I wonder: was it *really*
recorded and transmitted live -- or was it recorded live (with for instance
some "audio sweetening" in post-production), or were for instance some of
the live (diegetic) music pre-recorded? (e.g. the patient drumming, with
some synth/bass mixed in), or was it perhaps transmitted 'semi-live', for
instance my some kind of "flying start" system, giving some seconds/minutes
of time lag to fix details? (I heard that the whole show was taped in
advance "just in case", so I guess it would be possible to insert things
from this version, if something went wrong).
 
If anyone has more details on the techical aspect of this episode, or know
where I can find it, I would be very grateful.
 
kind regards,
Arnt Maaso
 
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