> And in those contexts you can't exactly cut the pauses out, either. They're live; pauses and other "imperfections" are unavoidable, expected, and an intrinsic

> And in those contexts you can't exactly cut the pauses out, either. They're live; pauses and other "imperfections" are unavoidable, expected, and an intrinsic part of the performance - and if your next thought is "but what about the recording of it?", I can think of few things worse to do to the recording of a live performance than utterly butchering it for the sake of tiny pauses. Doesn't seem any worse to me than watching at 2X speed, which I frequently elect to do.