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I see a bit of this in live music. Since taking a job as Lighting Director at a live performance venue (see sig) I get to see how a lot of bands are amplified. All electric bands have to be close-miced in order for the sound mixer to mix the PA properly. Acoustic instruments, however, have several options.
In the span of one week, we had 2 different bluegrass bands play. One had entirely acoustic instruments and three stand microphones, so to be heard, they had to play near the mic, leaning closer for solo's, etc. The other band had all their acoustic instruments "DI'ed" (direct input), meaning they had internal pickups or microphones and then plugged directly into the sound mix. I vastly preferred the former to the latter.
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