Music without listeners, Olympics without fans.

Athletes are stimulated to greater performance by fans at live events. The same is true of musicians. They play better with people listening.

My favorite albums have been mostly live, and I gave up studio recording in short order, except for "live in the studio" recordings. Even then, I got better musical results with an audience.

My first effort was building a recording truck, and it was one of the the greatest - flattest, cleanest monitors; best performing, lowest noise HVAC; best stage boxes, best electrical system, best security system, best lighting, best visual monitors with a stage video monitor and a 32 channel video VU/RTA between the audio monitors; and best control layout, with ergonomically designed console and rack angles. BUT, the concerts all had PA systems that messed up the stage sound we were tasked to capture.

SO I had to replace a PA system with an alternate audio universe of a "live recording studio" system with studio clarity delivered to an audience, so clean that a pair of room mics sounded the same for acoustic, amplified, and mixed electro-acoustic concerts.