It should be titled '....System(s)', as I really can't see you running everything all at once...*g* Just a wilding thought...
Caught the irony, yes...and a degree of cynicism.
I'm reasonably assured that the majority of your readers here have 'live music experiences', of all manner and types of venues and players. But on a more regular basis, we've spent the bulk of our time listening to playbacks...subject to the very wide degree of processing to offer a credible sonic ....'portrayal' of the 'event'.
A soloist via one methodology; duo's, trio's, quartet's....symphonies, orchestras...
All of these can be 'live' or studio'd; the latter really leading into the 'heavier processing', whereas the former? A little 'sweetening', perhaps... ;)
Beyond that....
It's very much The Art of the Artifice....
Your 'office', arcticians' @ work.
Which hits the borders of the Art of Noise; not only the group, but the 'product Itself...
Music and the voices in front, beside, and behind...at your control and call.
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A little movie, seen long ago, has ever since effected and affected my enjoyment of music and the people within:
The Phantom of the Paradise...
First window of clips, top first 'page', left @ bottom; play entire....
Nearly 50 years later, whenever I hear or listen to music of Any genre'....
...in the back of my mind and ears, I recall That series of scenes 'n shots....
And know and trust you and your fellows.....;) *s* "You betta, you bet..." *L*
(...and Yes, the 'studio' isn't quite right, but one gets the concept....😏....)