It's so crazy what they can do with live sound these days. I remember watching a behind the scenes video with Tom Petty's sound man. He went over how the band doesn't even need to soundcheck anymore because everything is programmed into the digital interface. He can do sound check without the band even being on stage.
With that said, despite the fact that sound is so incredible now, I actually dislike it on occasion. Sometimes I find that everything is just a bit too pristine and balanced. I listen to more recent Petty recordings and then stuff from the 80's and 90's and I prefer the older shows. The rawness is somewhat gone now.
The issue you experienced with Jacskon Browne is odd though. I wonder if they too had a programmed type of set up and just relied on that?
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