IN neal pearts video he was saying that a lot of sound guys want to take the front head off of the bass all together because that is just the easist way to get the sound right but he hated the sound that he got from that so he went and pot a hole in the top of the shell and ran a mic from the inside.
but I also agree that with the technolidgy now that it shouldnt even be an issue for a good sound guy.
I have no personal exsperince in the studio so I really dont know.
