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In article writes:

A quick question about mic'ing the lower front panel... Doesn't the
mic pick up a lot of foot noise?

More than it it was at the top, but it also picks up more piano sound.
You have to move it around so that you get what you want, and as
little as possible as what you don't want. You could put a carpet
down there to keep the feet quieter. And look at the bright side. That
noise is organic. Don't try too hard to get rid of it.

I've always found
a piano to need several feet of distance before it sounds right.

I don't think that anyone here will disagree with that, but suppose
the piano player wants to sing while playing? It's the rare singing
pianist who can get a good natural balance between the voice and
insturument, and if you close-mic the voice, you'll have problems with
it combining with its leakage into the distant mics.

Engineers find solutions to these problems, but it's not always the
same solution. Depends on lotsa stuff.

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