And to represent the scientific wild ass guess technique,....
https://archive.org/details/DaveAlvin2004-01-10_pasadenaWide room, with wide PA. Stage is hard right to the front of room. There was a PA on a stick at the hard right of stage, and another like 35' to the left (out of aural range).
I wanted to capture some PA, but not all PA, as that would have made everything incredibly off balance.
So, I opted for this mashup of angles, like 45º on left mic, and right mic like 5º to the left as well. I think I explained it in the link.
And to add to that bit of mania, the producer did not want my presence up front with a mic stand. So, I ran a mic stand on this indoor arbor structure, that was over first row, and parallel to the stage. I strapped my mic stand on top of that arbor structure, and extended outwards towards the stage center.
clusterfuck?
it actually worked.