since close mics do rarely picture the entire situation, we're all using overheads and room mics on our mixes. For me, dealing with OH and room mics is not often easy, because a lot of data is process simutaneously (e.g. cymbals and hihat are going wild, while I try to get THE snare sound out of the OH+Snare close mics). Hence the following suggestion:
Each instrument (snare, kick etc.) provides separated close and room mic channels accessable in the DAW through the plugin.
Sure, this feature is "unnatural" for drum sounds but may offer a special bonus to the sampling approach.
Since the data is already there, its just an extension to the channel setup. So a solo'd snare-overhead-channel could be combined with the close mic snare top & bottom by the user, creating a flexible and imense sound without a bleeding hihat etc.
Let's discuss this - maybe it's combinable with the bleed-control-settings
