Ok Max,
It's THE obvious analogy, but capturing a living human being performing music with the pathetically poor tools that we have at our disposal, is about as realistic as turning the grand canyon into a 3"X5" postcard. Color even.
However, if we are good enough at using these God awful tools, just a bit of the humanity, the Godliness, the brilliance peeks through, to send a chill up our spine. Michelangelo cut David from a block of stone with a hammer and a chisel. I have seen it. Up close. Who is it a testament to? Humanity, the Creator, or Michelangelo? I don't really know, but I feel pretty insecure in it's presence. All I know is that I have been blessed/cursed with the desire to capture an ocean of genius in a tea cup.
Best Regards,
Bill