From the course: Drum Setup and Mic'ing in the Studio

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Placing overhead mics

Placing overhead mics

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Placing overhead mics

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- So far we've talked about spot mics on drums, and now we got to get into some microphones for the cymbals. So overhead microphones on a drum kit, it's a fairly contentious topic. There's many ways to do it. I've seen all different kinds of mics in all different kinds of places, but the two ways that I like to do it, my two main sort of go-to setups are a spaced pair of large diaphragm condensers. Today we have C12s, my favorite, very expensive microphones. I also like to do an X/Y setup. Today I've brought my AEA R88 stereo ribbon mic for this purpose. I've also used small diaphragm condensers in an X/Y configuration like Neumann KM140s, KM84s, whatever your favorite small diaphragm condenser will work as an X/Y pair here. Now with the spaced pair, you're looking basically, think again of that flashlight thing I was talking about earlier. So the microphone's going to see a picture of this area. So if you aim this microphone, you know, we're looking at the cymbals, we're looking at…

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