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Drum overheads or front-of-kit mics?

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Drum overheads or front-of-kit mics?

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- [Instructor] It's common to see a pair of mics up and over a drum set, to pick up cymbals and the sound of the whole kit. But how often do you see a pair of mics out in front, looking at the kit? How different does this sound than a pair of similar mics up and over the kit? Here's the regular overheads that I recorded earlier. (drum beat) So here's a pair of mics up and over the kit in a typical fashion. (drum beat) And here's a pair of mics out in front of the kit. (drum beat) Now listen again, and listen for how different the symbol overtones are, for the ride cymbal. We'll go to the next section here. And here's the regular overheads. (drum beat) In front of the kit. Regular overhead. Front of the kit. You can hear the front of the kit's a little bit lighter tone, a little bit less of the bell sound of the ride cymbal. Quite different, now listen again here and listen for the room ambience. These come out in different ways depending on where these mics are set up. So once again…

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