How To Record Drums With 2 Mics: Wide Stereo Overheads

How To Record Drums With 2 Mics: Wide Stereo Overheads

Also called NOS—Nederlandse Omroep Stichting—Dutch Broadcasting Foundation.

This technique is similar to ORTF, but with a few tweaks. It also requires the use of two identical condenser microphones placed 12 inches (30 cm) apart over the drum set and placed at a 90° angle pointed away from one another.

The image below will help:

Wide Stereo Overheads

This approach will give you an even wider stereo image than ORTF, for some it’s “better” for others it’s the same. You’ll be the judge of that.

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