How To Record Drums With 4 Mics: Mid-Side Technique, Bass Drum & Snare

How To Record Drums With 4 Mics: Mid-Side Technique, Bass Drum & Snare

Set up your stereo overheads in a Mid-Side configuration and place a microphone inside the bass drum (or just outside), to avoid additional bleeding; and a (preferable) dynamic mic on the snare, about 3 fingers from the top head.  

You can move the Mid-Side mics pair around—as long as they're centered to the drum set, of course. Maybe go a little further away from the drums, to get more room, or move closer to get more detail. Play around, see how it sounds.  

Mid-Side Technique, Bass Drum & Snare
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