How To Record Drums With 4 Mics: Wide Stereo Overheads, Bass Drum & Snare

How To Record Drums With 4 Mics: Wide Stereo Overheads, Bass Drum & Snare

Set up your stereo overheads in an Wide Stereo Overheads 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. 

Wide Stereo Overheads, Bass Drum & Snare

 

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