Recording Drums With 1 to 11 Mics

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: ORTF And Bass Drum

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: ORTF And Bass ...

Set up your stereo overheads in an ORTF configuration and place a microphone inside the bass drum to avoid additional bleeding.

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: ORTF And Bass ...

Set up your stereo overheads in an ORTF configuration and place a microphone inside the bass drum to avoid additional bleeding.

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: Eric Valentine’s Method

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: Eric Valentine...

Let’s explore Valentine’s first building block of this drum sound: the 3 room mics. 

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: Eric Valentine...

Let’s explore Valentine’s first building block of this drum sound: the 3 room mics. 

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: The Triangle

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: The Triangle

The idea behind this approach is to have the 2 condensers in front of the kit and adding a 3rd condenser as an overhead.

How To Record Drums With 3 Mics: The Triangle

The idea behind this approach is to have the 2 condensers in front of the kit and adding a 3rd condenser as an overhead.

How To Record Drums With 2 Mics: Wide Stereo Overheads

How To Record Drums With 2 Mics: Wide Stereo Ov...

This technique is similar to ORTF, but also requires the use of two identical condenser microphones placed 12 inches (30 cm) apart over the drum set and placed at a 90°...

How To Record Drums With 2 Mics: Wide Stereo Ov...

This technique is similar to ORTF, but also requires the use of two identical condenser microphones placed 12 inches (30 cm) apart over the drum set and placed at a 90°...

How To Record Drums With 5 Mics: Mid-Side Technique, Bass Drum, Snare & Mic On The Floor.

How To Record Drums With 5 Mics: Mid-Side Techn...

A mic on the floor adds a lot of character to the final mix, a sort of “edge”, but with a lot of punch. An effect that would be difficult...

How To Record Drums With 5 Mics: Mid-Side Techn...

A mic on the floor adds a lot of character to the final mix, a sort of “edge”, but with a lot of punch. An effect that would be difficult...

How To Record Drums With 5 Mics: Spaced Pair (or AB), Bass Drum, Snare & Mic On The Floor

How To Record Drums With 5 Mics: Spaced Pair (o...

A mic on the floor adds a lot of character to the final mix, a sort of “edge”, but with a lot of punch. An effect that would be difficult...

How To Record Drums With 5 Mics: Spaced Pair (o...

A mic on the floor adds a lot of character to the final mix, a sort of “edge”, but with a lot of punch. An effect that would be difficult...