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Post by strangeways on Apr 29, 2016 10:23:20 GMT -6
The best decision i ever made was to turn down my overheads (i am currently not even using OH mics) and rely on a mono ribbon FOK mic about 5 ft in front of the kick. Just about level with the rack tom, pointed at the snare and centered between crash and ride. I use my room mics (10ft out and about 10ft apart) to take care of stereo image/cymbals and stopped gating/automating toms. The tom bleed works well for close imaging on ride/crash when I pan the toms at about 34L/55R. I don't usually do much eqing on toms aside from cuts in the lows, and I mic with Oktava 012's with card caps. If I do gate, never more than 3-6db. Hard gates make the cymbals jump out and make it obvious there is a gate.
Hope that can help.
d.
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