Recording Drum Kits With Only Two Mics
Recording Drum Kits With Only Two Mics Five Miking Techniques The Glyn Johns technique, with two cardioid mics, one pointing down at the snare, the other ‘firing’ across the floor tom towards the snare. While experimenting with ‘minimal’ drum‑miking setups during a recent lockdown, the author found them really inspiring and captured some great drum sounds. So is it time you re-evaluated the decisions you make when recording a kit? The history of record‑making is littered with great recordings that were shaped, in part, by how artists and engineers worked around technica...
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