Hello

Whenever I record drums (which is not too often unfortunately) I use only two mics - one on the kick and an "overhead". I say "overhead" because lots of times it end ups in between the kick and snare pointing upwards toward the drummers bits. I end up using a Studio Projects B1 which is such a good mic, however, it's often a touch too bright and overstates the snares.

I like Ribbons a lot and am thinking about using a ribbon to soften the highs, then spot miking the snare with a 57 on top to add the mids back in along with a bit more flexibility.

Is there anything I need to consider before giving it a go? My main worry is that the back side of the figure 8 will pick up a load of bass and/or amps, but then I wonder how the null point affects things? I also thought about buying an M260 but they are too expensive for my budget and considering how often I don't record drums then it may not see all that much action.

Thanks
Tom

There's no problem trying whatever you think might work. I'd maybe rent or borrow something before you put your cash down.

You might find that you need to play around with it a bit to get a good phase relationship. If your overhead is really close to kick and snare then you may end up having to make your close mics the same distance away.

Amps in the room are always a bit of an issue. Even if you get the mics pointing nicely away from them they can make the kit rattle, esp the snare wires. But it depends how loud they are and what the key is etc.

Give it a go.

J

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Yes this is stuff I already take into consideration and it does make difference even with two mics.

Doesn't sound like there are any sound issues lurking in the background to scupper this so I suppose I can do some mic research! Not sure I have a massive range to choose from as my budget is quite low, but anyway that's a discussion for another thread.

Thanks