Drum mic set ups

AB

Two Omnidirectional Condenser mics above cymbals one left and one right bass drum

-30-50cm apart

-captures ambience

XY

Two cardioid condenser mics crossed over centre of drum kit drum +snare

combination of two polar patterns creates stereo

Glyn Johns

Only one overhead condenser above snare the other is above the floor tom pointing towards the hi hat

funk recordings Stevie Wonder

Mid Side

1 cardioid mic above pointing straight at sound source

1 figure of 8 mic below picks up sound from both sides

at 90° to one and other

kick drum miking

-Large diaphragm dynamic, picks up low frequencies

snare drum miking

-dynamic mic

-above/bellow (bottom)

High hat miking

-Small diaphragm condenser

-10-15cm away

Overhead miking

-condensers

why checking whole drum kit mics before recording is important

phasing could be occurring

How mid side is processed

-signal captured on figure of 8 mike duplicated

-one of the two has its phase inverted

-they are then hard panned

-changing the volume of the two tracks adjusts stereo width