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[QUOTE="BobRogers, post: 246157, member: 28855"]
Don't have any pictures, but have you tried the setup with the string?  I think it was on the YouTube video.  I know I heard about it about that time.  I now keep a piece of string with gaffer tape at the two ends and another piece where the mics go by the kit.  Makes it a snap to sweep out the entire circle of positions where the snare and the kick will be in phase.

For those who haven't heard the method:
1.  Put the first overhead directly above the center of the snare.  The height is up to you.  I think the original recommendation was "two drum sticks."

2.  Attach a piece of stiff (not "stretchy") string to the center of the snare with gaffer tape.  Hold the string taunt up to the mic and mark the spot with another piece of tape or a knot in the string.

3.  Holding the marked spot at the mic, pull the other end of the string taunt down to where the beater hits the kick and attach to the kick with tape.  You should now have a "V" of string from the snare to the mic to the kick.

4.  You can now move the marked point of the V in a circular arc while keeping the string taunt.  If you put the second overhead anywhere on the circle it will be the same distance from the snare and the kick as the first mic.  The usual spot is somewhere over the (righthanded) drummer's right shoulder.
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