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I am just wondering what type of mic set up do you prefer for drum overheads..XY, spaced pair..?

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Guest Thu, 02/10/2005 - 06:29

Usually an X-Y kinda thing with a couple of large diaphragm [not necessarily similar mics!!] condenser's... more often than not with tube based amplifiers.

Another favorite is the Royer SF-12 stereo ribbon mic which is dual figure 8 [is that what they call Blumlein?]... it works very nicely as long as you have a good 15 foot of ceiling available.

Best of luck.