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drum overhead panning

i was wondering how you guys pan the drum overheads. i had always done a hard left/right pan with the overheads until i read an article recently that suggested a tighter spacing made for a more realistic soundstage (something like 10 and 2 o'clock).

what does everyone else do? do you pan differently based on how you mic'ed the kit (xy vs spaced pair)?

- neil

panning 3 mic drums

ok, i've started doing the fletcher-esque 3 mic drum kit thang, but i'm not entirely sure how to pan it.

specificaly, the snare always is [kinda obviously] louder in one channel.

as i'm also doing this with a Royer stereo ribbon, this is also an issue with this mic. where do you put a stereo mic over a kit? and how do you deal with lopsided volume [mainly snare]?