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Drum recording

When i'm recording drums i have a question

1. My overhead mics (2 SM-81) sounds great on cymbals but theres way to mutch snare leaking in.
When i'm mixin i cant turn them up as mutch as i would like to cause it raises the snare too.
Is the answer to compress them hard or gate ?
(Have the same problem on hi-hat also)

Drum machine?

Hi all,

I'm back with another drumming question. I've decided that I need to get a drum machine. I was hoping someone could tell me what is the best one to get. I need one that sounds really good, acoustic and electronic, and is not a bear to operate. I love knobs and buttons and hate programming but will do what I have to.

Recorderman's Drum O/H setup.

I did my first major drum Micing the other day and used Recorderman's technique.

I had a hard time getting the over the shoulder microphone to be the proper distance from the kick when using the mic cable to measure..any thoughts on achieving this would be cool. I was only using one heavy duty mic stand with a custom 2 foot spacing bar that had the swivel extensions on the end...