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Here is a magic formula for you-
1. New, well-tuned heads
2. Kill any unwanted ugly "small room" ring with treatment, as you see fit
3. Set up a mono distant mic as far from the kit as you can...if possible, down a hallway outside of the actual tracking room. Use subtractive EQ to gouge any unpleasant frequencies, usually in the low mids...THEN CRUSH IT...HARD!. A touch of tight verb helps here as well.
4. Play your recording through some decent speakers in a garage, church, large living room, whatever good room you can find...set up two spaced-pair omnis, compress them without mercy, and EQ to taste. Pan L/R.
5. DO NOT REVERB THE CLOSE/DYNAMIC MICS. This sounds painfully artifical. Keep them clean, add a tasteful amount of reverb on the room/ambient/re-amped mics.
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- blueradio
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