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Old 5th July 2007   #14
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I guess the main issue with all-in-one boxes is

1) how many mic inputs do they have.. Or how many individual line inputs for patching in muliple (mic) signals from a desk.

2) How many cheap desks have enough individual outputs to match?

I'd say you need 2 or 3 mic inputs for kit

1 for the lead vox

1 for each cab you're gonna mic up.

Re overheads in a rehearsal room... We put a condenser direrctly over the kit fairly low down, shoulder-height... Amazing how much of the kit you pick up, and how much beefy proximity effect this gives... And you still pick up cymbals.

Kik --- you can get a really punchy sound with a 58 right up against the beater head, i.e. inside the drum, say 1 cm away or so.
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