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I try avoid using the di in the mix whenever possible. In studio dates, it is usually pretty easy to do. Even with minimal gobos, you can make the bleed more reasonable. The problems arise when you are recording a group and they get excited on the bandstand and the drummer is all you can hear in the bass mic.
Some bass players know how to deal with this in performance. I remember recording a performance where John Clayton was on bass and Steve Houghton was on Drums. Steve tends to be a louder player and John doesn't even have a pickup on his instrument. I used a UM 57 on John and he managed to stand in such a way that his body was the gobo between himself and the drums. The sound was amazing (John also has this huge, beautiful sounding instrument) and no direct was used.
In a big band setting, though, I will always use the DI. Between the brass and the drums... Ugh. That is also why I use the direct boxes that I do... I feel that the ADL 200 will do the least damage to the sound of anything that I've heard.
As for the club comments, when I'm running the PA system. I try to avoid amplifying anything at all. The bass is usually the first to come up and the piano a quick second. In some rooms, if the 2 are in the room mix, I'll add just a touch of drums, not to make it louder, but to keep the same perspective in sound between all the instruments. When some are amplified and others aren't there can be issues with that.
--Ben
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