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Originally Posted by Jim Williams  I would start out with my 414's. I would avoid any bidirectional mic (ribbons) unless you want that 8' ceiling to get picked up mondo. Then again, that slap off the ceiling just might be the sound you're after. Seems I'm hearing this sloppy bounce sound on a lot of commercials lately, you know, the trashy drum sound like recorded with a cassette dictation recorder from 10 feet away. We used to call that sound unprofessional. Now it's the fashion of the day.
Jim Williams
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Jim is right in a lot of cases. But, like me, you could install diffusers on the ceiling over the entire 'drum area', along with a few strategically placed absorption panels and gobos on the walls and ceiling, and then you're good to go!
That is to say...treat your room!
It has made a 100% difference for my small, home-based project studio. I can use a fig-8 ribbon (or 2) over, and in front of the kit at an 80+ degree angle with no discernible 'slap-back' issues. Just do NOT leave them like that for long periods of time...you can damage the ribbons with gravity, at that angle, over a period of time (also, ALWAYS store ribbon mics with the ribbon in a vertical position.)