| Your peaks are about right.
The amount of spill you get will depend on the mics (especially dynamic vs condensor mics) the polar pattern, the exact position and angle, and the way the kit is played.
You ALWAYS get some spill. Particular things to watch out for...hat in sn top mic, kick in sn bottom mic, cymbals in the tom mics etc. There's no way to eliminate this. You can try to minimise it. And you can gate mics but be careful not to choke the intended sound, or do weird things in the spill that draw attention to it. Like hats fading out as the sn gate closes.
This spill is one of the things that makes acoustic drum recordings what they are.
J |