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I've done two projects with a band that has a percussionist who plays a kit made almost entirely of 'found' metal objects (a metal christmas tree base, empty propane tanks, large soup pots etc). He has everything mounted to a drum rack system.
On the first recording, I used a pair of Milab DC-96s (one mic over the far left and one over the far right) about 3 feet over the kit. In the mix it needed a high ratio comp with a really fast attack to smooth it out a bit. The second time I used a single Coles 4038 directly over the center of the kit and about 2 or 3 feet over the highest piece of metal; into a Summit TPA-200b. This was a very dark sounding combo, but seemed to suit the sound of the kit better and helped it sit in the mix more effectively. It also took compression better. When compressed it brought out more interesting overtones/resonances form the different pieces of the kit.
- jon
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