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dbbubba · 16th May 2008, 05:03 AM

I am always amazed at how good kick, snare and two judiciously positioned OHs can sound both live and in the studio!

I have also been surprised that I can split two rack toms with one mic and get better results than I seemed to think years ago.
Once I had plenty of channels and mikes (WAYYYYYYY back in the late '70s) I always mic'ed each tom.
Recently I have been in situations where I had so many band/orch inputs that I had to either go with only OHs or split the racks.
The live sound was fine in both cases and the recorded sound is fine as well.

16th May 2008, 05:03 AM	#4
dbbubba Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,640	I am always amazed at how good kick, snare and two judiciously positioned OHs can sound both live and in the studio! I have also been surprised that I can split two rack toms with one mic and get better results than I seemed to think years ago. Once I had plenty of channels and mikes (WAYYYYYYY back in the late '70s) I always mic'ed each tom. Recently I have been in situations where I had so many band/orch inputs that I had to either go with only OHs or split the racks. The live sound was fine in both cases and the recorded sound is fine as well. __________________ Danny Brown