| I use MD504's on tight spaces, if it's even tighter I can use those MCA Chinese condensors but the rear rejection is a bit wonky. If I can't fit either of those mics in the cymbals are too freakin' low and need to go up a bit anyway. My favorite is when the drummer has the ride cymbal covering half of the floor tom and I can't put any mic on it.
Regarding 13" hats... for some things they can be perfect. On this last project the guitar player and I went out for a new kick batter head (and grub) which left the drummer and the bass player to figure out what drums and cymbals they liked. They liked the drummers 13" Sabian hats and we tracked one song with them and they sounded ok but on the next song they were too overbearing. At that point I dug out my 70's Zildjian top hat and New Beat bottom and it was declared 1000% better. It also fit with the rest of the cymbals better.
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