[wwittman]

That's the way to do it, Dirk.

For me, I've never liked it in an A-B and I love the 84.

I also think drums just about ALWAYS need EQ.. face it, close mic'ing a drum is an inherently unnatural way to record them.. yet we all do it because we like the hyep-y perspective.

those purest, no or minimal EQ, drum sounds always sound poopy to me.