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Originally Posted by lunale  But isn't snare bottom and kick common to invert cause they are facing kind of up against the other mics? |
Um...uhhhh....errrr.....ehhhhh.....
<struggles hard to make a definite remark>
Technically EVERY mic on a drumkit is out of phase with the other mics, in relation to one drum. In fact, this is kind of what ultimately gives you the sound of the drumkit with all the mics on it.
I commonly flip the phase of the bottom snare mic (if I use one), in relation to the top snare mic. But I agree with listening. I personally put my monitors in mono, with the drumkit solo'd and flip each and ever mic at the beginning of the mix. This is good practice, because you would be surprised how many tracking sessions I've mixed where a mic was wired out of phase, or an out of phase cable had been used.
If NOT inverting the phase gives you the sound you want...then that isn't completely wrong. There is always the element of "if it sounds good, it is good." Sometimes I flip the kick, sometimes I don't...tomorrow I may where a blue T-Shirt, maybe red. That'll likely depend on how I feel at that instant.