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Old 26th November 2009   #63
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Originally Posted by wwittman View Post
meaning, from before there were condenser mics??


meaning one ribbon mic overhead for the whole drum sound?


Emerick was using a KM54 or 56 as far back as 1966


Yes there are a lot of different approaches to mic'ing up drums, of course.

How about a 441? Not a condenser, but I think has much of what you are talking about for snare.
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