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i look at the udu drum sort of like a sax... the sound is coming from two distinct areas... i hate to multi mic these things because phase and placement always become a problem (for me)... i try to find one place where the overall balance of the instrument is acceptable and go with that... 2+ feet in the case of the indian udu (ghatam) does it for me. Of course it is possible to get richer bigger sounds by using two close mics, but a single mic averaging out the sound of the instrument does it for me.
And i avoid contact mics an dpiezo electric pick ups (for acoustic guitars) like the plague... nothing sounds more unnatural to me.
.02,
self.
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