Re: Drum mics on a four-piece... what to use?
There's actually a bit of truth to that. One 57 over the kit, another in the kick and call it a day.
This
only works if your drummer is good and the kit doesn't sound like a shipping container full of anuses.
I'm not a huge fan of 57s, generally, but they sound acceptably mediocre on every source, so they have their place. I don't think, given a decent mic collection, they're often the right tool for the job, but their virtue lies in pretty well never
really being the
wrong tool either. And being pretty well indestructible for gigging.
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