Re: OT: Recording Drums - gear selection: status report

[Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

George Ludwig schrieb:
> Rainer, just to be clear, I would go with a stereo pair if possible to 
> capture most of the sound of the kit, but if the only available stereo 
> pair were two C1000s's, I'd rather have a single, higher quality mic 
> in it's place. I actually suggested working with the ribbon mics for 
> overheads  (I think there was a  pair of those as well in the mic 
> locker), but those can be more challenging to work with in this 
> context due to the figure 8 pattern. But the result would be worth it. 
> Rick suggested you can EQ out the harshness of the C1000s when used as 
> overheads, but I personally never had much luck with that. YMMV.
And also, just to be clear ;)

1. Yes, wouldn't want to use the C1000Ss for overheads, too. The hottest 
candidate are the C4 in an omni wide A/B, but coincidental or ORTF with 
2 NT-1A are also an option.
2. The ribbons, as I mentioned, are not figure-eight, they are 
hypercardioid: http://bit.ly/bJSV6f. My rule-of-thumb experience: omni 
sounds most natural (after all, aren't our ears pressure receivers?), 
next is figure-eight, everything more complex as cardioid is a problem...

          Rainer

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