Re: Purpose of overheads?
Typically a drumkit is played by one person, and IMHO should be treated as one big instrument. The overheads capture the entire sound fo the iunstrument, and, in combination with room mics, combine ot recreate the sound fo the kit in the room as it is being played.
You cannot recreate this with samples. You could try running your drum mix through a stereo playback system and recording some ambient room mics.
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