Re: Drum OverHead Tips
Don't be precious about the symetry of your overheads. Position them where they pickup usefull balances of the kit that you can pan.
Try some other stereo techniques with your two condensers as well. Spaced or coincident pairs infront or behind the drummer can give very different results to overheads (as always hit the mono switch to check for phase cancellation).
There is always going to be lots of snare in your overheads so consider it part of your snare sound.
I really like AKG C451s for overheads. All the top end your ever going to need.
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