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Originally Posted by DaneK
I would suggest a simple Glyn John's method.
57 on the snare up tight
58 on the kick
Solaris set to figure 8 between the floor and rack tom with the kick off axis to reduce leakage
Luna sitting up above the high rack and crash
Be sure to phase align as well. You're going to get lots of leakage with this method and if you want your drums to stay loud and punchy you want to make sure they're not phasing eachother out.
Work in mono and start with the luna and the 58 up while your drummer is hitting the kick.
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+1 - this is a good suggestion.
Another option that works really well is:
Solaris directly above the snare drum, about 3 1/2 feet, Luna behind the drummer's right shoulder, pointing at the snare (use a piece of string to measure so the distance from the mic to the snare is the same for both the solaris and luna), use the 58 or 57 on the kick (whichever gives you the sound you want).
That's it, three mics. I use this once in a while for jazz kits, but I typically use omnis for the O/H mics. But it'll still work with cardioid.