i would compress OH to tape only as an effect.
compressing the dynamics out of the kit to tape doesn't strike me as particularly useful if the desired result is an open and large drum sound.
you will be effectively raising the apparent volume of the other drums after the intial attack of the...
hahahahah :)
with my level of electronics wizardry, i'd probably superglue them to a circuit board, dip it in water, perform an african tribal dance and then hope....really really hard
i hope not, i don't mix ITB and love collecting old gear. makes my records sound like they do. if i'm stuck using what everyone else is using, there's a chance some of the authenticity of my work will be lost. i'm not saying it's great, just different. and....being...
a mic preamplifier is necessary to raise any mic level signal to line level. so i don't know what you mean. you've got 4 mics, you need four channels of mic preamplification.