Spaced and Coincident Overheads

[poo]

Ive been experimenting...I'm still a fan of spaced overheads.
You get way better stereo imaging. Do any of you hear ever close mic the ride? OR have ever heard of anyone doing so?


I have to many questions, but sorry! This board is educational as I get!!! :-) And you guys are great!

[tmix]

As you, I prefer spaced overheads if I am individually micing the the toms, other wise the mics pick up more tom sound than I can deal with in relation to the cymbals. However when micing a kit with kick mic , snare mic and overheads only I prefer the more natural sound of a coincident pair.
I have tried close micing the ride to little use, you literally have to cut so many frequencies because of overtone buildup and over ring that it really did not sound any good at a close distance.
tmix

[Track Rat]

Same experience here. I've tried it (tight mic on cymbals)and to me, it just doesn't sound right. Lately I've been using a mono overhead (KM-184) and panning the tom mics slightly and then bringing up a pair of spaced ambience mics that are panned at about 9:00 and 3:00 or a little less.
It seems I get a new idea on how to do things once a month.

[Igormeister]

I always mike a ride. Point small condenser to area where drummer is hitting. I also prefer spaced overheads, because i love extreme width. Try x-y pair on toms, located in front of toms, under cymbals level, left mic pointed at floor tom,right mic pointed between snare and hi-hat, all in combination with spaced overheads.

[fenix]

i always have two over heads, one hi-hat mic, and one ride mic. I loved that spaced sound too, but with that many condensers on a kit...you loose some of this hard panned sound because of bleed, however this is not a bad thing cuz nothing will be out of phase. There's nothing better than a well miked ride. Mike it!