Goddamn phase problems...

[FattMusiek]

Lately, I've been having a lot of trouble with phase problems. I can't get the snare and kick in the center of the field. I'm using 2 Oktava MK012s for overheads, a Beta 52 for kick, and a 57 on snare. I've been using that "Fat drums fast" technique for a long time. It can be found at:

http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthr...threadid=39030

I'm using headphones to test this. What I do is, place the overheads around 2 sticks length (I try to be precise here) above the set, the left one directly above the middle of the snare. The right one is my problem, I usually compare it to the left one in terms of length away from the middle of the snare and the middle of the kick drum. I measure distances from the middle of the snare and kick with a chord, heh. (I press my thumb against the chord and kick and give it slack till it reaches the overhead.) What happens is, if I try to measure the distance of the capsules from the middle of the snare, it matches up but the capsules are different distances from the middle of the kick drum! Ah! I don't get it. What the hell do I do to make the snare and kick appear in the center of the audio spectrum?

(Pictures of miced drums would help I think...)

[FattMusiek]

Oh, and I'm going to post this in the Recording Techniques board for more replies. Thanks for your time.

[FattMusiek]

If anyone cares,

http://www.saecollege.de/reference_m...ding_Drums.htm

this site's help me out a bit.