A tip on drum mic phase...

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From Bob Olhsson, need I say a trustworthy source....

"One of the best features of a digital multitrack or DAW is the ability to slip drum tracks by the sample provided you have the time. The trick is to slide each mike back to match the most distant ones, usually the overheads. This is far more effective than just ballparking it with a phase switch plus you don't invert the waveform which is often an audible degradation. Another advantage of a DAW is that rather than guessing with gates, you can create a perfect envelope for each drum hit."

I remember bring this up a few months ago and no one seemed to go for it. Maybe someone will beleive HIM. :)
 
Tube, I've been doing this for years and more than likely, so have a lot of people. Thanks anyway.
 
Yeah, I do it all the time too. Especially for stereo pairs. Even if you measure distances to your source, they are never perfect and all you have to do with a DAW is move it over a little. Lining up the snare and bass with the overheads adds a LOT of punch too. I've posted on this a couple times myself.
 
...used to do that with 'track delay' on the adadts too.
 
Thanks. This makes me smile. I learn a lot on these forums and it's good to be able to give some back.
 
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