Drumtracks with DFH - DFH + non-DFH users input wanted

[aaroncomp]

I recently acquired Drum Kits From Hell: Superior and have been able to create some great drum tracks. Being that I've never recorded real drums, I have some questions I think could best be answered by other DFH users (but others too, of course). DFH allows you to selectively pick which pieces of the drum kit bleeds through which microphone (adjustable, not just on or off). By default, if no adjustments are made, the final track will have every drum bleeding freely into every mic (i.e. like a real situation). My question, then, asks what you would recommend for these adjustments. I realize this will vary depending on what sound I'm going for and the genre of the music (mostly rock/alternative for me). For you non-DFH users, these adjustments would be things you would be doing in the mixing stage - for example, say you hate how the snare sounds in the overhead mic - in the traditional/real setup, you would play around with EQ,etc., but in the DFH situation, you can tackle it easier (IMO) by simply adjusting the amount of bleeding. So I'm assuming there are some standard problems like my example above that are encounted in the real recording situation - what are they and what would you recommend for the DFH user. Please let me know if my question needs more clarification. Thanks in advance.

 

[enferno]

usually, at the studio where i intern at, we do mostly clos-miced stuff. we usually cut out all of the bleed from the tom-tom mics after recording. since they are hit not as often as the rest of the set, their bleed just seems to subtract from the mix, not in all cases though. that's usually all i can think of for cutting out bleed though, at least in my limited expierence. effectivly though, it's the same thing as a gate.