You say you recommend mic placement that will cause severe bleeding? How do you deal with it? Why omnis up close?
Why not cardioid or hypercardioid?
I tried that (stereo micing) first in this room with the pair of NT-1s. While it doesn't sound bad just standing in the room, when recorded it sounds washed out and reverby. Maybe a Decca Tree system with the AT-4033 in the center and the two NT-1s on the sides; all of them way up in the air by putting the mics on top of tall stands on top of tables in the restaurant.
Add an SM57 on snare and
an AKG D-112 on kick?
Or should I keep just the 3 condensers?
I think I'll just try both.
That would put the condensers just below the center vertically with respect to the floor and ceiling. I'm flip-flopping between this and:
Marimba miced about 1' away with the NT-1.
The piano is miced about 2' away with the 4033.
The guitar amp cabinet (small amp) is miced about 6" away from an NT-1.
Stand-Up Bass is via a bridge pickup plus an AKG D-112 about 1' from the bridge.
Drums: 1 SM-57 each on the snare and the tom.
SM-58 on the kick drum, with an NT-3 for overhead.
Drums in an adjacent room. Headphone amp to synchronize the musicians.
Any suggestions as to what mics I should get to replace the ones being used? Be reasonable- My plastic is wilting from the latest assault. Or just a different configuration?