Is this right for XY pattern?

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SeventhHeaven said:
Not sure if anyone mentioned this already, and you probably already know this, but you'll likely have to reverse the phase on the Kick mic.

If not, your kick will wash out when mixed with the OH's
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Yep, already thought of that. ;) Also flipping the phase on the bottom snare mic.
 
If it were me, I would listen carefully to the kick mic both in phase and out of phase. Your kick mic will always be "out of phase" when dealing with overheads. Whether or not it sounds better in and out of phase is dependent on many other things not barring personal preference. I recomend always listening carefully before just reversing the polarity of a mic. Sometimes it sounds better when double micing a snare to reverse the polarity o the top mic instead of the bottom. Sometimes it sounds good to not reverse either mic. The point is, I would not blindly do it, but listen and think about why you are doing it and also about why you might not want to.
 
xstatic said:
If it were me, I would listen carefully to the kick mic both in phase and out of phase. Your kick mic will always be "out of phase" when dealing with overheads. Whether or not it sounds better in and out of phase is dependent on many other things not barring personal preference. I recomend always listening carefully before just reversing the polarity of a mic. Sometimes it sounds better when double micing a snare to reverse the polarity o the top mic instead of the bottom. Sometimes it sounds good to not reverse either mic. The point is, I would not blindly do it, but listen and think about why you are doing it and also about why you might not want to.
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That's great advice. Your kik MIGHT need to be flipped, but so MIGHT your snare. Or not. I've done many tracks where I didn't have to flip anything.
 
xstatic said:
The point is, I would not blindly do it, but listen and think about why you are doing it and also about why you might not want to.
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This should apply to more than just the kick/OH phase relationship, such as all things audio.
 
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