Front of Kick mic Greg?

[rayc]

I watched this last year but had a squiz again today and wondered if you'd done the waist height, three feet away pointed slightly down thing...

[Greg_L]

I have but I don't do it often. I don't usually get into a bunch of extra room and ambient mics for drum recording.

But when I do it, I usually do it something similar to what that guy describes.

[rayc]

Thanks @Greg_L ,
I was wondering, as I opften do, whether something "worthy" of a UTUB vid actually has a real world application.

[Tadpui]

Does Dan have enormous hands, or are those just abnormally small microphones? Inquiring minds want to know

[Greg_L]

Thanks @Greg_L ,
I was wondering, as I opften do, whether something "worthy" of a UTUB vid actually has a real world application.

I think it's valid stuff for most other people. I admit I am in the minority when it comes to my not liking room mics and extra shit for drum recording. Simple overheads and spot mics are all I want the majority of the time.

[Lt. Bob]

Not a drummer mic'r myself so I have no real thoughts on it.

However, back when I did a studio thing with a friend in BR in the 70's and 80's and we had an 8 track Otari reel to reel so we had limited channels.
He used to get a really great drum sound with 3 mics ..... a mic for the kick and then a pair of those PZM boundary mics .... but instead of setting them on the floor, he put them up on stands maybe3 or 4 feet high and spaced out about 4 or 5 feet apart with the plates turned towards the drums.
Once he had them dialed in it essentially recorded exactly what it sounded like in the room.

Not sure if it has anything to do with this vid but I haven't seen much about using a stereo pair with a kick mic but it's simple and I know it can sound good.