JohnRick
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All,
Just finished in the studio, tracking seven progmetal tunes in one go (8 hours).
Now, me & the guitarist are sorting the files, but it just now hit me that the engineer chose to OH the kit with one mic in front and one in the back (?).
Normally I prefer, and quite frankly assume, that they are going to use either X/Y, A/B or M/S-technique, but with this one he used, it would basically be two mono options, and I don't see any possibilities of achieving a wider stereo image. Sure, the drum sound is great, and when panning OH back/OH front fully, the image become wider, but basically big mono, with the china, ride bell, hats etc. equally in both speakers, so not much point in panning the spot mics.
Anyone got any advice on what to do here?
The thing is that the tracks will be fairly busy, and bass, guitar, vocals and backing tracks will fill up the space. How would you go about this?
Just finished in the studio, tracking seven progmetal tunes in one go (8 hours).
Now, me & the guitarist are sorting the files, but it just now hit me that the engineer chose to OH the kit with one mic in front and one in the back (?).
Normally I prefer, and quite frankly assume, that they are going to use either X/Y, A/B or M/S-technique, but with this one he used, it would basically be two mono options, and I don't see any possibilities of achieving a wider stereo image. Sure, the drum sound is great, and when panning OH back/OH front fully, the image become wider, but basically big mono, with the china, ride bell, hats etc. equally in both speakers, so not much point in panning the spot mics.
Anyone got any advice on what to do here?
The thing is that the tracks will be fairly busy, and bass, guitar, vocals and backing tracks will fill up the space. How would you go about this?