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Using room mics

Using room mics

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Using room mics

Room mics are used to glue the sound of the drum kit together by filling in the frequency holes to make the individual drums sound more like a single complete drum set. In this video, I'm going show you one of the ways to set up room mics. When you're using room mics what you're going for is a sound that sounds exactly the same as when you're standing in front of the kit. Some engineers just use a single room mic while others may use as many as three, left, right and center. Since you normally don't use that much of the room mic sound in the mix--unless the room sounds particularly good--we'll just use one mic aimed at the center of the drum kit for our example. If you decide to use stereo room mics place some mic at each side of the kit about 10 feet away and looking directly at the outside edge of the furthest cymbal. To use a single room mic, place a directional mic about 6 feet away from the drum kit at a height about equal to the drummer's eyes. (music playing) The make or model…

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