The second mic was also panned over to the side because thats where the guitar amp had been panned. But one day during a recording session with Led Zeppelin, the assistant unintentionally moved a second microphone out of the way of a guitar amp, and randomly placed it looking over the floor tom.
Normally Glyn he would record the drum kit with a single overhead mic. If something is not right start moving mics around, or start moving the drums around till you hear what you want for the song. Make sure to check the sound in mono too to see that the polarity between the two mics is correct so that you don't accidentally cancel out the lower frequencies.Īlso be sure to listen to each individual drum in the drum set to make sure that you're hearing a decent balance of all the elements of the kit. You should be able to pan these two mics hard left and right to get a cool stereo drum sound. One of the instruments that lends itself very well to stereo miking is of course the drum kit.įor the spaced pair method all you need to do is take one mic and put it above the high hat and snare looking down, and the other mic above the ride and floor tom side looking down. So I raced home to meet up with my friend Meghan, and we started miking everything we could find using different stereo methods. The Blumlein technique used 2 ribbon microphones configured to give an excellent stereo image and a smooth sounding ambience.įor the Glyn Johns technique, 2 Neumann TLM103’s were used for overheads, which when combined with the snare and kick direct channels provide that classic sound.When I first learned about different stereo miking techniques I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. This gave a wide stereo image with excellent mono detail that is perfect for jazz tracks.Ī technique that has been used on countless rock records, the spaced pair setup featured 2 AKG C414 XLS large diaphragm condensers, which created a wide stereo image exhibiting a huge palette of sonic colours. Direct microphones were expertly placed on all kit pieces to ensure the pack has a wide range of mixing possibilities and can deliver authentic drum sounds from vintage to modern.įor the ORTF technique, 2 AKG C451B mics were used.
Their engineers used world renowned drum recording techniques including ORTF, Glyn Johns, and Blumlein. The result is a selection of familiar, authentic vintage sounds suitable for rock, pop, blues and more. BFD Vintage Recording Techniques is an expansion pack for BFD3 that uses a variety of vintage microphone techniques to capture a beautiful Ludwig Classic Maple drum kit.
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