Hi Anton -- on Apr 18 2020 at 22:59, you wrote:

AS> One mike per player is nothing! How many mikes do your see installed
AS> on a typical drum set? This polymicrohone technique suffres from
AS> bleeding (of the singnal to other mikes), phrase problems, the
AS> playing of each instrument in its own (often artificial) acoustic
AS> space, and the inablity to employ true (time-based) stereo, a
AS> result that is completely and the sound engineer's disposal.

All true -- I was thinking more orchestrally, where there isn't a drum
kit. Close miking in that situation does still bleed, but gives the
engineer a lot of post-recording control for solos, etc....


Cheers... Dallas

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