Drums Recording Research

Research and explain your favorite's engineer method for recording drums. Search interviews, articles, forums, and videos. For ideas of well known engineers search album credits or ask your instructor. You will share your findings with the class.

Drums are made out of many components (usually kick, snare, 2 or 3 toms, a hi hat, and a variety of cymbals). One mic is normally not enough to capture the whole set and have control over its parts. 

What happens when you have multiple mics on one source?

How do you minimize the problem?

Explain the Glyn Johns drum micing technique?

Explain an alternate drum micing technique?