xy wrote:
not true at all.

what if you want to have a big reverb on the snare, but the kick
completely dry?

what if you want to have the toms do a dramatic stereo pan during a
fill, with the hi toms gated, the low toms open, and have the snare
with huge reverb and be able to eq the kick differently, apply
compression to the kick, and have the kick be completely dry?

Then you need to build a time-machine because you are trapped in the
eighties.

Just kidding...because

the truth is that more mics give you more mixing options. that's not
always what you need. but when you need it, there is no substitute
for the discrete mixing options that a multi-miced setup will give
you.

I actually like the really tight mic'ing of the 70s in certain songs.

it's a nice thought to think that a singe cubic inch spot with a mono
or stereo mic can capture whatever you want depending on where you
place the mic. but it has nothing to do with reality. unless your
reality consists entirely of easy-listening and old big band music.

No way. You can go way beyond those types of music. But it still comes
down to the reality that I rarely get to record in a good enough
situation where I caould put just one mic on the kit.

Rob R.