H wrote:

I am purchasing a microphone set designed for recording drums. What I don't
understand is why none of the mic sets I looked at had anything specifically
for hihats. Is there a standard for miking hihats? I guess I've been spoilt
using sampled drums because there's always a seperate out for hihats (and
everything else for that matter) - I am sure however that in writeups I've
seen engineers talking about how they used a particular mic for the hihats.
I'm going for a 7 mic kit that includes kick mic, snare mic, tom mics and
two pencil condenser overheads. I' just a little worried how much
flexibility this will give me with my precious hihats!

The hi-hats will be in everything. Your goal will be trying to figure
out how to keep them OUT of the submix rather than how to add more.
--scott

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