Les Cargill wrote:


I meant play the drums parts *without* hihat, then track the hihat part
seperately, after the fact. Time domain isolation.

Again, "I could do that, but that would be Wrong".

Of course. But this is not what I have in mind.

I routinely add reverb or other effects to just the snare. This would
not be possible without a snare mic'. And if there is enough snare
bleed, I may not even use that snare track, other than a send to the
effect. Same can go for hi-hat in some situations, though typically it
doesn't need any individual effects.