A lot of people poo-poo the under-the-snare-flipped-phase approach, but
I usually find myself using more of that than the top mic. (Both
57's). As Scott and others mentioned, the close mics should only be
about 20% of the snare sound.
Personally, my favorite snare sound is usually what the Tom mics are
picking up. Much less hi-hat bleed. You have to be good with gates
though, especially the "range" control, to make this work.
It seems that proper gating is getting to be a lost art. Great tools
when used subtley. Apparently the heavy handed Phil Collins/Linndrum
approach must have ruined the reputation of gating forever.
Ciao, Rick Novak.