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I would put a mic on the kick, snare, and a couple of overheads, and then put a nice condenser out in the middle of the room in front of the kit for the room ambience. This will get you a tight sound, but have the ambience you are looking for and what not. I would check for phase issues though like ...

I'm with the guy who said he couldn't get the same acoustic sound three days later. I've given up finding a system, per se. Everytime I mic acoustic guitars, I start fairly new (I tend to try the same three mics -- KM184, U87 and AT4033). And I tend to mic the same guitar. It's weird. Jasper One tr...

Thanks again for the welcome all and good advice about the search part of the boards. I was also over at the Digi DUC previously and still hang out there and got that info over there also. hehe

Thanks for the welcome all. :) Just out of curiousity, I am assuming that there are a lot more purists that hang out on the Tape Op boards than folks from the digital realm eh? The reason I ask is because I would like to read up more on the analog side of things with outboard gear processing especia...

Well, after about a year of reading tape op I have found the boards finally here. Just wanted to say Hey. I just have a small studio setup that I have been working on for about a year now, nothing fancy, but tape op is an excellent resource and has helped me in the process. Feel free to visit my stu...

Hey Carl, good to see a familiar face from the Digi boards man.