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Re: Most engineers record drums out of phase....

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A drum that is close-miked from above (snare, toms) has to be reversed in polarity, to make the speakers move outwards at the point of attack. However, most engineers don't do this as it is not common knowledge. When a snare drum is miked from top and bottom, the bottom mike is reversed in polarity to avoid frequency cancellations, while in fact the bottom mike should be left alone and the top mike should be reversed.

Bass drums are usually miked from the inside, where air is pushed into the microphone membrane. This mike should also be left alone, and the same goes for any drum that is miked from underneath.

This applies ONLY if the whole recording studio is wired correctly, in absolute phase.

The phase-reverse switch on some amplifiers are really great, because when you play with different settings, you will find that one setting sounds better than the other, depending on the recording.

Best regards,

//Peter

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