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Recording other instruments

01 You can get away with recording an entire drum kit with one microphone.OK, it won’t sound as amazing as mic’ing up an entire drum kit, piece by piece, but if you have limited equipment, place your single microphone – a cardioid condenser, if possible, so it’s focussed down on the drums – as a single overhead above the drummer. You can also try placing it in front of the kit, the

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