How Many Mics Do You Really Need to Record Drums?

August 20th, 2020 by

Do you need 16 mics to record drums well? Can you get away with 1, 2 or 4? If you had 8 mics to use, what would you record and what would you leave out?

Justin Colletti answers these questions and more in this week’s episode of the podcast.

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