{"id":516639,"date":"2024-03-05T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=516639"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:31:58","slug":"4-mic-drum-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/learn\/4-mic-drum-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"4-mic Drum Recording"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bought a new interface with 4 inputs and want to put it to good use, especially on a drum kit? We’ve all heard that you can get very fancy with drum recording… Some engineers use 20+ mics on a kit for certain sessions. This is all great and wonderful if you have the knowledge, budget and time, but for the average beginner or intermediate musician or engineer, 4 microphones is more than enough. In this blog article we’ll share some insights, tricks and gear suggestions for recording your drum kit with exactly 4 mics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This type of 4-mic drum recording is the standard, go-to method when you have 4 input channels<\/strong> available on your audio interface<\/strong><\/a>: one mic on the kick (or bass) drum, one on the snare drum and two overhead mics above the drum kit.<\/p>\n\n\t\t