Drum mic technique update: check your distances

Just wanted to give a few more thoughts on the previously mentioned drum micing technique. When doing this, it is very important to check the measurements from the snare drum to the omni mics. These need to be the same distances from the center of the snare. If not, the snare will be skewed to the closer mic - thanks of course, to Haas' Precedence Effect! (Drum roll for application of physics, please!)

If I were doing a two mic kit (just the omnis) I'd try to make certain the mics were equal distances from the center of the bass drum as well.  This, needless to say, will result in some rather strange mic placements and could be difficult to place in a way conducive to playing a drum kit!  In practice, I have found that using the 3rd mic (the kick mic) allows us to not be so fussy regarding mic placement.  As long as the distances are reasonably close.  The kick mic will serve to solidify the image and (once again, thanks to Haas) will sound before the kick sounds (at a much lower volume) in the omnis.  The low frequency wavelengths from the kick mean that the sound arriving at the omnis will be more or less in phase assuming we haven't done some incredibly crazy wide placement.

I'll continue to explore this.  It has worked out to be too good to leave alone.