Hello, Oscar -- I personally *love* the two mic drumset. If you've got a dramatic sounding space, especially. Here's what I would do (and have done, on a few different records) in your situation: Put the 58 on a boom stand. Set the stand directly in front of the kick drum and position the microphone...

I've got a 4038 and the R84, as well as a Sank modified 260, and the AEA mic is consistently my favorite of the three. It translates what I hear in the live room to the control room in a more pleasing, and maybe more obvious, way than the 4038 does. All are valuable tools, but I find myself reaching...

What are the practical / functional / audio differences between the Elan 2 and Elite 2 consoles? Clearly the Elan is simpler, but that's about all I can figure out. I'm considering the purchase of a 48 input board, and it seems that Sytek is one of only a few modern manufacturers making anything wor...

SACD is a fledgling and as yet widely misunderstood format, because Sony has no idea how or where to market it. It's difficult to push a transparent, audiophile-style system in a culture that thinks the CD is a transparent, audiophile-style system that's much bulkier than their iPod. I don't know ve...