Panning the hihat mic, close vs. OH

[LeanderL]

Hi again!

I want the hihat to be on the left, about 66% to the left…I can set it up like that, but when I solo the overheads, the hihat bleed is always in the center. Can this be changed?

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[drumjack52]

Not that I’m aware of. By definition overhead mics are there to cover the whole kit regardless of where you have the kit piece mics panned.

Jack
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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Route the hat’s overhead mic’s to their own channel. You can adjust the panning there.

jord

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[drumjack52]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

Route the hat’s overhead mic’s to their own channel. You can adjust the panning there.

jord

But will that catch the bleed? That’s what he’s asking about.

Jack
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[Bear-Faced Cow]

The OH is the bleed channel. It will be routed to its own mixer channel. It is still the OH signal. It’s just in its own space to do whatever the OP wants with it.

jord

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[Scott Eshleman]

PS. is OP referring to ‘Drummer Perspective‘ or ‘Audience Perspective‘?

[drumjack52]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

The OH is the bleed channel. It will be routed to its own mixer channel. It is still the OH signal. It’s just in its own space to do whatever the OP wants with it.

jord

So you’re saying that the bleed is the same as overheads? That would mean adjusting the amount of bleed per kit piece would affect the overheads?

Jack
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[Scott]

It’s amazing what I take for granted from mixing real drums for 25 plus years.

When I mic a kit I put a hats mic on the hats. Space my OH mics accordingly. If I want the hats mic more to the right I pan to the right. If I want them on the left I pan the hats mic to the left. Never really cared that the hats in the OH mics didn’t move with my close mic panning. Never mattered matter because it sounded correct in the mix.

I don’t really have any solution for the hi hats not being panned in S3 as you move the close hats mic panning. Just typing this out more from an old farts perspective than anything else lol.

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