Considering the very specific mic placement requirements of any particular drum set and the different requirements of a large mic setup vs a 4 mic setup I would imagine this would be impossible to do properly but I thought I’d ask if anyone has gotten a decent emulation out of the standard libraries. Just removing from the mix all the mics except the kick, snare, and overheads wouldn’t be the same since in a large contemporary multi mic setup those four mics are going to be placed in relation the the rest of the mics to avoid problems one wouldn’t have with only 4 mics.
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I think you could do it. Just use one snare mic, one kick mic, and play around with the various overhead and room mic options in each SDX.
Many libraries have one mono ambient mic nearer the kit for example.
You could end up using just 3 mics, or 5 mics. Who cares if it recreates the sound you are after.
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