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Why no one mentioned PHASE CANCELATION?
When placing Overheads it is so important to have them in phase with hihat/ride AND snare/toms.
Cutting everything below 600hz usualy avoids phase cancelation in the "body" frequencys of snare/kick/toms - but if you only have to roll of below 200hz or so you might end up with a mich fatter overal sound.
I hate those "thin" sounding *modern* overhead-sound. I want a little Body in the attack of the cymbals. I talk about *buushh* and not only *sfiiiishhh*
Other things are mentioned before:
The room is very important - listen to the OHs in solo mode - when they sound "realistic" and "right" to you then everything will work. You just have to do a good mix.
You can use compression to dampen the snare in the OHs, but you can use compression to increase the attack as well. You can manipulate the sustain of the cymbals in some ways.
It is allways more easy with "slow rock" than whith grindcore and stuff like that.
The most important factor is indeed the ballance of the drummer. I will not have big problems with a experienced studio-drummer.
But 9 out of 10 times you have to deal with "the others! LOL
Of course it is important what hat/cymbals you choose - but they have to be played right - so it is not so important for me wich brand/model/light or heavy we use but it is important how the drummer hits them.
Cheap cymbals usually sound thin and cheap on the record...
brandy
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