At Audio Addiction, my studio is designed specifically for tracking drums. Since all of my drums are high end Sonor they all use the same mounting hardware. Based on this, I designed my mic setup to connect to multiple racks and are permanently mounted correctly phase aligned. When I change drumsets I can do so without messing with my phase alignment.
The mics are not mounted right onto the drums, they're separate. They're mounted almost identically to how Gavin Harrison does it. No cross talk, no strange hums.
Outboard:
2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM - MacBook Pro
Logic Pro 8
Apogee Big Ben Clocking
SSL AlphaLink MADI AX Conversion
Shadow Hills Quad GAMA w/Iron Mod Preamps
Great River MP-2NV Preamps
API 3124+ Preamps (x2)
Focusrite Preamps
Yamaha HS-50M Monitoring
Microphones:
Royer R122V (Matched Pair)
Royer R122 (Matched Pair)
Sennheiser MD441U
Sennheiser MD421U5 (x7)
Sennheiser MD421U4 (x2)
Audio Technica AT4041 (Matched Pair)
Audix D6 (x3)
Audix i5 (x3)
Shure Beta91
Shure Beta52
Shure SM57 (x3)
Yamaha Subkick
AKG D112
Rode NT-4
Lafayette Radio Broadcast Stereo Mic
Typical track breakdown :
Overhead Left : Royer R122V
Overhead Right : Royer R122V
Room Close : Royer R122
Room Far : Royer R122
HiHats : Audio Technica AT4041
Ride : Audio Technica AT4041
Bass Drum Inside : Shure Beta91
Bass Drum Port : Audix D6
Bass Drum Sub : Yamaha Subkick (Or Audio Technica AT4040)
Snare Top : Audix i5 (Or Sennheiser MD 441 U)
Snare Bottom : Shure SM57
8" Tom : Sennheiser MD 421 U5
10" Tom : Sennheiser MD 421 U5
12" Tom : Sennheiser MD 421 U5
14" Floor Tom : Sennheiser MD 421 U5
16" Floor Tom : Sennheiser MD 421 U5
18" Floor Tom : Sennheiser MD 421 U5
Gong Drum : Audix D6
Additional Tracks :
Snare 2 Top : Audix i5
Snare 2 Bottom : Shure SM57
Snare 3 Top : Audix i5
Snare 3 Bottom : Shure SM57
Auxillary Bass Drum Batter : Shure Beta52 (Or AKG D112 depending on situation)
Auxillary Bass Drum Reso : Audio Technica AT4040
Gong Drum Sub : Yamaha Subkick
*For most situations I'm not going to be using six toms. You'll only be getting the tracks for the toms I actually used. Just because my studio setup is large doesn't mean I'm going to over play. I'm a very musical drummer with great ears. I play appropriately and for the song. I don't enjoy playing "too much". My setup is large becauase there are situations where I require it and a lot of the things I write personally require it. Having a large kit in the studio gives me a world of options without having to mess around adding things.
The room at Audio Addiction is oddly shaped, with strange wall angles to combat standing waves.
