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Thanks for the articles.

As the drummer/recording guy in my band, I have spent a lot of time micing my drums. Sometimes I get great results, and some times I get terrible results. It almost seams like a matter of chance every time I set up mics on my kit. From the sounds of things from these articles, phase issues and comb filtering are probably the main variables that make the difference between good drum recording and a bad one. When you go into the studio and begin placing microphones on a drum kit, what is your strategy in finding the perfect placement for each microphone? What order to you place the mics in, and what technique do you use to determine if your current setup will experience phase issues? How would you go about remedying a phase issue if you determine you have one one?

My drum microphone collection includes

Shure pg52 on the kick
Shure pg56 on all 4 of my toms
I have both an audix I5 and sm57 for my snare drum, but I have yet to decide which I like better. Usually I like to use the I5 because it is a little smaller and it is all metal. I am afraid of hitting the sm57 and breaking the plastic ring surrounding the head of the microphone.
Finally, for overheads I use two MXL 991 condensers.

Thanks
Dan