[Creedasaurus]

any time you have more than one mic recording something, you will be dealing with phase. 3 to 1 rule or no 3 to 1 rule.

I've been recording a drumset with about 10 mics for the past two weeks. i've been very careful about where i put them all so as to minimize phasing and whatnot. But no matter how well that advice is followed you will hit phasing issues. in your DAW, zoom in on the waveforms close enough and you will see most of them are skewed a few milliseconds from the closest mic. if you want, you can drag the track over and flip the phase if needed.

you dont have to buy a $350 phase alignment box if you want to correct phase issues.