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]--- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Abbott" <cricket@i...> wrote:
>
> Hi All
> 
> Wonder if some of you clever fella's can help. When miking a drum 
kit(I'm
> pretty new at this Live Drum stuff BTW), I 've got a good Bass drum 
sound
> using an AKG D112 a Shure Beta 56a on the snare and Audix Tom mikes 
and
> overheads, no problems with any of these , however I have a Shure 
16A
> condenser on the hihat and can't keep the rest of the kit out of it 
no
> matter what gating I do, it was suggested to me as a good mike for 
the hihat
> but I'm not sure, the sound is nice but,, spill overkill,,, any 
suggestions
> out there on isolating the hat at least to an acceptable degree.


the most common approach to the hihat is underneath it, there's 
really no way to totally isolate the sound, but keeping it close to 
the bottom hat should do pretty well.