I haven't played the drums for a while but the Glynn Johns method reminds me so much of sitting behind a kit. There's a space and balance to everything.

You are unbelieveably consistant from take to take! Really awesome.

recorderman has the best focus and punch of the toms, kick and snr in this example.

I'm still amazed how full/low end and punchy Glyn John's setup is. WOW. thank you so much for this very quick to the point no nonsense comparision!

Thanks for posting this -- so great to have things so concise, and right to the point, without any sale pitches, etc. Thank you!

Interesting how much the hats moved around in the image… a great example of how much easier one set up could make a mix vs another depending on the arrangement! Knowing ahead of time if it was going to be busy vs sparse could make a huge difference if you get this mic placement technique right!

Straight and to the point very nice

I like Glyn Johns setting alot, each sound is spacy and deep but surprisingly sharp, liked floor tom. good compare and good vid. thanks

Man thank you! This is great 👍

Thanks so much for this video! I'm studying drum mic techniques and this video is perfect.

Really helpful stuff. Thank you.

Great comparison! Thnx! Only wish is that A-B, Recorderman and Glyn Johns would be stereo-flipped so that all setups had the same "audiens perspective" =)

great playing!

YES. Thank you!! That! SOOOO much work I could have done that you just did. Researching how to send you a check 🙇‍♂️

Great to get loose for beginners like me. Thanks

Thanks, very helpful

Super gemacht, lieber Benno!

Thank you

Superb video! Recorderman for me on these examples...thanks for the inspiration :)

ORTF is my favorite

Taking into account both sound and imaging, something in between A-B and ORTF would be ideal to me. AB was maybe a little too wide and a bit on the bright side, while ORTF was a good compromise image-wise, but the sound was rather muddy.

schöner Vergleich! danke dafür! Ich nutze fast ausschliesslich Glyn Johns. Ich finde hier aber den Recordern am besten.

Thanks for the hard work! I have to say I preferred xy. It's funny, I started there years ago, went with spaced pairs for a while, but now coming back to xy. Love the cohesive stereo image it provides. What's the kit you're using?

Very interesting to hear in that context - each make sense. It would be interesting to know what processing (if any) you did post recording. Great sounds in any case 😊

glyn johns for meeee

Nice comparison. For me, it's either the spaced pair or the recorderman, with the Glyn Johns close behind.

My preferred has been the Glyn Johns when it comes to use only the 3 mics expected. But when it starts to add close mics, in toms, snare, etc, I find myself in very trouble with phase issues, mostly with toms, who cancel themselves between OH and close mics.

Kick on that A-B is fantastic. Either A-B or recorderman in this specific sample would go long way with couple of individual mics. Fantastic work! 👍 Glynn Johns is a bit hyped method at this point. The truth is, it is VERY tricky technique in general. It’s cool and all until that one too loud hit on floor Tom or ride at the wrong moment. Yeah if lucky you might be able to edit/replace but that’s another subject…

Great video you samples sound awesome! Can I ask how much do you panned the mics on Ortf and Glyn Jones?

Sehr schöne Zusammenstellung, besten Dank! Glyn Johns gefällt mir am besten, hab ich auch schon mal benutzt, ansonsten nehme ich Closemics, das klingt für Rock und Metal meiner Meinung nach irgendwie besser.

Great video. I like Recorderman lately but I go a little wider on the spacing. ORTF is good if I don't want to have to experiment so much, but toms can sound weird.

Great sounding drums and great example of each. Thank you! May I ask what mics and preamps were used?

Requesting an explanation on the Glym John’s technique🙏

XY or Glyn Johns method for me, though for different reasons. The XY method I liked for how focused the snare sounded and the Glyn Johns for the space and wideness.

Great demo! The kit and the room sound terrific. M-S took away some of the room sound. Glyn wins in my book.

ORTF for me. With the Glyn John setup the kick was out of center a lot!

Hi, very interesting, but a pity some of the mic setups were inverted as far as Left-Right is concerned.

Nice! I wonder how the ride sound would alter.

Sehr cool, ich hab Drum Overheads noch nie in ORTF aufgenommen, aber das klingt hier für mich eindeutig am besten. Schöne Breite, trotzdem gutes Center. Probiere ich auf jeden Fall mal aus. Wie war die "Kipp-Ebene", im Video sieht es etwas senkrechter als 45° aus. Und ungefähr über dem Kopf oder weiter hinten? Auch sehr geil getrommelt. Danke!

great vid, but why's it panned backwards?

Ab always hard to pull off on recording if you want a focus snare sound.. maybe in live it’ll work.. soo recorders and glyn for me

gj and xy is the choice

Thanks!!! What is the drum setup? Sonds very good

Depends on the context of the music......but for rock, Glyn Johns for me please.

Your drums remind me of the donkey kong congos for gamecube

Just OHs, Glyn Johns would be my favorite. If you add a kick mic, I'm going Recorderman

OK, the "Glyn Johns" sounds the best. I am assuming that is a mic above&behind, and a mic over the toms on the drummers right side... There is no eq on the high end? why are the high hats quieter in the mix? I would think over head would get some extra HIGH END FREQS from the high hats! But maybe the other mic set ups are getting extra high end from the room, and the "Glyn Johns" set up is deceptively DIRECT on the DRUMS? IMHO

nice set up . what type of headphone do you use?

Love the Glynn Johns technique, but it does require a lot of discipline on the drummer to play consistently and not over work stuff. If the part is too busy and recorded that way it can be hellishly difficult to make it sit in a mix without the drums becoming the entire focus. But maybe that's what's needed.

Ortf inverted LR

Sounds the same on my echo dot 5

A-B and G-J have stereo flipped

cool video but it would be useful to play cymbals as well

Why I don't hear SIDE in M-S? Only MID sounds🤔

what kind of drums are being played?

I like the recorderman, XY and ORTF. The MS is kind of too thin. I found the AB weird, and i don't like the glyn johns.

I'm curious how you panned these...

MotU

Glyn Johns, I want to love you, but the kick always gets pulled to the side mic...

Am I stupid? What is the difference lol

XY is the most boring option you can have. MS has always sounded weird to me. ORTF is the most natural approach to stereo. AB is a classic great sound, but fiddly with cymbal height and level. Glyn Johns is punchy and Recorderman is to Glyn Johns what XY is to ORTF. Or that's my take anyway. Btw on the AB, Recorderman and Glyn Johns the stereo image is flipped.

Glyn Johns is cool but floor tom sounds dead. Recorderman best all arounder