CHI mics drum overheads

These were done spaced pair, with the mics pointed almost straight down. The pair was about 7' off the ground, with the left mic being above the ride/floor tom and the right mic being a bit outside the crash/hihats. I always set my overheads to be equidistant from the snare. *Note: the SDC sample is a bit louder, so to make an honest comparison you'll have to level match it to the others. I did not change gain between the 12/67/251 capsules so any differences you hear are due to the mic output. I thought they all yielded neat results. I was surprised I didn't like the 251's more. Perhaps they'd do better with a different placement. The 67's really did well on the snare, IMO, which doesn't surprise me. The 12's gave a good balance and nice articulation to the ride and hihats. The SDC's were very nice. I don't normally use SDC for overheads. These seemed rather flat with good extended bass response. The toms sounded great in them.