"Loose?" Or lose? I've beard some pretty loose kicks. and some pretty loose drummers... who have no edge to lose!

Slight shift - where does "traps" come from referring to a drum kit?

 By the way. Corey, you have things set for direct replies to you, and not the list - how and why do you do that? This is one of many yahoogroups I am on and the only one where people do that...

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Lou Judson
Intuitive Audio
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On Feb 7, 2013, at 12:16 AM, Corey Bailey wrote:

> Hi Ellis,
> 
> As a Recording Engineer who also played trap drums, I can relate to exactly what you said. As the musician, you hear the kick drum from the beater side while the recording/PA microphone is positioned on the other side of the batter head. Often, even more disconcerting, was the headphone feed while recording!
> 
> BTW,
> It was usually easy to hear if the kick drum was polarity reversed because the attack would tend to cancel with the other drum mics causing the kick drum to "loose its edge."
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> Corey
> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> http://www.baileyzone.net