Zoom H4n recording drums

For recording drums, we placed the recorder in the back of the room, engaged the limiter for the stereo mics, and applied the H4n's "Drum Compression" preset to the overhead and kick mics we placed on the drum set. In hindsight the compression might have been a little too extreme for the casual drumming involved here (a general compression setting would have been fine), but the extra oomph of the kick drum mic in the second file makes the sound a little more dramatic.

Drums (stereo mics with limiter)
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Drums (stereo mics with limiter, overhead snare mic and kick drum mic with compression, 4-channels)
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