Glossary
overheads
Mics that are placed above a sound source, configured to create a stereo image. Commonly used with drums to record the cymbals and the entire kit from above; overheads can be used on small ensembles as well.


“The way I look at [changing styles] is that there are lots of different windows, but for one day you just happen to be fascinated with the view out of that window. It doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten the other windows, you know they are there... but you keep wanting to look out of one window for a moment.”- Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins
Mics that are placed above a sound source, configured to create a stereo image. Commonly used with drums to record the cymbals and the entire kit from above; overheads can be used on small ensembles as well.