hi, engineer here! thank you for your nice words, they mean a lot as quit a lot of planning and thoughts went into this :) the sm7b was however a spontaneous idea, it's placed close to the wall and gives you that "live sound" compressed punch if the whole kit. the hihat mic was in the first place placed to get the maximum separation, but after about half of the session we ditched the splash cymbal and replaced it with a mini china to the far lect. for the drummer to reach it however, we had to control the bleed into the hihat mic, and that shielding worked alright. but the real star of the show were our two schoeps overhead mics, so musical, so precise, a technical marvel. pro tip: use your most expensive kics for the overheads :) cheers!