Auto-Align from SoundRadix is the clever plug-in which automatically optimises the phase relationship between multi miked recordings of things like drums and guitars, putting back the weight and power which can easily be lost because of destructive interference between the microphones caused by the differences in arrival time due to the different distances between the microphones and the source.
Nesting Groups Of Time Aligned Microphones
In this tutorial demonstration Production Expert team member Julian Rodgers illustrates the difference Auto-Align can make to a typical drum recording and shows how, by grouping the various microphones into logical groups and aligning these groups of mics together before aligning all of them to an overall, top level reference microphone it is possible to revive thin snares and kick drums lacking weight.