Positioning the microphone

Loudspeaker of a guitar amplifier

Position	Resulting sound	Commentary
	Many trebles,	Microphone directed
	aggressive sound	towards the dome of
		the loudspeaker.

Less trebles, more	Good starting position:
lower mids,	Microphone directed
smoother sound	towards the middle
	between dome and
Balanced, natural	edge of the loud-
sound	speaker. If necessary,
	turn the microphone by
	approx. 30° towards
	the edge.

Less trebles, more	Microphone directed
lower mids,	towards the edge of
smoother sound	the loudspeaker.

In order to prevent interference due to crosstalk between adjacent sound sources, try to position the microphone so that the interfering sound source is located in the angle area of the highest cancellation of the microphone (approx. 135°; see polar diagram)