Positioning the microphone

Kick drums

Position

Resulting sound

Commentary

 

Much attack,

Position the

 

little resonance, dry

microphone at a

 

 

distance of a few

 

 

centimeters from

 

 

the batter head.

 

Less attack,

Position the

 

much resonance,

microphone at the

 

smooth, voluminous

level of the resonant

 

 

head.

 

Less attack

Position the micro-

 

 

phone in the middle

 

 

between the batter

 

 

head and the re-

 

 

sonant head. For

 

 

less attack in all

 

 

three positions,

 

 

turn the micro-

 

 

phone away from

 

 

where the beater

 

 

strikes.

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. 180°; see polar diagram).

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Sennheiser 602 manual Positioning the microphone, Kick drums

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