Sennheiser E904 manual Positioning the microphone, Drums

Positioning the microphone

Drums

Position	Resulting sound	Commentary
	More fundamental	Position on the drum:
	tone,	3–5 cm above the
	little overtones	batter head, the
		fundamental tone to
	Less fundamental	overtones ratio can be
		adjusted via the angle.
	tone,	The most balanced
	many overtones	results are obtained at
		an angle of 30–60°.
		Use of a second 904
		for picking up the
		resonant head and
		the snares. If necessary,
		activate phase reversing
		for one of the
		microphones.

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°).

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