Drums / Percussions (908 D)

Position

Resulting sound

Commentary

 

More fundamental,

Position on the

 

little overtones

drum:

 

 

3–5 cm above the

 

 

drumskin, directed

 

 

towards the center

 

 

of the drumskin, the

 

Less fundamental,

fundamental to

 

overtones ratio can

 

many overtones

 

be adjusted by

 

 

 

 

changing the angle

 

 

of the microphone.

 

 

The most balanced

 

 

results are obtained

 

 

at an angle of

 

 

30–60°.

 

Pronounced

Optional:

 

proximity effect

tangential position

 

 

of the gooseneck in

 

 

order to reduce the

 

 

distance to the

 

 

drumskin.

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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