Positioning the microphone

Kick drums

Position

Resulting sound

Commentary

 

Much attack,

Position the microphone

 

little resonance,

at a distance of a few

 

dry

centimeters from the

 

 

batter head.

 

Less attack,

Position the microphone

 

much resonance,

at the level of the

 

smooth,

resonant head.

 

voluminous

 

 

Less attack

Position the microphone

 

 

in the middle between

 

 

the batter head and the

 

 

re-sonant head. For less

 

 

attack in all three

 

 

positions,

 

 

turn the microphone

 

 

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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