Positioning the microphone

Drums / Percussions

Position

Resulting sound

Commentary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural, clear sound

Position the microphone

 

 

 

a few centimetres above

 

 

 

 

 

 

the outer edge of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

hi-hat aiming down.

 

 

 

If necessary, remove

 

 

 

 

 

 

unwanted low-frequency

 

 

 

signal portions by high

 

 

 

pass filtering.

 

 

 

Attention: When closing

 

 

 

the hi-hat, a strong air

 

 

 

current is created on the

 

 

 

edge. If the microphone

 

 

 

is positioned too close to

 

 

 

the edge, interfering

 

 

 

noise due to the air

 

 

 

current can occur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More fundamental,

 

 

 

little overtones

 

 

 

 

 

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)

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Sennheiser E 614 manual Positioning the microphone, Drums / Percussions

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