Positioning the microphone
Kick drums
Position | Resulting sound | Commentary |
| Much attack, | Position the |
| little resonance, dry | microphone at a |
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| distance of a few |
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| centimeters from |
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| the batter head. |
| Less attack, | Position the |
| much resonance, | microphone at the |
| smooth, voluminous | level of the resonant |
|
| head. |
| Less attack | Position the |
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| microphone in the |
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| middle between the |
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| batter head and the |
|
| resonant head. For |
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| less attack in all |
|
| three positions, turn |
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| the microphone |
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| away from where |
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| 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°).
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