Positioning the microphone
Drums
PositionResulting soundCommentary
More fundamental, Position on the drum:
little overtones3-5 cm above the
drumskin, the
fundamental to
overtones ratio can be
Less fundamental, adjusted by changing the
many overtonesangle of the microphone.
The most balanced
results are obtained at
an angle of 30-60°.
Use of a second 604
for picking up the
bottom of the drumskin
and the snares. NB: The
lower microphone must
be phase-reversed to
avoid phase-cancellation
effects due to the second
microphone being on the
other side of 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. 135°; see polar diagram).
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