Positioning The Microphone - Sennheiser evolution e905 Instrucciones Para El Uso

Positioning the microphone

Snare drums, drums and percussion instruments
Position
Snare pick-up using two microphones
Position
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°).
Resulting sound
more fundamental
tone,
little overtones
less fundamental
tone,
many overtones
Commentary
Use of a second microphone for picking up
the bottom of the drumhead. If necessary,
activate phase reversing for one of the
microphones.
Commentary
Position on the drum:
3 – 5 cm above the
drumhead and directed
towards the center of
the drumhead, the
fundamental tone to
overtones ratio can be
adjusted via the angle.
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