Sennheiser E904 - Manual (Page 4)

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Positioning the microphone
Drums
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°).
Position Resulting sound Commentary
More fundamental
tone,
little overtones Position on the drum:
3–5 cm above the
batter head, the
fundamental tone to
overtones ratio can be
adjusted via the angle.
The most balanced
results are obtained at
an angle of 30–60°.
Less fundamental
tone,
many overtones
Use of a second 904
for picking up the
resonant head and
the snares. If necessary,
activate phase reversing
for one of the
microphones.