Using Your Microphone - AKG MicroMic III Serie Bedienungshinweise

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Snare Drum
Fig. 5: Fixing the
microphone on a
snare drum.
Refer to fig. 5.
3.3 Tom-toms,
Roto Toms
Refer to figs. 6 and 7.
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3 Using Your Microphone

The best way to get the ultimate sound is to ex-
periment with various microphone positions. The
following sections describe proven techniques
that you may want to use as starting points for
your own experiments.
1. Clamp the microphone to the top hoop.
2. Align the microphone:
• To get a tight, punchy sound, aim the micro-
• To get a rounder, more open sound, aim the
1. Clamp the microphone to the top hoop and
align the microphone referring to section 3.2
above.
Note: The frequency response of the microphone
has been specifically designed to roll off gently
below 500 Hz down to a maximum attenuation
of 12 dB at 50 Hz. This will largely prevent top
head ringing from becoming audible. To get a
very dry sound, you can tape a strip of felt or a
piece of tissue paper to the skin in an off-
center position.
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phone at the perimeter of the skin.
microphone at the center of the skin.