Using Your Microphone - AKG D 440 User Instructions

The best way to get the "right" sound is to experi-
ment with microphone placement. The following
sections contain useful suggestions.
Please note that moving the microphone closer to
the instrument will boost the bass range. (This is
known as "proximity effect".)
If you consider the noise produced by the keys as
characteristic of the saxophone sound or the
song, point the microphone at the middle of the
instrument.
However, if you want no key noise, direct the
microphone toward the front outer rim of the bell.
If you aim the microphone into the bell, you will get
a high amount of wind noise.
Optimum working distance is 8 to 12 inches.
On stage, you may have to move as close as
2 inches to the microphone in order to avoid
getting feedback or spillover from other in-
struments. In this situation, make sure not to blow
right into the microphone.

3 Using Your Microphone

3.1 Saxophone
Fig. 4: Microphone
placement for the
saxophone.
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