Electric Guitar/Bass; Drums - AKG C 414 LTD User Instructions

Electric guitar:
Position the microphone
3 to 6 inches (8 to 15 cm)
in front of the speaker,
aiming at a point off the
speaker diaphragm cen-
ter. Use the bass cut and
a preattenuation pad.
You may want to use an
additional distant micro-
phone.
Electric bass:
Use the same technique
as for the electric guitar.
You can use a DI box to
add the direct signal of the line output on the bass amp to the mi-
crophone signal.
Overhead miking:
Place two C 414 LTDs in
an AB or XY configura-
tion about 2 3/4 to 4 feet
(80 to 120 cm) above the
drummer's head. This
technique will pick up the
entire kit, delivering a
highly natural sound. Use
little or no EQ!
Hanging and floor
toms:
Use one microphone for
each tom or for every two
toms, aligning the microphone with the rim of the top head. To re-
duce leakage from other instruments, attenuate the HF range
above 10 kHz using the channel EQ(s).
Bass drum:
Remove the resonance head and place the microphone right in-
side the shell. Be sure to switch in the 18-dB preattenuation pad
because sound pressure levels may rise to 160 dB.
AKG C 414 LTD
3 Using the Microphone
3.5.11 Electric
Guitar/Bass
Fig. 18: Electric
guitar.

3.5.12 Drums

Fig. 19: Typical
drum kit.
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