PRESONUS AudioBox iOne Owner's Manual page 33

5.0 Tutorials
5.1 Microphone Types
Bass Guitar (Direct and Speaker)
Drum Overheads (XY example)
Plug the electric bass guitar into a passive direct box. Connect the
instrument output from the passive direct box to a bass amplifier. Place a
dynamic microphone an inch or two away from the speaker and connect
it to an AudioBox microphone input. Connect the line output from the
passive direct box to a line input on the AudioBox. For recording, place
these signals on separate tracks. During mixing, you can blend the
direct and amplifier signal to taste. This technique can also be used in
live applications.
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Place two small-diaphragm
condenser microphones on an XY
stereo-microphone holder (bar).
Position the microphones so that
each one is at a 45-degree angle,
pointed down at the drum kit,
approximately 7 or 8 feet above the
floor or drum riser. Experiment with
height. This technique can be used in
live applications as well.
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