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VR88 Applications
18” to 24”
Minimum
10”
45° Angle
7° to 15° Off Axis
Percussive Wave
Kick Drum Side View
Kick Drum Top View
Figure 4
Figure 5
Guitar amp
On guitar amplifiers, the VR88 will capture the
nuance of the performance along with some serious
low frequency response. The round bottom end is well
suited for reproducing the warm tone of a jazz guitar-
ist’s hollow body and also for delivering the serious
chunk desired by today’s modern, drop down guitar-
ists. As with other high SLP sounds, you’ll want to
position the microphone at an angle off-axis to the
sound source. Position the microphone two to ten
inches from the speaker and angle the microphone 7
to 15 degrees off-axis. The side view shows a vertical
positioning technique. Figure 3
Kick Drum
The VR88 is an excellent kick drum microphone, but due to the powerful wind
blast they produce you must be extremely careful on how you position the micro-
phone. For direct miking, position the microphone at least 18 inches from the
drum.
For closer miking, place the
microphone 10 to 18 inches,
but be sure to position the
microphone at a 45 degree
angle to avoid excessive wear
to the ribbon. Figure 4
The top view shows a horizon-
tal positioning technique with
the microphone tilted 7 to 15
degrees off-axis. Figure 5
Figure 3