Samson VR88 Manual De Usuario

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When recording a solo string instrument like a violin, place the VR88 one to three feet 

from the instrument. When recording a string section, try to position one or more 

VR88’s several feet from the players. If the size of the room permits, raise the micro-

phones three or four feet above the section and position them at a 45-degree angle, 

facing down.

Drums 

The VR88 is an excellent overhead microphone to record drums. For stereo overheads, 

use two VR88’s approximately four feet above the kit. You can set the spread depend-

ing on how large the kit is, however, generally you position one over the hi-hat and the 

other over the floor tom.

The VR88 can handle very high SPL’s however blasts of wind can be very damaging to 

the microphone’s ribbon. Therefore, you need to be certain that the microphone is not 

receiving harmful blasts of air. Kick drum, electric guitar and bass amplifiers are all ex-

amples of common sound sources that can produce blasts of air that can be damaging 

to your VR88. A simply way to check if there is too much wind blast, is to position your 

hand where you want to place the mic, if you can feel the air blast, don’t place the mi-

crophone there. Another way to protect the ribbon from air blast is to ensure that the 

microphone is positioned at a slight angle, either vertical or horizontal. It is important 

that the microphone element does not take a direct blast of air, so a little bit of tilt will 

help prevent harm to the ribbon. 

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 guitarist’s hollow body and also for delivering 

the serious chunk desired by today’s 

modern, drop down guitarists. 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 mi-

crophone 7 to 15 degrees off-axis. The 

side view shows a vertical positioning 

technique. Figure 3.   

Figure 3.