Creative Miking Techniques: Flute, Snare, Piano and More

I’m not sure—are there more types of instruments in the world, or models of microphone? When you add in the number of possible microphone techniques that you can use to capture the instruments, it truly is a game of infinite possibilities. To help bring things into focus, on the following pages three recording engineers and musicians offer up some of their favorite microphones, software, and mic placement techniques for recording flute at home, creative stereo snare and room miking, and fun ‘wrong’ ways to tackle piano.