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<blockquote data-quote="John Halliburton" data-source="post: 42313" data-attributes="member: 8">Re: Microphone for Celtic instruments?The DPA mic with the violin mount is very nice.&nbsp; Some have commented that the mount is a little fragile-I don&#039;t know about this, but they do sound very nice.The Audio Technica ATM350 is a great mic for violin and most of the larger relatives.&nbsp; It also costs about a third of the DPA.I&#039;d also suggest a bridge pick up as an option too-the LR Baggs is one of the nicer ones.&nbsp; Drive it into a cheap ART Tube MP for a pretty darned good sound.Celtic harp is another story.&nbsp; You are probably stuck using 1-2 SDC on low booms, as there are no real places to clip a small condensor like an ATM350 onto the harp, except at the back in one of the sound holes, which doesn&#039;t yield the best sound, but it may give you the only sound in a tough situation.&nbsp; Pickups would generally be like the K&amp;K Big Twin(same basic ones the Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider uses).&nbsp; I would try both.&nbsp; If this is a long term situation, I&#039;d even see about having a harp luthier install magnetic mounts along the side of the harp body for some of the DPA miniature magnetic mount condensors.Best regards,John</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Halliburton, post: 42313, member: 8"] Re: Microphone for Celtic instruments? The DPA mic with the violin mount is very nice. Some have commented that the mount is a little fragile-I don't know about this, but they do sound very nice. The Audio Technica ATM350 is a great mic for violin and most of the larger relatives. It also costs about a third of the DPA. I'd also suggest a bridge pick up as an option too-the LR Baggs is one of the nicer ones. Drive it into a cheap ART Tube MP for a pretty darned good sound. Celtic harp is another story. You are probably stuck using 1-2 SDC on low booms, as there are no real places to clip a small condensor like an ATM350 onto the harp, except at the back in one of the sound holes, which doesn't yield the best sound, but it may give you the only sound in a tough situation. Pickups would generally be like the K&K Big Twin(same basic ones the Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider uses). I would try both. If this is a long term situation, I'd even see about having a harp luthier install magnetic mounts along the side of the harp body for some of the DPA miniature magnetic mount condensors. Best regards, John [/QUOTE]

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