Re: Internal microphone for a mandolin?
They can sound extremely natural if mounted externally, in my opinion. A great many hyper-critical classical musicians use DPA 4099's and ATM350's, and you can achieve a very balanced sound indeed. Certainly as good as is possible with any other microphone. I use both on a wide range of instruments, and results are superb. It is a question of positioning them correctly and very gentle use of EQ. Internal mics, on the other hand face a number of difficulties - body resonances among them, and increased susceptibility to handling noise. They usually require heavy duty EQ and I have not heard one yet that I'd say approaches what can be achieved with a DPA4099/ATM350.
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