Audio-Technica ATM350PL Cardioid Condenser Microphone with Piano Mounting System Reviews
The Audio-Technica ATM350PL aims to rid recital halls of bulky mic stands one piano at a time. This tiny condenser mic mounts neatly to the metal frame of a concert grand using a finish-safe magnetic mounting system. Its low-distortion, full-range pickup faithfully captures the brilliant harmonics and powerful bass of your instrument — all the way down to E1. And though the ATM350PL is designed for solo use, it's even more impressive in pairs, offering a rich stereo field that can be panned for a lifelike listening experience. A flexible 9" gooseneck helps the ATM350PL find the right balance between bass and treble strings.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Fantastic sound
These are a fair price and sound great. I really like the magnetic mounting. This setup is so much cleaner than the cross bar stand I used to use for mic'ing. I am using this on a beautiful baby grand. Sounds great with the lid open or closed .
LOVE these mics for piano!
I've used top notch mics for micing a piano from Neumann, DPA, AKG, etc. All of them were great in their own way. The one issue with all of the standard condenser mics was leakage from other instruments - especially drums in a live setting.
I bought a pair of the ATM350PL mics from Paul Allen here at Sweetwater for a jazz date I was doing (piano, sax, acoustic bass, and drums). Even with the grand piano lid open, these mics captured a beautiful whole open piano tone with very little leakage from other instruments in a VERY live room.
The magnet base that holds the mic to the piano works well and also isolates the mic from mechanical noises like piano pedals, etc.
Highly recommended for situations where budget and performance are a consideration!
solid choice for piano recording/amplification
So I bought PL variant of the ATM350, a matched pair with magnetic piano mounts that just stick to frame.
I'm not aware of any other piano specific mic sets at this price point ($) so I figured what the heck, let's just get it and see what happens.
My 1990 Yamaha G2R (5'7" baby grand) is not the finest piano ever made, but my tech has done a good job making it as good as can be for the size and age.
And the mics reproduce the sound pretty much as is. That's it, no more no less. I can think of better ways to record a piano, but my living room doesn't sound amazing so close mic'ing is the best option here and these mics do that just fine.
I think these were probably made for live situations were the piano needs to be amplified as well as recorded, the sound is not larger than life, but it kind of sits in the mix right even without any processing.
I'd want at least extra mics if I were to do an intimate solo piano recording, but for recording (and amplifying) piano in a band setting, I think these mics do a fine job!
Do not recommend
I really wanted to like these mics, but they need a ridiculous amount of gain, which creates the danger of feedback, the sound is "canned" rather than natural. They sound objectively worse than the MXL's we have used for years, no matter how I EQ them.
