This article is all about miking the wooden flute for Irish music but may well interest players of other kinds of flutes. The first thing to say about miking flutes is there is no single answer.
Different solutions suit different situations.
The greatest distinction lies between miking for stage and miking in the recording studio. We'll treat them separately. A second distinction lies between owning your own mike and relying on those provided in sound systems. About stage mikes There are a few things you should know about stage mikes before we get into it. Almost all stage mikes are directional - i.e. they pick up better from the front than the rear.