HEIMU Clip On Instrument Condenser Microphone + Universal Clip (for Guitar)

Good sound for a very inexpensive price. I also have DPA but I’d rather use these Heimu as many of my clients are careless and leave them laying on the floor before I can get to the stage.

Ok. I was nervous buying the mic because it isn’t a big name brand. I have absolutely no regrets. It sounds so good!!!! If you already have a nice sounding acoustic guitar well this mic is going to pic that great tone up and amplify it. I didn’t have any feedback problems. Plenty loud. Not noisy. The list goes on and on. I love it and will probably buy another if anything happens to mine. Sure the mic cable is tiny but the whole thing is small and super portable. I put some electrical tape where the connections are just to reinforce or prevent any breakage. Again, such a good mic-excellent value.

I really like this mic. It sounds really good, especially for the price. I like that I can clamp it right to my acoustic, and not have to worry about mic position moving when I'm recording sessions. The reason I gave it 4 stars is because the suction cups will come undone occasionally, causing the mic to move. Could just be my guitar with the finish it has, but all in all this works fantastic. Connects right to my pre amp via xlr, and then I can patch right into the rest of my recording chain without issue.

Lots of feedback even on low volume and turning down the highs

Its not a bad mic for the price - but there is a major problem. The connector is non-standard. That means if either part arrives DOA you are screwed. I had a gig this last weekend with a string quartet, and ended up having to mic them all with booms and condensers - as one of the clip mics arrived dead. Troubleshooting revealed it was the mic and cable side, not the phantom power adapter.We all have used unreliable mics at live gigs and know how stressful it can be. Is the mic going to randomly go out? Is suddenly eveyone going to be staring at me wondering what is going on?No thanks, hard pass. My recommendation? QUALITY CONTROL AT THE WAREHOUSE. Don't ship products completely untested. It isn't that hard, especially when you sell them in a padded case. Also, standardize your connectors to what the rest of the world is using.

For many years I've been trying to mic a grand piano at our church for recording during services. As they only allow the piano to be open on the half-stick, I've only been able to attempt to mic the grand from outside of the piano. I tried pzm's under lid, but this best works with the lid closed, so that has not been an option. We don't amplify our piano, but I've also tried piezo systems for recording. Also, not an option. Piano-specific microphone systems are available but range from $800 Audio Technica to a $3,000 Earthworks system. So when I came across these cheapo mics, I figured that I'd try a oair to see what kind of results I'd get. Sonically, they were not too distinguishable from the pencil condensers that we would use for intentional recording in which we'd open the lid. These have an oddly hot output, so I had to pad them on the way in. Other than that, I'm just still working on placement. I don't know what these sound like vs other piano mics, but right now these are more than what anyone would wish for if micing a piano for sound reinforcement. My problem is that i need to make coherent recordings of a live grand piano on a half-stick in a room of 200 people singing along and all the leakage and room issues that go along with it. I try to mix the singing in with the piano and it had been sounding really incoherent until I installed these mics. Now I get a very uncolored piano sound and somehow I don't hear the sustain pedal either(Yay!), which highlights the reduced sensitivity in low bass these little mics have. They need to be placed "just right" to get good dynamics. Last, but not least all connectors and wires are thin and flimsy. Take extra, extra care or you will break something. For the price these are, uou'll put up with it.

I own several of these mics - total of six, I think. I’ve been very happy with how they sound on everything I’ve tried. I use them mostly for live reinforcement, and I don’t experience any unusual feedback or side-spill.Grand Piano - two of them mounted directly to the harp; one pointed at the left wall, right over the place where the strings cross; and one pointed at the hammers from about 18 inches away, somewhere in the top three octaves (depends a lot on your piano - you have to experiment). Great stereo image with really accurate and detailed sound.Double Bass - mounted under the bridge, pointed at the center of the instrument body. Beautiful, rich tamber with crisp attack and detailed thump. Arco passages have a hint of bow without heavy overtones. Quite nice.Cello - again, mounted under the bridge (through the arch), pointed at the instrument body, with the capsule positioned around the end of the fingerboard. Sounds like a cello should sound, rich and resonant with detailed overtones and a lovely rasp with heavy bowing. Couldn’t ask for a more natural sound.Flute/pennywhistle - mounted below the tuning slide, toward the embechure, pointed at the player’s lips. very clear and accurate. Use a foam cover to avoid puffs of breath from the musician.Guitar and ukulele - mounted on the bottom of the lower bout, below the saddle, pointed at the fretboard. Use a soundhole plug to avoid howling (typical with guitar). Careful to not bump it on stage. Very accurate, so use it on nice sounding instruments - it will only make a bad instrument sound worse by amplifying the unpleasant parts.These mics sound really good. If you know how to place mics for live sound, you’ll find all kinds of excuses to use them.