Cortado Xe contact microphone mounted on an acoustic guitar

Caught on Cortado

How do you use your Cortado?

Cortado players are an inventive bunch — sticking these mics on guitars, banjos, machines, bridges, ice, and places we never imagined. We want to hear about it. Send us your story and any photos or video, and you could be featured on our site and channels.

Every story we feature gets a free Zeppelin Design Labs T-shirt.

How it works

1

Tell your story

Fill out the short form below. Whether you run a Cortado MkII, MkIII, or the new Xe, tell us how and where you put it to work — the more creative or surprising, the better.

2

Show us

Add photos, video, or audio. You can upload files directly, or paste a link to anything that lives on YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Dropbox, or WeTransfer.

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Get featured

We'll publish our favorites on cortadomic.com and our social channels — and send a free Zeppelin Design Labs T-shirt to everyone whose story we feature.

Not sure what to share?

There's no wrong answer. A few things we'd love to see:

The instrument or object you mic, and where you place the sensor

A recording, performance, or sound-design clip you captured

An unusual or unexpected application no one would guess

Your mounting trick, rig, or setup photo

Live sound, field recording, foley, ASMR, or studio use

Why the Cortado earned a permanent place in your kit

Share your story

Takes about two minutes. Photos and video are welcome but not required.

By submitting, you grant Zeppelin Design Labs permission to publish and share your story and any media you provide — on cortadomic.com, zeppelindesignlabs.com, and our social channels — with credit where you've asked for it. You confirm the content is yours to share. We'll only contact you about your submission and your T-shirt. Featured-story T-shirts ship free; one per person.

New to the Cortado family?

Meet the all-new Cortado Xe — our most compact pro contact mic yet.