A multi-microphone capsule includes a housing, a plurality of microphones disposed in the housing, and an acoustic seal also disposed in the housing, wherein the microphones include an omni-directional microphone, a uni-directional microphone, or combinations thereof. The microphones are placed front-and-back or side-by-side, or a part of the microphones are placed side-by-side and the other microphones are placed front-and-back with the part of the microphones.