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Grammy-Nominated Classical Cellist Uses the DPA 4061 and DPA 4088 Microphones for All Performances on the Silk Road Ensemble Tour

Multiplatinum Grammy-Nominated Artist Uses the DPA 3521 and DPA 4099 Microphones for All Live Performances

Be prepared to hear what your instrument really sounds like!

The Foley specialist and sound designer tells us about his career, business, techniques and attitudes.

New York-based violinist Mark Feldman has been using a DPA 4099V clip instrument mic for performances with the John Abercrombie Quartet at international concerts and jazz festivals, including The Montreal Jazz Festival.

DPA 4006 omnidirectional mics, purchased via UK distributor Sound Network, have been used on Agora, a new film by Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar, starring Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella set in Roman Egypt. The mics were used for crowd ADR sessions shot on location at Fort Ricasoli in Malta.

Cutting the cable: Wireless microphone options for distraction-free performances

A large quantity of DPA microphones were used for the opening ceremony of WOMEX, a world music festival held in Copenhagen.

"The wide cardioid 4015A is a superb mic that does the unthinkable: it combines the rich sound quality of an omni mic with the advantages of a cardioid"

DPA Microphones has unveiled a number of exciting innovations at this year’s IBC exhibition

Leading trumpet player Randy Brecker has adopted the DPA 4099 clip mic for his international tours

DPA Microphones unveils a number of exciting innovations at this year’s IBC exhibition on Stand 8.C90

DPA Microphones has been granted Music Engineering & Technology Alliance certification for the DPA 4011 cardioid condenser microphone.

A large quantity of DPA microphones supplied by R G Jones have been used for Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds, which has just completed a sell-out UK tour.

"Since I began playing the 4099, sound has become the least of my worries while on the road touring."

DPA Microphones has appointed A B Noam Electronics as its new distributor for Israel.

DPA Microphones has joined forces with Rycote to develop the DPA 4017-R Shotgun/Rycote Windshield Solution.

DPA microphones, including the new 4099 instrument mics, have been used for Rick Wakeman’s The Six Wives of Henry VIII performances at Hampton Court Palace.

When MacLean heard about the new DPA 4099 he was very keen to try it out, and finally found a mic that could do justice to his acoustic violin playing.

The whales’ song is key to their amazing behavior, and BBC soundrecordist Joe Stevens recorded the call using a single DPA 8011 hydrophone recording onto a solid state compact flash recorder.

"My initial thoughts were that this is a very important film for Denmark, and maybe the only opportunity to get these guys on camera, so I felt I had an obligation to get the sound as close to ‘real life’ as possible," says sound recordist Allan Holmberg.

So how does it sound? In a word—excellent.

Foley supervisor and film sound recordist Alex Joseph encountered a useful new addition to his arsenal of tried and trusted DPA microphones when working on the movie version of Mamma Mia! - the DPA 4017 shotgun mic.

DPA Microphones will be unveiling the first microphones from a brand new range geared towards the MI market at PLASA 2008 on stand number L47, and visitors to the stand will have the opportunity to win one of the mics in a prize draw.

DPA Microphones will be unveiling an exciting new surround sound product geared towards the broadcast market at IBC 2008 on stand number 8.D90.

Italian sound designer Mirco Mencacci has been using the new DPA Surround Microphone Kit, purchased from local distributor Casale Bauer, for La Fanciulla del Lago, a film about composer Giacomo Puccini.

DPA Founder, Morten Støve, talks to Audio Media about the plans to bring DPA's message of quality to the stage and to the (HD) screen

DPA Microphones has appointed its first-ever distributor for Mexico, AM Tecnología (AMTEC), based in Mexico City.

Leading French classical engineer Nicolas Bartholomée has purchased 20 DPA microphones for his new Parisian recording studio, Little Tribeca. The mics have been purchased from DPA's French distributor, Audio2.

The DPA 4017 shotgun mic has provided an ingenious solution for Broadcast Facilities Nederland (BFN) for the radio broadcast of Olivier Messiaen’s opera St François d'Assise at the Muziek Theater Amsterdam.

French sound engineer Frédéric Bourgeais has chosen the DPA 5006 surround microphone kit, in conjunction with the S5c Surround Mount with integrated cables, to record a symphony orchestra on one of the world's largest stages at the Grand Parc du Puy du Fou, a historical theme park in La Vendée.

A little damp but not entirely drowned, DPA’s sweet shotgun mic stood the test of a Welsh downpour, and floated Alistair McGhee's boat in many ways

DPA’s Italian distributor Casale Bauer has supplied the national broadcaster RAI with 10 DPA 4080 miniature cardioid lavalier mics for its newly-launched current affairs program, TG1.

DPA's German distributor Mega Audio has supplied Cologne-based a cappella band the Wise Guys with five DPA 4088 cardioid headband mics.

Alt fungerte som smør på innspillingen og jeg fikk separert instrumenter og nærmikket kor ganske bra. Stereoparet i litt avstand til koret fikk ganske mye litt distansert piano inn på seg, og jeg måtte derfor følge opp med å bruke litt mer av nærmikkene for å få fram nærhet i piano der det var nødvendig. Det var lett å mikse opptakene etterpå, og i noen tilfeller havnet jeg opp kun med stereoparet på 5 – 6 meters avstand. Kongelyd!

Matthew Dilley, a leading UK producer/engineer working mainly in classical music, has purchased a DPA D3/S5 surround sound mount and five matched DPA 4006A omnidirectional microphones from UK distributor Sound Network.

'Shotgun and lavalier mics are the dominant transducers for television and film production, and DPA have added two more of the highest quality with their new 4017 and 4080 offerings.'

'The DPA 4017 Shotgun Microphone is lightweight, compact and most importantly, accurate. I anticipate the microphone will quickly become a mainstay in the broadcast and location recording field.'

Sound designer George Glossop used a DPA 4088 cardioid headband mic for UK comedian Bill Bailey's recent Tinselworm tour, which took in some of the country's largest live venues.

DPA Microphones has appointed Audiostacja as its new distributor for Poland.

Se state cominciando, la scelta di un piccolo DPA 4090 vi potrà dare grandissime soddisfazioni, perchè la sua neutralità vi permetterà di accostare il pre e scegliere più facilmente il suono.

'Particularly challenging are micing live acoustic instruments, like acoustic pianos, and getting enough volume without feedback in a full band environment. I must admit that I was initially skeptical that the mics would either pick up too much and be unusable or that they would distort or clip due to high sound pressure levels. I was surprised to find that we were able to achieve both great sound quality and volume from DPA’s SMK4061 stereo mic kit with no clipping or distorting.'

The Acme team uses DPA mics for all almost all of its theatre projects. "One thing we've come to believe over the years is how important it is to use the best mics you can find,” says sound designer Tom Clark, Acme Sound Partners. “You don’t want to ruin things at the very beginning of the signal chain." The numbers were daunting, however: “We were dealing with a situation where the ‘house band’ is the Russian Symphony Orchestra, with 110 pieces. Of course, DPA came to mind, as they are our favorite mic supplier.

'Aside from its acoustic capabilities, the microphone is aesthetically pleasing for applications in which looks matter, including board meetings, conferences, and court rooms.'