Alongside the
d:facto™ Vocal Microphone, Schulz is also a big fan of
d:vote™ 4099 Instrument Microphones, which he often uses to amplify musical instruments on stage.
“I have used these microphones many times in the past and have always found them to be the most convincing sonic solution for classical string instruments in a live sound environment,” he says. “The
d:vote™ 4099 Instrument Microphones sound very natural and precise to my ears. When Mando Diao was recording an MTV Unplugged session, we used d:vote™ 4099’s on strings and acoustic guitar because we needed a microphone that wouldn’t pick up too much spill from the drums. The fact that these microphones can be positioned very close to the sound source makes them ideal on stage – and of course I trust them to deliver DPA’s exceptional sound quality.”
Both
d:vote™ 4099 Instrument Microphones and a
d:facto™ Vocal Microphone were recently used by Schulz to ensure perfect audio at Berlin’s Tempordrom where actor and director Matthias Schweighöfer was delivering his first ever concert as a solo musician. Best known for his roles in films such as
Raus aus der Haut,
Das Wilde Leben and the critically acclaimed
Valkyrie, which also starred Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh, Schweighöfer was performing in Berlin to promote his first album
Lachen Weinen Tanzen.
“The string section of about 20 musicians from the Babelsberger Film Orchestra were all amplified using DPA
d:vote™ 4099 Instrument Microphones,” Schulz says. “It was a really successful concert and thanks to DPA the strings sounded the way they should.”