On the West Coast, Sorce used DPA for an outside symphonic concert at Malibu Bluffs Park, with a thirty-piece symphony orchestra. “This was difficult, because it was outside in a relatively windy area. Thanks to the unique ability of
DPA’s d:vote™ 4099s, I was able to create a sonic environment. In particular, the mics have great isolation and can correctly represent the instruments as they naturally sound.”
In this case, he used the d:vote™ 4099’s across about seven or eight different applications. Sorce used the mics on
guitars,
violins,
violas,
cellos,
upright bass and the
percussion instruments. “I find that the DPA microphones I utilize across strings,
piano, woodwinds and percussive instruments give me an accurate representation of the instruments and a lot of flexibility in how I apply them. Often times, there might be a rhythm section or a massive choir in the middle of the symphony that could cause audio to bleed to the various instruments, so I have to be careful about the isolation of that instrument. That is why I always carry a dozen d:vote™ 4099s with me for everything that I do.”
Sorce also uses the hi-sens
d:screet™ 4061 Miniature Omnidirectional Microphone and the lo-sens
d:screet™ 4062 Miniature Omnidirectional Microphone for various orchestra applications.
DPA’s composition of microphones was also in use at the San Diego Symphony during a performance by Bernadette Peters. At the concert, multiple
d:vote™ 4099C Instrument Microphones for Cello,
d:vote™ 4099V Instrument Microphones for Violin and
d:vote™ 4099B Instrument Microphones for Bass will be used as well as a stereo kit of
d:vote™ 4099P Instrument Microphone for Piano.
“With DPA Microphones I know that I’ve got a leg up,” says Sorce. “I know exactly how they’re going to behave, so it’s a real comfort to be able to trust that microphone to do the job that it’s set out to do.”