The d:vote™ mics also proved useful to Camp during his recent mixing work with the Mississippi Symphony. “For that particular show, we had 60 players and I had to get it down to 48 channels,” explains Camp. “So, I had two first and two second violins wired together, then the third and fourth, and so on, until we cut it down to 48 channels; and it sounded great. Then, after speaking with a colleague, I tried the d:vote™ mics on horns, and it was just as perfect. Every horn had its own d:vote and they sounded just as big as when I use a large diaphragm microphone.”
Camp also used DPA’s
d:dicate™ 4011 Cardioid Microphone for overheads for the symphony and immediately noticed a difference. “I was totally impressed with the 4011s,” he says. “Since I couldn’t clip the d:vote™ mics to the flutes or bassoons, I decided to use the 4011s. It was the first time I had ever used them and I really liked what I heard. They sounded so good that, going forward, I have to have them for the percussion section as well.”
In the future, Camp plans to incorporate the DPAs when he hits the road with his larger touring clients. “Sometimes, you get one of these pop acts that want to go out big and take out a string section of like eight players, so the next time I come across one of those acts, I’ll definitely be using DPA,” continues Camp. “A lot of small condenser mics can’t take the sound levels of an orchestra, but the DPAs have proven themselves quite worthy.”
Camp has also incorporated DPA microphones into his Master Mix Live school, which he founded in 2012 as a means of training future audio mixers and engineers in the art and science of live sound and recording. “With my collection of DPA Microphones products, I’ll now be able to show my students how to properly mic a symphony, which is something I couldn’t fully accomplish before,” adds Camp. “I’ll be able to teach them the best mic techniques for violin, viola, bass, double bass, etc. It will definitely be part of the curriculum when we get to the microphone phase of the course work.”