DPA MICROPHONES MAKES THE GRADE WITH JEREMIAH SLOVARP

Two of Slovarp’s courses that see especially heavily use of the d:vote™ Instrument mics are Recording I and Recording II, the first of which is taught on an intense bi-weekly schedule. Each Recording I class is eight hours long, and in that time the students must set up and mic a band for recording, track and record the band’s performance and then pack it up. The students then have two weeks before the next class to produce an album at home or in a recording studio, before they hand it in for review.

“Being able to teach the students proper mic techniques with a high-quality microphone is very important, especially as we help transition them into the professional market,” Slovarp continues. “The students appreciate the DPA brand and how easy and flexible its mics are to use. They always tell me they recognize how natural DPA sounds.”

Slovarp recently took 36 members of the student choir to Italy to sing in old churches, bringing along the d:vote™ Instrument microphones. “We used two d:vote™ mics for our front and center microphones to get up close to the performers,” Slovarp adds. “The mics performed beautifully, especially as I was able to turn up the gain on them and capture the choir singing loudly without the interference of any surrounding line noise.”

In addition to his teaching work, Slovarp is president and founder of Peach Street Studios, a commercial recording facility, which also uses DPA for almost all of its musical recordings. He is also president of Jereco Studios, which provides sound for film and music applications. He produces and engineers post-production sound, live sound, music recording and location sound for regional and national events, and serves as the Montana Chair for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Slovarp has worked with several networks, including Animal Planet, Disney, HBO/Cinemax, the National Geographic Channel, Nickelodeon, PBS and The Discovery Channel, along with the animation studio Pixar.