POP TV NETWORK COMEDY SWEDISH DICKS KEEPS AUDIENCES LAUGHING WITH HELP FROM DPA MICROPHONES

For Swedish Dicks, Ølsted used a mix of DPA microphones, including the d:dicate™ 4017 Shotgun, d:facto™ 4018 Supercardioid, d:screet™ 4098 Supercardioid, a d:facto™ Vocal and both the regular and slim versions of the d:screet™ 4061 Omnidirectional mic. The majority of the show is boomed with the d:dicate™ 4017. Ølsted also used the d:facto™ 4018 capsule along with DPA’s MMP-GS preamp accessory, as well as the d:screet™ 4098, for plant mics. 

“Hiding DPA’s is easier than any other mic I have tried,” adds Ølsted. “My DPA’s really came in handy and excelled in relation to any competitor mic when we were filming car scenes. I was able to place the directional mics in visors, headsets, the center console – wherever I needed! The 4098s with the 4018 capsule made the dialogue inside the cars sound better than ever before. We’ll never fully eliminate the acoustical properties of a car, but with DPA, capturing car conversations is no longer a hassle.”

According to Ølsted, DPA’s d:screet™ lavs are just that – discreet. “The noise usually traveling via the cable is almost eliminated with DPA’s – it’s incredible. The concealer mount for the d:screet™ series pretty much makes it a ‘set ’em and forget ’em’ kind of situation, which is ideal on this type of production. My d:screet™ mics live in the concealers and it’s extremely rare I have to use other mounting techniques. I just recently started using the button hole mounts on Swedish Dicks and the results were great.”

Ølsted was impressed with every aspect of his DPA microphones.. “As per usual, the performance of my DPA’s was impeccable,” he adds. ”In my mind, there really is no comparison. I always find myself returning to DPA after trying out other manufacturers’ microphones. I have not used any other mics with the same versatility and interaction capabilities between different models as I have with DPA. The natural sounding, flat frequency response every type of mic from DPA has, is incomparable in my opinion. I will definitely be using DPA on my future projects.”

While the show hopes to appeal to the American audience, Swedish Dicks has extensive Scandanavian roots. According to Ølsted, “I think it's an interesting and fun thing that we are a Swedish/American show, shooting in the U.S. with Swedish directors and producers, a Norwegian DP and camera operator with cameras rented in Norway, and a Danish sound mixer using only Danish microphones (DPA). What a lineup!”