Amber Technology Blog

Over the past 30 years, FOH Engineer Jose Amable Frómeta has worked with some of Latin America’s most popular recording artists. With a résumé that includes Juan Luis Guerra, Marc Anthony, Juanes and Ricky Martin, Frómeta recently added DPA Microphones’ d:vote™ 4099 Instrument Microphones to his arsenal of equipment.

When Nico Ruderman, president and owner of Spinrad Sound, was named audio supervisor for the History Channel’s reality documentary, The Selection: Special Operations Experiment, he knew he was about to take on a grueling and demanding job.

Scottish rock band Simple Minds' Front of House engineer Olivier (Gégé’) Gérard has completely re-worked his live microphone list for the 47-date Acoustic Live tour of the UK and Europe, capturing the acoustic essence of these concerts using DPA Microphones to amplify percussion and backing vocals.

Danish sound designer and film sound recordist Malthe Bjørn Jensen likes DPA’s d:screet™ 4061 Miniature Microphones so much that he wants to eat one! While recognising that it’s probably best not to try this for real, Jensen says: “I’ve always been really impressed by the big sound you get from these very small microphones. Their small size makes them very handy - I often use them on film sets to record sounds in places where a bigger microphone wouldn’t fit.”

The company’s ground-breaking d:fine™ In-Ear Broadcast Microphones allowed 14 politicians and a presenter to hear and be heard on live television.

With many voters still undecided the day before the Netherland elections were held, the televised debate was anticipated as a vital part of the election process. 14 of the country’s top politicians were wearing DPA d:fine™ In-Ear Broadcast Headset Microphonesin order to perfectly capture and broadcast every word spoken.

This popular box drum is notoriously hard to amplify, but thanks to DPA there is now an easy close miking solution.

The all-wooden box drum, or cajón may be the world’s most popular percussion instrument, yet it is also one of the hardest to amplify because it produces sharp bursts of sound energy (transients) when played. Finding microphones that really capture the subtle “woodsy” tone and transient-rich sound of his cajón was proving something of a challenge for percussionist David Mortara – until he discovered the DPA d:dicate™ range.

When accomplished music producers who are also artists take to the live stage, sound quality is always going to be top of the agenda. With this in mind, London-based sound engineer Mark Portlock had no hesitation in recommending an award-winning DPA d:facto™ Vocal Microphone when he was asked to handle Front of House duties for US pop duo Timeflies who recently undertook their first headline European tour.

Classical musician Ramon Figueras used a DPA d:vote™ 4099T Instrument Microphone for Trumpet to record audio for an unusual video project that highlights the variety and diversity of his life as a professional trumpeter.

DPA d:vote™ Instrument Microphones Deliver Big, Beautiful Sound in a Small, Easily Hidden Package

For over the last five decades, Al Schmitt, accomplished engineer and producer, has worked closely with an incredible list of music royalty including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Paul McCartney and Michael Bublé. For Schmitt, equipment selection is a critical component to the success of his projects. When he had a chance to try out DPA Microphones’ d:vote™ 4099P Instrument Microphone for Piano, the results were nothing short of spectacular.

Sound engineer Tom Meyer turned to DPA when Norwegian folk artist, Pål Moddi Knutsen asked him to mic up an old Philips cassette player that played a key role in two of his songs.

“When Moddi turned up with the cassette player I was a bit surprised,” explains Meyer, who runs TM Tour Productions in Bardu, North Norway. “My solution was to use a DPA d:screet™ 4060 Omnidirectional Microphone so that we could get the best possible sound and still keep the stage tidy and free from unwanted mic stands. Moddi never uses monitors, so we had more than enough headroom for the PA. We used a DPA Universal Surface Mount to position the microphone on top of the cassette player so that we could capture sound from the internal speaker. It worked really well and allowed us to incorporate the cassette player into his live performance.”