Amber Technology Blog

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.”

Solid State Logic (SSL) have released a new mid scale live console at the recent ProLight+Sound 2017, held in Frankfurt in April 2017. The SSL L200 brings the superb sound , accelerated workflow and advanced feature set of the SSL Live range with a new level of affordability.

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.

April 2017 marks an auspicious moment in Amber Technology history with the 30th anniversary of our opening in April 1987.

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.