Friday, March 12th, 2010

DPA mics record location ADR for Spanish blockbuster Agora

DPA 4006 omnidirectional mics, purchased via UK distributor Sound Network, have been used on Agora, a new film by Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar, starring Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella set in Roman Egypt. The mics were used for crowd ADR sessions shot on location at Fort Ricasoli in Malta.
The sound crew behind the recordings was [...]

DPA mics record Sting’s winter opus at Durham Cathedral

Sting performing at Durham Cathedral with DPA 4011 cardioid

Sting’s recording engineer Donal Hodgson recently embarked on a project to record the artist for A Winter’s Night…Live from Durham Cathedral; a concert version of his latest album, If On A Winter’s Night… for DVD release and international broadcast.
Hodgson selected a wide range of DPA microphones to assist him in this complex task, which presented [...]

DPA mics used for WOMEX opening ceremony in Copenhagen

DPA 4099s in use at WOMEX opening ceremony

A large quantity of DPA microphones were used for the opening ceremony of WOMEX, a world music festival held in Copenhagen. Held at Danish Broadcasting’s brand new Koncerthuset concert venue, The Great Nordic Night featured artists from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Samiland and Greenland.
Torben Sminge, an experienced live sound engineer working mainly [...]

DPA celebrates a year in Asia with major live sound and broadcast projects

DPA’s regional sales director Asia Pacific, Ken Kimura, at KBS Open Concert

DPA Microphones’ regional sales director Asia Pacific, Ken Kimura, reports a successful year since the manufacturer opened a regional office in Shanghai.
“The close proximity, which enables frequent contact with and visits to DPA users, has both increased our understanding of the different regional markets and strengthened ties to our distributors on sales and marketing [...]

DPA Microphones awards distributors at annual meeting

Nikolaj Rudyk, DPA; Stephan Berlenbach, Mega Audio; Morten Stove, DPA; 	Burkhard Elsner, Mega Audio

DPA Microphones presented its Distributor of the Year Award to German distributor Mega Audio at its annual distributor meeting, held during the recent IBC show in Amsterdam. In addition, the Danish manufacturer also presented Martin Goosen, from Dutch distributor Amptec, with a special Lifetime Achievement Award.
DPA has worked with Mega Audio for more than a [...]

DPA collaborates on new Danish film of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Wild Swans

Drum miked with DPA 4011-TL

A large quantity of DPA microphones have been used to record the soundtrack for a new film production of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale, The Wild Swans. The production has a strong link with the Danish royal family, as the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, worked on the backdrops and visual designs for the film, [...]