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AVL TIMES 31<br />
DPA brings exceptional clarity<br />
to three great ladies of song<br />
Grammy award winning American vocalists<br />
Patti Austin and Janis Siegel recently joined<br />
forces with superstar diva Elisa Chan to<br />
perform two sell-out concerts in Hong Kong.<br />
All three ladies were equipped with d:facto<br />
Vocal Microphones, which were specifically<br />
chosen because they deliver an extremely<br />
natural sound and high separation from<br />
nearby sound sources.<br />
Sound designer and FOH mix engineer John<br />
Lin says: "DPA Microphones have become a<br />
staple part of Mr. Chang's Jazz World Live<br />
Series concerts because they are so reliable<br />
and of such high quality. We have used<br />
d:facto Vocal Microphone on a number of<br />
occasions because the high profile international<br />
artists we work with really appreciated<br />
the clarity these microphones bring to their<br />
vocal performances. In the case of Patti,<br />
Janis and Elisa, this was especially noticeable<br />
because their voices cover such a wide<br />
dynamic<br />
range.<br />
Having<br />
a vocal<br />
microphone<br />
of<br />
this calibre<br />
meant<br />
that we<br />
could<br />
deliver<br />
true studio<br />
sound<br />
quality on<br />
the live<br />
stage with<br />
barely any<br />
EQ adjustment."<br />
To add to the overall look, Ken Kimura,<br />
managing director of DPA's APAC office,<br />
suggested using different colour grids for<br />
the microphones. "We make grids in a variety<br />
of finishes and for these concerts we<br />
fitted Patti Austin's d:facto with a gold<br />
coloured grid and used a nickel finish on<br />
Janis Siegel and Elisa Chan's microphones.<br />
Obviously, changing the colour makes no<br />
difference to the sound quality, but it does<br />
bring a little extra theatre to the staging,<br />
which the ladies really appreciated."<br />
DPA microphones were also used for the<br />
backing band. The piano was amplified<br />
with a matched stereo pair of d:dicate<br />
4011A Cardioid Recording Microphones and<br />
d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones,<br />
while d:dicate 2011C Twin Diaphragm<br />
Cardioid Microphones were used for the<br />
snare, hi-hat and kick drum; d:vote<br />
4099D Instrument Microphones were used<br />
for the toms and a pair of d:dicate 4011A<br />
microphones were used for overheads.<br />
The double bass was also amplified by DPA<br />
because the bass player insists on using a<br />
d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphone for<br />
all his live performances.<br />
DPA Microphones<br />
www.dpamicrophones.com<br />
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