French artist Jeanne Added has found the perfect complement for her powerful, harmonic voice in a DPA d:facto Vocal Microphone.
Added, who last year released her debut solo album Be Sensational, was introduced to d:facto by her Sound Engineer, Gilles Olivesi. “I was looking for a very flat microphone that wouldn’t try to enhance anything in her voice,” Olivesi explained. “We all agreed that it was the right one because it keeps her voice sounding natural. It also works for the FOH mix and the monitors – in my opinion vocalists sing better when they can hear themselves clearly without stretching the monitor’s EQ.”
On stage, Jeanne plays bass and keyboards and is supported by a drummer and two more keyboard players/backing vocalists, all using d:facto Vocal Microphones.
“Alongside d:facto, I am using d:dicate 4011C Cardioid Microphones as overheads, because they are really natural and allow us to maintain a nice, acoustic sound for our drums,” Olivesi said. “I’m also using d;dicate 2011C mics on the snare and kick because I like the low end. For the snare in particular, they allow me to work very precisely with placement so that I can have more or less of some frequencies that I either want to hear or hide.”
Added’s album was released on the Naïve label and her current tour is scheduled to run until the end of this year.
