Sam Anning recently used the DPA Microphones d:vote CORE on his double bass for an Australian live-to-air national radio show with Maceo Parker, Gretchen Parlato, Terri Lyne Carrington and Barney McAll.
“It sounded incredibly natural and isolated, in a good way, from the other instruments,” he said. “I’m now looking forward to seeing how my old Martin guitar sounds when I use it with the d:vote CORE 4099B on my songwriting projects.”
Anning has long been a user of DPA Microphones. After replacing his DPA Microphones d:vote 4099B Instrument Microphone for the new DPA Microphones d:vote CORE 4099B Instrument Microphone.
“I came across DPA Microphones a few years ago while touring around festivals in Europe and my first encounter with the d:vote 4099B was one of the those eureka moments,” said Anning.
“As a performer, it’s very vindicating when someone comes up with a well thought out and brilliantly designed answer to honestly capturing and transmitting the sound that you spend years in the practice room finessing. DPA’s d:vote 4099B does just that – and now, with the new CORE by DPA technology, it is even better.”
Anning’s new DPA Microphones d:vote CORE microphone now has a permanent place in his microphone arsenal and is attracting plenty of praise from other musicians and engineers.
“Recently, at the Melbourne Recital Centre where my band was supporting one of the international headliners, the engineers at the soundcheck were really impressed at how open and natural it sounded, while still delivering excellent separation from the drums,” he said.
“Many of the concert goers and critics noted that our sound outshined the main act. The microphone also works well through foldback monitors and doesn’t feedback in the way that other microphones do. The new removable cable at the end of the gooseneck stem makes for easy adjusting as well.”
Along with being a DPA Microphones customer, Anning recently extended his involvement with the company by taking part in DPA’s World Tour event in Melbourne, which was held in conjunction with Australian distributor, Amber Technology.
During the event, he played demo sessions with Australian country singer and songwriter, Chris Pickering on drums so that local musicians and recording professionals had a chance to hear various DPA products in action and learn more about microphone placement.
“We tried different microphone positions on the bass to get different tonal colours and even tried putting the IMK inside the body of the instrument,” said Anning. “Listening back, it was incredible hearing how much detail these microphones captured, despite drums taking up much of the acoustic space. I was sold. It was a great experience for me and not only would I do it again, but next time I’ll be bringing my students and bass player friends because we can learn so much from working together.”