A mic so good I feel dirty (in a good way, though)

fifthcircle · 28th July 2004

Man, I'm doing some of the editing work on the recording that I made down in Australia ( http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showt...threadid=17725 ) and I can help but be in serious gear lust for the microphone that I used for my vocal soloist.

The mic in question was the DPA 4041 which is a large diaphragm omnidirectional mic. It runs on 130v phantom and it can be run with 2 bodies. (instead of switchable capsules, it has switchable bodies) The first is the traditional solid state body and the second is a tube-based body. We used the tube on the tenor soloist and I swear I've never heard a vocal sound so good. It is just the most natural, beautiful sound I think I've ever come across.... Probably not ideal for some of the pop guys out there, but being omnidirectional, we ended up closer than I'd normal mic a classical singer and it sounded fantastic. No proximity or anything...

This is an absolutely amazing piece of equipment and I highly recommend it....

Sigh... Now I just need to figure out how to afford that (with everything else I need to buy)..

--Ben

Bri_guy · 28th July 2004

Those are great mics. I may have a demo kicking around if you want a deal on it.

28th July 2004	#1
fifthcircle Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,322 Thread Starter	A mic so good I feel dirty (in a good way, though) Man, I'm doing some of the editing work on the recording that I made down in Australia ( http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showt...threadid=17725 ) and I can help but be in serious gear lust for the microphone that I used for my vocal soloist. The mic in question was the DPA 4041 which is a large diaphragm omnidirectional mic. It runs on 130v phantom and it can be run with 2 bodies. (instead of switchable capsules, it has switchable bodies) The first is the traditional solid state body and the second is a tube-based body. We used the tube on the tenor soloist and I swear I've never heard a vocal sound so good. It is just the most natural, beautiful sound I think I've ever come across.... Probably not ideal for some of the pop guys out there, but being omnidirectional, we ended up closer than I'd normal mic a classical singer and it sounded fantastic. No proximity or anything... This is an absolutely amazing piece of equipment and I highly recommend it.... Sigh... Now I just need to figure out how to afford that (with everything else I need to buy).. --Ben __________________ Benjamin Maas Fifth Circle Audio Long Beach, CA http://www.fifthcircle.com

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28th July 2004	#2
Bri_guy Gear interested Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 27	Those are great mics. I may have a demo kicking around if you want a deal on it.