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DPA Mics Are Hit On MKS Tour
D

PA's d : f a c t o I I v o c a l
microphones have been proving
their ﬂ exibility and giving great
performances on tour with MKS,
the original Sugababes line up.
The mics have also been at work in
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.
Charlie Dale in-house engineer at
Ronnie Scott's and Front of House
engineer for the band MKS and US
rapper Angel Haze, is using DPA
d:facto II vocal microphones across
all these very different setups.
It was at Ronnie Scott's that Dale
ﬁrst came across the microphones.
DPA's UK distributor Sound Network
lent the club a unit to try out and
Dale was immediately impressed.
"They instantly became my mic of
choice for lead vocals, surpassing
two big brands I had been using
previously," he said. "The d:facto's
mostly flat frequency response
until its soft boost at 10 kHz gave
me the ability to sculpt a very true
representation of the performer's
voice with clear highs so that I don't

18

ound Recordist David Thirion
captured the ambience and
thrill of a popular annual singing
competition in Dubai's labour
camps on Sound Devices' 788T
Digital Audio Recorder with its CL-8
Controller.
'Champ of the Camp', a Veritas
Films documentary, marks the ﬁrst
time a full-length feature ﬁlm was
recorded in 5.1 surround sound in
the region. Directed by Mahmoud
Kaabour, Champ of the Camp
premiered at the Dubai International
Film Festival.
Produced by Dubai-based Veritas
Films, the ﬁlm follows a massive
Bollywood singing and trivia
competition that searches across
more than 70 camps throughout

HKG: Qube Cinema has been
licensed to support Dolby
Atmos playback in its servers.
The Qube XP-D and XP-I digital
cinema servers are the ﬁrst in the
Qube server line to be evaluated
to support Dolby Atmos playback.
Software updates are expected
to be available in early 2014.
Dolby Atmos gives ﬁlmmakers the
ability to precisely place or move
sounds anywhere in the movie
theatre, even overhead, to create
an engaging cinematic experience.

Loh Humm Invests
In Sennheiser 9000
MKS use DPA d:facto II vocal microphones.

have to ﬁght against feedback to
pull out, and with all the warm
tone one would expect from many
jazz vocals."
Dale decided that for the same

Picture courtesy of Wunmi Onibudo

reasons he wanted to use it on
his pop gigs, again allowing him
to easily create vocal sounds on a
par with the studio-quality vocals of
the artists' records.

Dubai 'Champ Of The Camp' Sound
S

Qube Cinema
Dolby Atmos

the country to ﬁnd and crown the
champ of all camps.
Although Thirion has become one
of the UAE's most desired sound
recordists, Champ of the Camp
was the ﬁrst time he recorded in
full 5.1 surround sound. Knowing

Sound Recordist David Thirion
uses Sound Devices' 788T Digital
Audio Recorder

the microphone needed for a 5.1
shoot is fundamentally different
than what's required for a typical
stereo shoot, equipment selection
was paramount to the success
of the project.
Sound Devices 788T boasts eight
full-featured inputs and records
up to 12 tracks. It accepts either
microphone or line-level signals,
provides 48-V phantom power for
condenser microphones, offers
peak limiters for microphone
inputs and features fully adjustable
high-pass filters.
Sound Devices CL-8 mixing
control surface for its 788T recorder
features large rotary faders and push
buttons bring extensive mixer-type
control to 788T inputs.

GBR: Sennheiser's 9000 Series
digital wireless system is proving
a winner in theatre sound design
where silent operation is critical.
After a highly successful trial
run on the West End production
of Dear World, sound designer
Mike Walker has invested in 24
Channels of the 9000 Series for
his company Loh Humm Audio.
Mike described the 9000 Series as
the best-sounding digital microphone
system by quite a large margin.

Archimedia Master
Player Upgraded
USA: Archimedia Technology
has
announced
version
1.5 of its Master Player.
The latest software player now
supports all common master formats
- including SMPTE IMF, Avid's DNxHD
format, ILM's OpenEXR format,
Panasonic's AVC-Intra format,
Sony's IMX and XDCAM formats.
The player aims to be a 4K-era
replacement for videotape machines
for master-grade quality control
(QC) and archiving functions.
Added is the ability to control
audio and video remotely using RS422 jog/shuttle wheels.

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