DPA broadcast solutions brought lifelike clarity to sound and broadcast from Portuguese stadium
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The match was broadcast internationally in 5.1 and HD, with the DPA 5100 providing the basic 5.1 image, suspended 2m beneath one of the roof galleries above the main camera position. Ten 4017mk2-R shotguns were used to capture the action around the field, with three positioned evenly along the left and right sides of the pitch, and two each at either end.
“RTP is very happy with the 5100,” says Paulo Ferreira from Avantgarde. “Being plug and play, it is very forgiving regarding its placement. It sounded really amazing where it was positioned – and I can testify to that! When the match started the sound engineer just opened the faders and we were transported right onto the pitch. The sound levels and frequencies really sounded right.”
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The 4017mk2-Rs were used to convey the sound of the ball as it moved across the pitch, with the engineer following the ball with the faders connected to the 4017 inputs. As well as being very happy with the sound the 4017mk2-Rs produced, RTP was also very happy that the Rycote weatherproof systems included with the mics meant they were fully operational, even after the torrential rain they had been exposed to on the day of the match.
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Close your eyes and listen. From the subtlest nuances of a solo violin or vocalist to the thunderous intensity of a full brass section or drum kit, it’s all there, spectacularly pure and uncolored. The sound is so crisp and detailed that you begin to create a mental picture of what the recording environment looked like. The microphones responsible? DPA, of course.
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Although DPA has technically only been in existence since 1992, our company draws on more than five decades of world-class microphone design experience going back to the first range of measurement microphones created by our progenitor, Brüel & Kjær, in the 1950s.
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Over the past 16 years, we have expanded from a tiny initial staff of only two people to well over 100 and are now represented by professional audio distributors and dealers in more than 40 countries around the world. In the past five years alone, we have experienced an average annual growth of 25 percent, and, in 2007, were presented with the prestigious King Frederik IX’s award for outstanding contribution to Danish export.
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The reason for our success is simple: DPA’s ultimate goal is to provide you – whether you’re in live sound, recording, theater or broadcast – with the absolute finest possible microphone solutions for your tasks. We take no shortcuts in our design processes nor make any compromises in our manufacturing, which is all done in Denmark. As a result, our products are globally praised for their exceptional clarity and transparency, superb specifications, supreme reliability and, above all, pure, uncolored and undistorted sound.