Norwegian National Broadcast Company NRK has purchased three DPA 4017 shotgun microphones from the company’s Norwegian distributor Lyd-Systemer, following a period of evaluation.
The broadcaster needed a small and lightweight shotgun mic for recording dialogue on drama productions. As well as demonstrating natural intelligibility, good directionality and off-axis qualities, the mic also had to produce high enough audio quality to allow for extensive post production processing.
“Everyone noticed that material recorded with the 4017 had a greater tolerance for manipulation after recording, such as compression, than the other mics we tested,” says NRK’s Are Andreassen, the project’s team leader. “It gave us more substance to work with, and the off-axis response was particularly good. When working with high frequencies, it doesn’t sound hard or metallic and handles sibilance issues particularly well.”
Another important criteria for NRK was the 4017’s light weight, which makes it easy for the boom operator to handle. Additionally, because microphone use on drama productions is often a mix between boom and lavalier mics, it’s important that they are a good match sonically. The NRK found the 4017 to be a better match with its DPA 4060 miniatures than the other microphones tested.
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