DPA Microphones, a number one producer of high-quality miking options, has launched its new 2017 Shotgun Microphone. Designed to seize genuine sound with excessive directivity, readability and consistency, the 2017 excels in difficult broadcast situations. With its sturdy design and talent to resist any atmosphere or excessive utility, DPA’s latest answer is right for broadcast and stay occasions, from conventional information and sports activities to location sound or musical performances.
“In an trade with quite a lot of shotgun microphones, we constructed the 2017 to face out from the group,” mentioned Helga Volha Somava, Product Administration Director, DPA Microphones. “Measuring simply 184mm (7.24 inches) in size, the 2017 is extra compact than many standard options and nonetheless gives spectacular technological options. From its sturdy building and ease of use to its main acoustical properties, the 2017 can seize the vitality of any occasion. Whether or not it’s utilized in mounted positions at services or on digicam techniques and booms, our aim was to create a devoted, optimized broadcast and stay sound microphone that rivals the competitors and offers distinctive worth for professionals.”
Designed to endure excessive climate and mechanical impression, the 2017 will maintain as much as journey and repeated use in harsh environments. The microphone persists in humid situations and direct rain showers, in addition to dry, arid environments. It has been examined to be used in settings with temperatures as much as 40°C (104°F) with 90-percent relative humidity, and chilly environments as little as -40°C
(-40°F). With a constant capacity to simply stand up to the results of moisture, the 2017 ensures that any broadcast or occasion can go stay with unbelievable sound, regardless of the setting or forecast.
That includes a particularly designed capsule that’s completely paired with a cutting-edge interference tube and microphone grid, the 2017 gives excellent efficiency, each on- and off-axis. It has a excessive diploma of off-axis rejection, which allows the primary supply to face out. This closely attenuated off-axis audio is genuine and intensely usable for mixing into your entire soundscape.
Audio professionals can now choose up correct, clear sounds from even probably the most minute sources—the thud of a foot assembly a ball, the comb of a jostled jersey or a reporter’s voice in opposition to a crowd, in addition to loud, ambient audio when most popular. For broadcasts that happen at quieter areas, the 2017’s low self-noise guarantees simply as wonderful a efficiency, even within the presence of many open microphones.
DPA has additionally prioritized versatility with the 2017, creating a straightforward to set-up mic that’s best not just for mounted or booming functions in stay sports activities and information broadcasts, but in addition within the theatre on a FOH increase or fly bar; for indoor or outside booming whereas capturing location sound; or to select up a musician’s ambient mix for in-ear monitoring throughout stay musical performances.
