The 3511 kit consists of a pair of matched DPA 4011-TL cardioid microphones with stereo booms and mounting accessories. These mics are linear in their frequency response, on and off axis, and provide high SPLs to allow close as well as distant placement. The 3506 kit contains two 4006-TL compact omni mics which have a detailed and natural reproduction with high sensitivity and low noise-floor.
"DPA microphones transfer the sound very faithfully," says Mo?d?er, explaining why he's chosen the DPAs. "They reproduce everything: the hammers working inside the piano, the touch of the fingers on the keyboard, the mechanism of piano's pedal. The microphones record and reproduce everything that is going on while playing; the whole mechanism of the piano.
"I manipulate the microphone arrangement depending on the sound I want to achieve. With close miking I can get the very sharp, 'pop' sound of the instrument, and with further arrangement I can achieve a more delicate, classical sound."
Mo?d?er has been playing piano since the age of five, graduating from the Gda?sk Academy of Music in 1996. He has won many awards, and has worked with international musicians including Arthur Blythe, Buster Williams, Billy Harper, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny and Archie Shepp and toured internationally.
(Jim Evans)
