Vanderlinden constructed eight specially designed mounting devices capable of holding two microphones instead of the standard single one. This enabled each of eight choir members to be mounted with two DPA 4061 miniature microphones in a PZM configuration, one chest-worn and the other positioned on the choirist' backs. The miniatures were used in combination with eight AKG beltpacks, connected via a network to an AKG WMS 4000.
These mounting devices were made possible by the use of DPA DAD6017 adapters which connect DPA miniature microphones to the AKG transmitters, just one of a range of accessories which the Danish manufacturer has developed to work with other manufacturers' products.
"The benefit of using these adapters is that when mounted between the microdot connector of the DPA miniatures and the beltpack or transmitter, no flexibility is lost," says Martin Goosen, head of DPA sales at TransTec.
Additionally, in conjunction with Shure UD1s, soloists used eight DPA 4066 adjustable headbands and four DPA 4065 headbands. The production also used two DPA 4007 hi-SPL omni-directional mics for measuring and tuning the PA loudspeakers, and two DPA 4011 cardioid microphones were among the mics used for the orchestra. Vanderlinden technicians Eelco Coster and Martijn van Campen engineered the concerts.
"It was really an impressive production," says Goosen. "Each performance was attended by 1,100 visitors in a temporary theatre, and the 121-member choir was really something to hear."
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
