Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's session, we'll first have a listen to the new DPA 2017 shotgun microphone compared to a few others, including the DPA 4017b and Sennheiser MKH416. After that, we answer your sound for video questions.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- DPA 2017 shotgun microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/BCB4u
- DPA 4017b shotgun microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/0au8jgx
- Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/AVgsgHZ
- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright — B&H geni.us/RcuXD3
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:41 Beginning of stream
03:01 Agenda
04:11 All about the DPA 2017
25:07 My take
28:08 High SPL/32-bit recording
32:40 SoundDevices firmware updates
36:53 Nuances of plug-in power
41:50 2017 in-depth
52:00 Off-axis noise
52:56 DEITY TC-1 app support
54:11 ‘Compatible channels’
58:05 Zoom F6 file organization
58:56 Merging input channels…?
1:00:04 ‘Coloration’ of sound
1:02:22 Uses of the Sennheiser G4
1:04:18 New vs old DPA capsules
1:05:26 End of stream
In this week's session, we'll first have a listen to the new DPA 2017 shotgun microphone compared to a few others, including the DPA 4017b and Sennheiser MKH416. After that, we answer your sound for video questions.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- DPA 2017 shotgun microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/BCB4u
- DPA 4017b shotgun microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/0au8jgx
- Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/AVgsgHZ
- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright — B&H geni.us/RcuXD3
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n
The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:41 Beginning of stream
03:01 Agenda
04:11 All about the DPA 2017
25:07 My take
28:08 High SPL/32-bit recording
32:40 SoundDevices firmware updates
36:53 Nuances of plug-in power
41:50 2017 in-depth
52:00 Off-axis noise
52:56 DEITY TC-1 app support
54:11 ‘Compatible channels’
58:05 Zoom F6 file organization
58:56 Merging input channels…?
1:00:04 ‘Coloration’ of sound
1:02:22 Uses of the Sennheiser G4
1:04:18 New vs old DPA capsules
1:05:26 End of stream
