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Måneskin tours with DPA vocal microphone

For Italian rock band Måneskin’s current world tour, sound engineer Enrico La Falce (pictured) selected DPA Microphones’ D:facto 4018V vocal microphone. “When we were planning the rehearsals with Måneskin for their first ‘big’ concerts, I met with the band’s monitor engineer Remo Scafati to exchange ideas regarding gear”, he says. “He suggested that I test the DPA D:facto 4018V for vocals. So I decided to give it a try.”

La Falce connected the D:facto to his Sennheiser Digital SKM 6000 transmitter and decided to use it from then on for lead singer Damiano David’s voice. Måneskin chooses not to use AutoTune or any other pre-production effects, instead opting for a raw sound reminiscent of Blink-182 or Green Day, making the tone of the D:facto 4018V an ideal addition to the group’s gear lineup, according to La Falce.

“Damiano is moving and dancing a lot on the stage, and often ends up cupping his hand over the grille”, he adds. “The D:facto must be used correctly, meaning the grille must never be covered. To avoid this, Remo and I came up with a simple idea: we put a studded bracelet on the microphone body, and when Damiano feels the studs, he knows his limit.”

“Of all the bands that I have worked with, this one is the most powerful commercially and simultaneously the most ‘indie’ production I  have ever mixed”, he concludes. For that complete “indie” production setup, La Falce connects the D:facto to the mic pre of a Yamaha Rivage mixer, which goes through a first equalization stage from the desk, and then into an UREI 1176 compressor and a Pultec EQ to sculpt the sound, and ends at an Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A amplifier.

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