Longtime DPA consumer, Daniel S. McCoy provides model’s latest answer to his mic locker for spot miking, which he used within the movie LA Fridge and the lately launched Captain America: Courageous New World.
Daniel S. McCoy, a Manufacturing Sound Mixer and Sound Guide for cinema, industrial and stay occasions, started his skilled journey within the music trade, the place he usually deployed the model’s microphones for acoustic recordings. Since then, his profession has developed into tv and movie manufacturing, for which DPA microphones stay a staple.
McCoy lately expanded on his DPA assortment with the model’s new 2061 Miniature Omnidirectional Microphone and AIR1 Common Miniature Windscreen, which he first used for the 2024 Solvan Naim movie “LA Fridge” and the lately launched “Captain America: Courageous New World.”
Every of McCoy’s tasks presents totally different challenges, which he says DPA mics nearly all the time deal with. For example, the 2061 proved particularly useful on the set of “LA Fridge,” for which McCoy managed the sound division. “We had a really small crew, so the actors would usually assist me by miking themselves,” he explains. “Contemplating that, the ruggedness and sturdiness of the 2061 have been essential, and its ease of utility and miniature measurement have been useful options for the individuals who had by no means miked themselves earlier than.”
DPA Dan McCoy and Growth Op Peter Beer on set of Captain America
McCoy as soon as once more relied on the 2061, outfitted with the AIR1 Windscreen, for his work on “Captain America,” together with the model’s 2017 Shotgun, 4018 Supercardioid and 4097 Micro Shotgun microphones. “All the mics performed collectively rather well,” he says. “I used them in a wide range of areas the place they have been both uncovered to components or wanted to supply additional assist for numerous causes, from kitchens and automobiles to small closets, and even within the pool. For the pool scenes, the 2061’s water resistance actually served me nicely. We additionally confronted some brutal wind circumstances whereas taking pictures, and the AIR1 helped immensely in getting that wind strain off the mics.”
McCoy additionally favors DPA’s number of microphone colours, along with how refined they seem. “The wardrobe division was very appreciative of the 4 coloration choices and matching cabling,” he explains. “We have been capable of camouflage the mics in plain sight in a extra most well-liked house on the actors’ superhero fits, which allowed for a a lot better impulse response and sound strain degree.”
Along with his new 2061, McCoy usually favors the model’s 2000, 4000 and 6000 Collection microphones, which have all been utilized on set for his newest TV and movie tasks. “I fell in love with DPA microphones due to how correct, articulate and open they sound,” he says. Specifically, the model’s 6060 performed a serious position for him early on. “I examined the mic earlier than it was even launched and determined to make use of it for ‘Dinner in America.’ That turned out to be an important selection because the entirety of the film ended up being recorded with the 6060.”
At the side of his DPA microphones, McCoy usually deploys a mix of Wisycom and Sound Units wi-fi programs. “I like to make use of Wisycom for communication and RF hyperlinks to cameras and producers on the Video Village,” he explains. “I sometimes have the achieve ahead expertise on my front-end, proper after the mic, in order that I can get all 32 bits coming at my receivers. This creates an ideal digital hyperlink with out having any noise amplification within the chain, which actually enhances DPA’s dynamic vary and impulse response.”
A 3rd technology Los Angeles native, McCoy landed his first main trade gig at 22 with legendary music producer T Bone Burnett (O’Brother) and later went on to engineer numerous information with stay sound guru Mark Linett. After evolving into TV and movie, McCoy labored alongside Peter Guber on AMC’s “Sunday Morning Shoot Out.” His first main function movie as a Manufacturing Sound Mixer was “Espresso Date,” a winner of assorted awards at Breckenridge, Salem and Sedona Worldwide Movie Festivals, with a manufacturing soundtrack that consists of 90% of Mcoy’s authentic recorded manufacturing audio. His accolades embrace two Daytime Emmy Awards for “Greatest Dwell Audio Combine to Tape” for the “Ellen DeGeneres Present,” and a GRAMMY nomination for his audio engineering work on the “Brian Wilson Presents Smile” album.
