Double Bass Remic or DPA 4099

[mathbassman]

Whats your opinion about these two options in comparison?
Any experiences in live or studio situation?

 

[Co.]

I never tryed the Remic, but the DPA is a very bright sounding microphone. Very bright and clean, but not very fat. Depends on your taste and needs.
For recording, it is not as nice as a good quality studio microphone, but can be used with good results, if the nicer mics are not available. If you need a tight polar pattern for bleed rejection it might even be your first choice.
I really like it for arco, but sometimes prefer an Audio Technica ATM35 if I want a fatter pizz and don't care too much about detail.

 

[shwashwa]

I find the dpa to be very fat sounding for recording and not bright at all. I guess it all depends on where you point it

 

[DrayMiles]

For recording I would use the remic and for live, I would send the dpa to front of house only. Just my experience… and I own them both. (Remic red and green and the dpa)

 

[mathbassman]

My impression was somehow that the remic live wasn't that delicate in terms of feedback compared to the dpa but didnt have the details and clarity. The studio version on the other hand is worse with feedback than the dpa, right?

 

[Adam Booker]

Full disclosure, I’m a Remic endorsing artist.

having used both, as well as an AMT, I can tell you that the Remic 5400LB has a lot more feedback rejection than the DPA. However, I find the DPA to be a bit more refined tonally. The Remic studio mic is beautiful, but will howl like a wolf on stage if you want to run it through an amp. Bear in mind that neither Remic was designed fir use with backline gear. Thorkild’s concept was to run them FOH. But if you want to go through an amp, the 5400lb gets my vote over the DPA. Blending the signal with a PU is also a great alternative.

Finally, understand that any mic is going to have limitations when running through an amp. On a SLG, the Remic gets turned down.

 

[Ric Vice]

I’ve owned all three and recorded with the newer version of the 4099 D vote Core. I’ll say that for recording the Remic Red is my personal favorite, while the new DPA has improved on the sound of the original. The Remic Green DB 5400LB is a great concert FOH microphone.