The Broadway Company production of Buena Vista Social Club

Sound win for Buena Vista

His work on the vibrant and fast-paced Buena Vista Social Club musical on Broadway recently won sound designer Jonathan Deans his first Tony Award for Best Sound on a Musical.

Included in his design – keeping ten Cuban musicians locked tight into the rhythm – was an ingenious use of TiMax TrackerD4 precision stagetracking.

Twenty One Pilots' Clancy tour (Pic: Andrew Andreolli)

Twenty One and counting

Pausing to draw breath between a 73-date, four-continent tour that included Oceania, Central and South America, and Europe in support of…

Jazzclub Karlsruhe

Jazzclub Karlsruhe... nice

Having hosted performances by Albert Mangelsdorff and Dexter Gordon among other notable artists, Jazzclub Karlsruhe has secured a lasting…

SynthTemple

SynthTemple calls the faithful

SynthTemple – a hybrid space combining a fully operational recording studio with a museum of electronic instruments – in the Melbourne…

The TED Theatre in Vancouver (Pic: Gilberto Tadday & Jason Redmond/TED)

Vancouver TED talks get personal

As the TED Organisation’s relationship with its PA supplier neared its end, audio consultant Michael Nunan was working on a TED Countdown…

Overview of Sennheiser equipment used at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

ESCVocals, instruments and hosts:

42 SKM5200-II handheld transmitters
60 SK5212-II bodypack transmitters with HSP 4-3 headset microphones
41 EM3732-II two-channel receivers
20 e908 T wireless instrument microphones
10 e935 vocal microphones

Monitoring:

22 SR2050 IEM two-channel monitor transmitters
168 EK2000 IEM monitor receivers

Ell and NikkiPress centre:

1 EM1046 eight-channel receiver
8 SK50 bodypack transmitters

Other equipment and antenna accessories:

3 EK3241 camera receivers
3 SKP3000 plug-on transmitters
12 AD3700 active antennas
2 A1031 passive omnidirectional antennas
8 A12AD active directional antennas
6 A 5000-CP circularly polarised antennas
6 AC3200 antenna combiners
11 ASA3000 antenna splitters

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