LightSoundJournal.com: Alignment meetings with regulatory bodies, demonstrations to high-profile wireless users and decision-makers – is there a new type of wireless audio transmission on the horizon? While the rumour mill is leaking some details here and there, four Sennheiser experts reveal what this new technology is about. Dr Andreas Wilzeck (Head of Spectrum Policy and Standards), Martin Brandenburg (Project Manager), as well as Dr Sebastian Georgi and Jan Watermann – the two research and development engineers who are the inventors of what is called Wireless Multi-Channel Audio Systems (WMAS) – dive into the benefits of the technology and explain how it will change the wireless landscape.
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A future full of wireless audio definitely sounds pretty cool. When I worked on sound a couple years ago I always remember the wires being the worst part. I would have to help figure out the sound system for Hawaiian Ensemble performances, and trying to figure out all of the wiring with the different ukuleles and microphones was a huge headache. My school had approximately three handheld wireless microphones which were awesome to work with. the microphones I was working with for musicals were not wireless, which honestly kind of sucked to figure out. There were so many instances that I could not use a microphone for a show just because the wire was busted. My junior or senior year, there was just a huge shortage of microphones, because all of the wires on the ones that we had paid for were messed up. Eventually we started renting out wireless microphones, which were way easier and honestly more fun to work with.
This is a really exciting idea, and I hope that I can see it come to fruition in the future. Honestly, I don’t know why no one has done this yet before – maybe the technology wasn’t there until now. Integrating all wireless systems into one would be hugely helpful, particularly if there isn’t even any physical patching involved. Although, it would be awesome to have something like a wireless snake, that could have physical patch ports on one end and wireless I/O on the other end. It’s also cool that they mention remote control capabilities. Most of us have worked on lighting consoles with remote control units, and maybe some on mixers with remote control, and we all know how convenient it is. This would give you holistic control over the entire system through one tablet. Although, I will say – although it is a pain, there is something nice about patching a huge audio bay with a hundred jumpers.
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