Moto GP entrusts the championship's microphones to Audio-Technica solutions

The appointment as a microphone solutions provider company has been established with Dorna Sports, owner of the commercial rights to the motorcycle championship.

MotoGP, the world motorcycle championship that holds nineteen grand prix each year on circuits around the world, now has Audio-Technica as a microphone solutions provider company, after the agreement reached with Dorna Sports.

Dorna's content and production team sought to improve the quality of the audio it delivers to the different channels, so that it is at the same height as the video signal you offer to your 89 associated chains around the world. With this objective, At the end of last season he began testing various Audio-Technica microphones..

The success of these tests led to Dorna's decision to select 265 microphones, Audio-Technica headsets and monitoring solutions, which include 53 track microphones, 76 microphones for interviews and cameras ENG.

To which are added System wireless microphones 10 of 2.4 GHz para 16 mobile cameras ENG, both the new portable wireless systems in the series 3000 from this company such as the new Engineered Sound flexes 925, with Dante endpoints for pre- and post-race press conferences, y 30 BPHS1 headsets for various commentator positions; 72 M60x monitoring headphones and E50 in-ear headphones that will allow MotoGP teams to listen to their live audio broadcasts.

The selected Audio-Technica solutions began to be implemented from the first European race of the MotoGP season 2019 which was held at the Jerez Circuit, in the Spanish city of Cádiz, last May.

Of particular interest has been the out-of-the-box success of the BP28 and BP28L large-diaphragm shotgun microphones., “developed for sports broadcasting” and deployed in MotoGP.

Daniel Laviña, Dorna Sports Media Technical Director, so he says: “When the Audio-Technica shotgun microphones were installed we immediately noticed a significant increase in the quality of the sound captured. With its exceptionally wide frequency response and high SPL threshold, They seem ideal for the sound of the race. “Now we can have high-quality audio continuity from one camera position to the next.”.

About this agreement, Kazuhiro Onizuka, head of global engineering at Audio-Technica, explains that “while we are delighted to have been selected as a MotoGP microphone service solution provider and that Dorna has deployed such a large number, I am particularly excited about the R&D opportunities we will be able to work on together.. Working with Dorna on live MotoGP races around the world is a great opportunity for our research lab, and demonstrates our commitment to sports audio broadcasting”.

Audio-Technica will exhibit its work with MotoGP in the edition 2019 of IBC, which is celebrated from 13 al 17 this September in Amsterdam (Netherlands).