Photo Matthew Murphy Autograph Sound Sennheiser

As London's West End theatre scene recovers, Autograph Sound has already supplied about three hundred channels of the series 6000 of Sennheiser for shows.

As the world continues with security measures living with the pandemic, theatrical shows have returned to the scene to bring joy, entertainment to the public and income to a sector in need.

Photo Matthew Murphy Autograph Sound SennheiserIn the case of London's West End theatre scene, the wireless technology of Sennheiser is very present in its reopening, in works such as Hamilton, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera and Frozen, Disney's latest production, with the system Digital 6000 of the manufacturer as the protagonist, whose systems it sells in Spain magnetron.

The association between Autograph Sound and Sennheiser is long, and dates back to 1984, when the first used the famous MKE subminiature microphone in Starlight Express to help deal with high noise levels on stage.

Sennheiser's first purchase of complete wireless systems from this company was for another Lloyd Webber musical., Aspects Of Love in 1989, a system of twenty-one receiver channels EM 1036 with transmitters Sk 2012.

Autograph Sound Scott Georgesubsequently, Sennheiser's inventory at Autograph Sound has kept pace with both evolving technology and continued demand from sound designers, And now, at the end of 2021, when the entertainment industry is in a recovery phase, this commercial partnership between the two companies continues to develop.

So he explains Scott George, Autograph Sound Operations Manager (in the image): “In recent years we have provided sound design, rental and sale of equipment, supply for events, technical support, consulting, infrastructure installation, training, product development and more. However, in terms of rent, Our first goal is always to provide what the sound designers specify.”.

In this sense, “the sound professionals from the eight London fairs currently using our Series inventory 6000 specified that system in preference to anything else.”, underlines George.

Autograph Sound headquartersThe sheer amount of channels in simultaneous use in the current list of programs “It's impressive," he continues.- especially compared to the first wireless use of Autograph in 1981, when produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber / Cameron Mackintosh of Cats used only six, Only for the main ones”. As this professional points out, “Frozen, Les Miserables, Phantom and Vat use more than forty channels each, whereas Hamilton, Pretty Woman and Wicked are thirty or more. Dear Evan Hansen has twelve relatively modest channels, whereas, outside London, the current touring production of Beauty and the Beast uses about fifty channels of the Digital 6000 series″.

As a long-time partner of Sennheiser, “Autograph has been instrumental to Digital's success 6000 in the theatre market in recent years, he says. Kevin Gwyther-Brown, Business Development Manager Pro Audio at Sennheiser-. It's great to see that the level of support you offer your customers is resulting in more programs using our technology.. May this strong relationship continue for a long time.".


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by • 16 Dec, 2021
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