INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
Government body reduces cabling
burden with Sennheiser solution
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s part of the upgrade to the
conference hall at its headquarters
at the Dubai World Trade Centre,
the Government of Dubai Media Office
(GDMO) has implemented Sennheiser’s
versatile Digital 6000 solution reducing the
amount of cabling.
With wireless connectivity and best-in-class
audio quality, this professional microphone
system offers the flexibility and quality needed
to meet the diverse requirements of the high-
profile events held at the hall, which range
from internal gatherings and workshops, to
public talks and major press conferences.
A significant aspect of the upgrade was the
GDMO’s decision to leverage networked audio.
Salem Belyouha, Director – Media Services
at GDMO, said: “Doing so has enabled us to
significantly reduce the amount of cabling,
simplify interconnectivity, maintenance
and troubleshooting, and streamline our
technical operations.”
This year, Yamaha and Sennheiser
collaborated to enable seamless integration
between the Yamaha CL and QL series
consoles and the Sennheiser Digital 6000.
By choosing to leverage these two solutions,
GDMO’s engineering team has gained the
ability to control several parameters of the
wireless microphone system’s operating
menu, and also to monitor RF levels,
gains and battery status of the wireless
microphones all through the console itself.
Flexibility was one of the main selection
criteria for the microphone system as the
stage layout and seating arrangements in the
conference hall change from event to event.
This prompted the decision to utilise a wireless
solution. However, as events held at the venue
typically result in large numbers of mobile
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phones being utilised, it was imperative that
the system address the GDMO’s concerns
regarding RF interference and noise.
Building on its eight-year relationship with
Sennheiser, the GDMO decided to install the
Digital 6000. Belyouha said: “Our experience
with the Sennheiser team has been fantastic.
We have worked with them on numerous
projects over the years and they have proven
time and time again that we can rely on
them to assist with the implementation of
our projects with a high level of expertise
and professionalism. They supported us long
before we issued any formal RFQ, and long
after the project was completed.”
Ryan Burr, Head of Technical Sales and
Application Engineering, System Solutions at
DOING SO HAS
ENABLED US TO
SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF
CABLING.
Sennheiser, said: “Sennheiser has a long-
standing and highly-valued relationship
with the Government of Dubai Media
Office. It has been very rewarding to see
their team develop their understanding and
use of Sennheiser solutions and we worked
very closely with them to specify the right
solution for this application.”
Four EM 6000 DANTE receivers form
the backbone of a system that includes
three SKM 6000 handheld microphones.
Sennheiser customised these handhelds in
the GDMO’s corporate colours and provided
both a dynamic capsule in the form of
the MD 9235 and also the pre-polarised
condenser microphone capsule ME 9004,
which features the audio specialist’s unique
patent-pending shock mount inside the
microphone head.
The GDMO also selected Sennheiser’s ME
104 cardioid microphone capsule from the
modular series of lapel microphones with five
SK 6000 bodypack transmitters to provide
the best feedback rejection and attenuation
of room noise.
Data security, another critical requirement
of the media office is also addressed as
the Digital 6000 features switchable AES
256 encryption. n
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