Sennheiser Unveils Spectera at Broadcast India 2024
Sennheiser Spectera - world's first bidirectional wideband solution
Sennheiser, one of the renowned leaders in audio technology, showcased various audio
solutions at
Broadcast India 2024, one of the top infotainment technology events. The biggest highlight of
Sennheiser's product was the newly launched Spectera, the world's first bidirectional
wideband
solution.
Spectera leverages groundbreaking WMAS (Wireless Multichannel Audio Systems) technology to reduce
the complexity of wireless systems, while enhancing capabilities, streamlining workflows, and
offering comprehensive remote control and monitoring. Instead of many individual 200 kHz narrowband
RF carrier frequencies, the model uses a single wideband RF channel for audio transmission -
bidirectional transmission of audio and control data, to be more exact.
Over 700+ attendees at Sennheiser's booth explored the Spectera ecosystem, engaging in hands-on
demonstrations with the engineering team. The ecosystem addresses common challenges faced by users
of wireless audio systems, simplifying frequency coordination, rack cabling, and system footprint.
By replacing multiple wireless mic receivers and IEM transmitters with a single Base Station, which,
in a single rack unit with 32 inputs and 32 outputs, replaces a rack-full of wireless mic receivers
and IEM transmitters. An entire production could be accommodated in a single wideband RF channel (6
or 8 MHz). The lower footprint continues to the bodypacks, which handle mic/line and IEM/IFB
requirements simultaneously. Additionally, it offers comprehensive remote control and monitoring
capabilities, including audio adjustments, IEM and mic level control, RF health monitoring, and
more.
Spectera represents a total shift in control and monitoring. It doesn't just offer a back channel,
but continuous two-way communication throughout, for truly complete remote control. Via the
permanent control data stream, audio settings can be adjusted, IEM and mic levels adapted, RF health
and battery status monitored, and much more.
Spectera delivers signature Sennheiser digital audio quality for mics, instruments and IEMs,
employing different application-optimised audio codecs, which are all internally processed with
32-bit-float precision.
Eleven Audio Link Modes allow for selectable control of audio quality, latency, channel count, and
operating range for every audio link, flexibly throughout a production. The operator can always use
the RF channel to the maximum, either by giving fewer audio links a high quality or by allowing more
links and reducing the quality accordingly.
Spectera's wideband solution is ideal for large productions in the touring, broadcasting, or theatre
fields, or in any other area that requires multichannel audio setups. It satisfies the customers'
key desires and needs regarding ease of use, operational reliability and flexibility. Its minimal
hardware significantly reduces frequency coordination, redundancy, and the flexibility of an
ecosystem that grows with your needs.
Sennheiser's participation in Broadcasting India 2024 also included offerings like D6K, EW-DX,
Shotgun microphones, Broadcast headsets, Profile USB microphone, and recently launched MD421 Kompakt
microphone. These innovative products, designed to deliver unparalleled immersive experiences,
solidified the company's position as one of the leaders in the audio industry.