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P!NK performing her new single “Just Like Fire” at The
Billboard Music Awards using a customised Sennheiser headmic
(Photo credit: Getty Images, Kevin Winter) |
Las Vegas, NV, June 14, 2016:
The evening was electric at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards on May 22,
fueled by performances by P!NK, Madonna, Blake Shelton, Ariana Grande,
Shawn Mendes and Gwen Stefani – all of whom used Sennheiser microphones
and wireless systems. Adele, who is currently on tour with Sennheiser’s
Digital 9000 wireless system, captured the evening’s top accolade:
Billboard Artist of the Year.
Once again, ATK Audiotek delivered first-rate audio services during the
high-profile awards show, which was broadcast live to a national U.S.
audience by ABC, reaching 9.6 million viewers and dominating
Sunday
night’s prime-time viewership. Sennheiser microphones delivered
flawless audio for many of the evening’s stage performances – both for
television viewers at home, as well as those present at the brand new
20,000-capacity T-Mobile arena.
Flying High at the Billboard Awards
Among the evening’s highlights was P!NK’s superb aerial performance of
her new single, “Just Like Fire”, during which she donned a hidden,
bespoke wireless microphone system from Sennheiser. “Sennheiser created a
customized headmic with an HSP 4 cardioid capsule – this allows her to
to fly right in front of the P.A. with no issues,” commented Horst
Hartmann, monitor engineer for P!NK. “This system works very well, looks
great and is very small – we have had tremendous support from
Sennheiser on this solution from the very beginning.”
While there were no less than three days of production rehearsals to
prepare for the show, Hartmann was certain that P!NK’s performance would
be nothing short of perfect: “P!NK’s aerobatics are not so much of a
challenge anymore, because we’ve done this on tour more than 160 times!”
Hartmann relies on a Sennheiser SK 5212 bodypack transmitter that is
concealed in P!NK’s costume, which sends audio to an EM 3732-II
dual-channel receiver. “The reason we use the 3732-II is because it has
184 MHz switching bandwidth,” explains Hartmann. “This means we can go
anywhere in the world and never have any issues finding available
frequencies.”
