IBC2023: Immersive innovations and broadcast audio solutions on show from Sennheiser

At IBC, Sennheiser, Neumann, Dear Reality and Merging Technologies will demonstrate state-of-the art immersive production workflows as well as exciting solutions for audio capture, monitoring and processing.

In the immersive presentation zone, which is powered by a 5.1.4 Neumann monitor set-up with nine KH 150 monitor loudspeakers and two KH 750 DSP subwoofers, guests will be able to get hands-on with the Dolby Atmos/immersive broadcast workflows facilitated by the products of Merging Technologies, the latest member to join the Sennheiser Group.

The company will show its Anubis, Hapi, Pyramix and Ovation solutions integrated in typical broadcast workflows. In addition to its new Dolby Atmos certified monitoring package, Merging Technologies will also show a brand-new interpretation solution.

In the same space, visitors will be invited to experience Dear Reality’s dearVR Spatial Connect for Wwise. The software is previewed at IBC for the first time – and enables game designers to develop the audio directly in the VR or AR gaming environment, instead of having to switch between systems. The in-game mixing workflow will provide a revolutionary in-headset control of Wwise audio middleware sessions and will improve the workflow for next-generation XR productions.

Other presentations in this area include Ambeo 2-channel spatial audio for live production, using an Anubis to create an enhanced immersive stereo feed from an immersive audio production source, and information sessions on WMAS, Sennheiser’s broadband wireless technology.

Product islands across the stand will highlight various aspects of the audio production workflow, such as location-independent monitoring of multichannel formats, which is facilitated through Dear Reality’s dearVR Pro spatialiser and dearVR Monitor with any set of good monitoring headphones.

Sennheiser wireless audio solutions centre around the Evolution Wireless Digital family and its Smart Asist app and WSM software. A special focus is on the new EW-DP series for broadcasters (ENG), videographers and filmmakers, and the series’ plug-on transmitter with recording functionality that will be available at the end of October. For ENG work, Sennheiser’s 1.9GHz solution AVX will be on display, too, while EW-DX and Digital 6000 wireless microphone systems cater to live audio productions and broadcast studio applications.

Sennheiser will showcase the new MZF 8000 II broadcast filter, and also preview another addition to the series. Professional broadcast headsets for camera operators and commentators, as well as monitoring headphones for studio and ENG work, will round off the product offer.

For live audio applications, Neumann’s KM small-diaphragm mics and the MCM miniature clip mic system will be on display, including the many dedicated mounting accessories that make MCM a good choice for close-miking instruments.

In a separate, closed-to-the-public, experience space just across the aisle (8.C47), VIP customers will get demonstrations and first-hand information on WMAS, the broadband wireless technology currently in development by Sennheiser. At the main stand, presentations of the technology will be given on the Friday afternoon and Saturday of the show.