Press release
10.12.2008 - Houston, Texas
Latin Grammys Favor Sennheiser RF
Sennheiser wireless equipment was in abundance at the 9th Annual Latin Grammy® Awards show, with performers, presenters and legendary RF technology to deliver the live television broadcast from Houston’s Toyota Center on November 13th. Sennheiser microphones also captured the rhythmic pulse at the heart of the musical performances on the show, and were central to one of the show’s highlights, a three-song medley by longtime Sennheiser user Gloria Estefan, who was honored with the 2008 Latin Recording Academy “Person of the Year” award.
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Following an introduction from fellow Cuban-American and Grammy-winning actor Andy Garcia, Estefan performed “Mi Tierra” and “Oye Mi Canto” before being joined by José Feliciano and Carlos Santana for a rendition of “No Lloren.” According to Tom Holmes, Latin Grammy and Grammy Award show production mixer, “Gloria’s engineers demanded that she have evolution series microphones, and the SKM 935 vocal mic. And it absolutely had to be G2 personal monitors.” Wireless specialist James Stoffo reports that Sennheiser 300 IEM G2 personal monitoring systems were used by many of the performers: “There were eight G2 ears, four on each of the two stages. They worked all over stage left, stage right and center stage. We also made use of the Sennheiser A 5000-CP antenna for the ears.” Holmes continues, “Eric Schilling, the show’s music mixer, likes the Senn-heiser backline mics. As the Latin Grammy show uses a number of percussion instruments, and small diaphragm mics on drums just don’t work for him, we ended up using forty-four Sennheiser evolution 602s and 604s on percussion and drums. Eric is also kind of old school and loves the MD 421 II, so we used those on all kinds of drums, and some on basses.” Four Sennheiser MKH 8040 Series mics were used on acoustic piano for a number of the performers, including up-and-coming Tommy Torres and Alejandra Guzman,” concluded Holmes. The show’s co-hosts, actors Cristián de la Fuente and Patricia Manterola, were on Sennheiser With analog and digital television channels coexisting until the switch to exclusively digital operation in mid-February 2009, frequency coordination was critical. But, says Stoffo, “It was very tight. I was surprised. We had about 110 frequencies in all and it was a little tough to find them. One vocalist was on an evolution 500 G2 wireless and started in the back of the house then walked through the audience up onto the stage. That was the one performance I was the most nervous about, but it went fine. Nothing ever took a hit and everything stayed quiet. We had no RF problems at all on the show. It was a great show and the gear worked great, as well.” |
Gloria Estefan, Latin pop diva and Grammy award-winner, chose her long-time favorite Sennheiser evolution SKM 935 vocal microphone and evolution wireless G2 
Actors Cristián de la Fuente and Patricia Manterola, co-hosts of the 2008 Latin Grammys held in Houston, Texas, used Sennheiser SKM 5200 wireless handheld
The Sennheiser Group, with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. The family-owned company, which was established in 1945, recorded sales of over €395 million in 2007, 83% of which were generated abroad. Sennheiser employs almost 2,000 people worldwide, around 55% of whom are in Germany. Sennheiser has manufacturing plants in Germany, Ireland and the USA, and is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as by long-term trading partners in many other countries. Also part of the Sennheiser Group are Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones), K + H Vertriebs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Klein + Hummel studio monitors, installed sound) and the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centers).
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