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Mid East Info
27-03-2025
- Mid East Info
The Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphone is 50 - Middle East Business News and Information
20% anniversary discount on the all-time classic in April Dubai: One of Sennheiser's most revered microphones, the MKH 416 P48 shotgun microphone, celebrates its golden jubilee this year! For 50 years, the MKH 416 has accompanied broadcasters, filmmakers, voice-over artists, and content creators; it has been used in studios and in the field. Mounted onto a boom pole, a stand or a camera, its job has been to stay outside the camera angle while gracefully capturing sound with clarity and impact. To celebrate its golden jubilee, this classic mic is offered with a 20% anniversary discount at participating Sennheiser dealers and – where available – the company's website in April. Time travelling to the 1970s The name of Manfred Hibbing is firmly linked with this milestone product. When the young engineer joined Sennheiser, his first task was to design the MKH 416 P48 on the basis of the MKH 415 T. The MKH 416 was to be Sennheiser's first phantom-powered (P48) shotgun microphone, while all previous models were AB-powered. In those days, AB powering was preferred in broadcast situations because of its resistance to ripple voltages, but phantom powering had become established in the studio. 50 years old but always up to date Hibbing's involvement was a stroke of luck for the MKH 416 RF condenser microphone, as he possessed ample expertise both in electroacoustics and in RF technology. In an interview in 2023, he said that optimising the interaction between the electroacoustic transducer and the electronic circuit had been his favourite task in designing the 416. The long lifespan of the MKH 416 P48 fills the engineer with pride: 'During all this time, the design of the MKH 416 was only revised in two instances: one was to make it suitable for SMD mounting, and the other to update it for a more advanced transducer technology. A standard in the studio and in the field – but why exactly? One reason is that the MKH 416 operates on the RF condenser principle. In this context, RF (radio frequency) has nothing to do with wireless, but rather refers to the high-frequency voltage at the capsule and the associated electronics in the microphone. The huge advantage of this design is that it makes the condenser microphone resistant to humidity. Unlike 'standard' condenser microphones, RF condenser models can be used outdoors, in hot and humid or cold and misty weather. MKH microphones have reliably recorded audio in a wide variety of challenging locations, from deserts, to the Arctic, to rain forests. Another reason for the success of the MKH 416 is in its excellent directivity, which is the result of the acoustic interference principle on which it operates. The actual microphone capsule is combined with a so-called interference tube in front of it. This tube has regularly arranged slots, which are covered with fabric that has a certain acoustic impedance, and prevents reflections and standing waves inside the tube. If sound arrives directly from the front, the interference tube has no effect at all. But when sound enters the tube from the sides, it passes through different holes. This results in different path lengths to the transducer and thus different time delays. Depending on the angle of sound incidence, the sound components more or less cancel each other out. This effect increases at higher frequencies: Here, the microphone essentially picks up the sound coming from the front. This is particularly important for speech intelligibility as the decisive speech formants are recorded with less lateral interference at high frequencies than with standard microphones. The longer the shotgun, the more this interference principle extends to lower frequencies. Unfortunately, the longer length also makes the microphone more difficult to handle. The MKH 416 is certainly so popular because, despite its short length, it offers an effective directionality. How this particular length came about is its own story, and that takes us back to its predecessor, the MKH 415 T… The hacksaw and the microphone In 1970, the newly designed MKH 415 shotgun microphone was the pride and joy of the Sennheiser development engineers. It was less sensitive to wind and pop noise, had greater resistance to handling noise, and excellent directivity. With the new microphone in his briefcase, an enthusiastic Dr. Griese, technical manager at Sennheiser, went off to visit radio and TV broadcasters. The customers showed a great deal of interest in the new shotgun microphone – but couldn't resist picking at it. They complained that the shotgun effect was so strong that you had to keep moving the microphone to follow the speaker around. Dr. Griese listened to the comments for a while and then asked for a hacksaw. 'How much directivity would you like?' he asked the amazed observers. And without batting an eyelid he proceeded to saw off a section of the microphone tube. The customers were stunned. Dr. Griese then tried out the shortened microphone once again and, to everyone's amazement, it was perfect! From then on, the MKH 415 – and thus also the MKH 416 which followed its design – were highly successful as the preferred microphone for vocalists, film teams and reporters, with the specialist media being equally impressed by the 'unusually short length' ( Funkschau ) of the shotgun mic. Conclusion 'The MKH 416 remains a star of our shotgun microphones, even though we have launched younger models long since,' concludes product manager Kai Lange. 'It's just great to have such a legend in the portfolio, a versatile, long-life, high-performance microphone. The MKH 416 is a mic where everything was perfect from the start.' A short history of Sennheiser's shotgun and RF condenser microphones About the Sennheiser brand: We live and breathe audio. We are driven by the passion to create audio solutions that make a difference. Building the future of audio and bringing remarkable sound experiences to our customers – this is what the Sennheiser brand has represented for more than 75 years. While professional audio solutions such as microphones, meeting solutions, streaming technologies and monitoring systems are part of the business of Sennheiser electronic SE & Co. KG, the business with consumer devices such as headphones, soundbars and speech-enhanced hearables is operated by Sonova Holding AG under the license of Sennheiser.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Best achievements in salad: Behold the 2025 All Hockey Hair Team
The pinnacle of Minnesota high school hockey has arrived. No, we're not talking about winning the state tournament. It's being recognized for Best Achievements in Salad. Pulltab Sports has released its annual All Hockey Hair Team, and there's no shortage of flowing lettuce in its Oscar-themed, pun-rich video, subtitled "There's No Business Like Flow Business." The video is packed with mullets, bleach blonde dye jobs, skaters snapping into a Slim Jim, managers dressed up as Harry and Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber, and a Hibbing team likened to the backstage of a Poison concert. The 2025 edition showcases how popular the salon portion of the tournament has become, with cameos from mullet-wielding Minnesota-born comedian Nick Swardson, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, actor Fred Armisen (SNL, Portlandia), broadcaster and 2024 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Jeremy Roenick, and NHL prospects and current Gophers Brodie Ziemer and Beckett featured in the video get a care package that includes an All Hockey Hair Team hat and products from Minnesota-based men's haircare company Duke Cannon. The All Hockey Hair Team doesn't just showcase locks, however. It also raises money for the Hendrickson Foundation, which supports sled, special, military, and blind and deaf hockey programs in the state.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
MN state senator looks to remove Algebra II requirement in high schools
The Brief For many years, Sen. Farnsworth has been trying to remove the requirement that all high school students complete Algebra II. Farnsworth wants to give students more flexibility in deciding what type of math to take. On Wednesday, the Hibbing educator's latest bill was discussed during an education policy committee hearing. ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Algebra II prepares students for calculus, but now some in the education system are questioning whether the class is too difficult, or if it's necessary at all. What they're saying "They're never going to use it," State Senator Robert Farnsworth said on Wednesday. For several years, Farnsworth has been trying to remove the requirement that all high school students complete Algebra II. "A lot of kids end up in summer school because of Algebra II," Sen. Farnsworth said. On Wednesday, the Hibbing educator's latest bill was discussed during an education policy committee hearing. Farnsworth says the bill still requires high school students to complete three years of math, but gives them more flexibility in deciding what type of math classes to take. "The problem with having the Algebra II requirement is that it's preparing all kids for one future of going to a four-year college and university, and a lot of kids are not going," Sen. Farnsworth said. What they're saying Tony Harkin is a retired Algebra II instructor of more than 20 years, and he agrees that a change is needed. "It doesn't have to be taught to everyone," Harkonen said. "I think students are better served by taking classes in personal finance [or] consumer math."
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bob Dylan to play concert in Mankato this spring
Back firmly at the forefront of popular culture following the release of his biopic, Bob Dylan is returning to his native Minnesota for a show in April. The legendary songwriter will perform at Mankato's Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, the venue for his most recent return to Minnesota in 2019. The show is booked for April 4, with tickets going on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster. It follows of the success of Dylan's Hollywood biopic, "A Complete Unknown," with Timothée Chalamet starring as the Hibbing native, premiering the movie in Minneapolis this past its release, the 83-year-old Dylan has added several more legs to his ongoing Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour, focusing on smaller market cities such as Mankato, Green Bay in Wisconsin, and Wichita, Kansas. The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour started in Wisconsin in November 2021 and supposedly concluded in London this past November, but has since been resurrected by Dylan.
