audiocp Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Do you know how many IEM Receivers I can have running using just one Sennheiser EW300 IEM Transmitter? I have a client asking for 20 receivers and 1 Transmitter as all the performers only need one mix. Thanks Guys, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 As many as you like. It's just like a radio or TV broadcaster - it doesn't matter in the least how many people are tuned in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiocp Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thanks Shez, Thats what I thought but wanted to double check before saying yes. I only have 4 systems so could not test up to 20 :-)As many as you like. It's just like a radio or TV broadcaster - it doesn't matter in the least how many people are tuned in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ultimately the real world limit is however many you can manage for battery servicing, charging stations or replacement batteries and an organised system to do each one once and not miss any! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 The beauty is that they can actually have two mixes, as the kit is stereo, and they can use the control on the front to feed their own balance to both ears. Probably won't be wanted, but is also an option you can offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peza2010 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ive done 120 ear packs on 4 transmitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 When I was a volunteer performer at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in 2012, we had a few thousand receivers per channel. Do I win this game of Top Trumps? ;) And yes, there was a full-time team to take care of battery changes et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 For the Sydney Olympics they got a temporary FM broadcast licence and bought several thousand cheap pocket FM receivers with single earpieces to provide IE monitoring to all the "extras". Said extras got to keep the radios at the end for a thank you gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiocp Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 Thanks guys thats sorted that :-) On another note can the EW300 IEM be set to send the left input channel to one receiver and the right channel to another receiver so each receiver would have a separate mono mix allowing me to use one transmitter and 2 receivers for 2 separate mixes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 You can transmit two channels and the packs allow you to have stereo, with the front knobs doing a balance function, or you can select a mode where the two channels are sent in mono to both ears with the controls adjusting the mix between channel 1 and 2 - so you could, for example have click on 1, track on 2, and then adjust how much click is in the mono mix. The other mode would have click in left, track in right, and then the buttons reduce the level of the left or right - as a balance control works normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz339 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 When I was a volunteer performer at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in 2012, we had a few thousand receivers per channel. Do I win this game of Top Trumps? ;) And yes, there was a full-time team to take care of battery changes et al. If you do I am a close second 1200 on the Commonwealth Games 2002. When I was a volunteer performer at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in 2012, we had a few thousand receivers per channel. Do I win this game of Top Trumps? ;) And yes, there was a full-time team to take care of battery changes et al. If you do I am a close second 1200 on the Commonwealth Games 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiocp Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hi paulears, So when you say that the mode were both channels are sent to both L+R ears and you can adjust the mix between the 2 does that mean that technically you can turn channel 1 right down and only have channel 2 as mono in both ears on one receiver and the opposite on the 2nd receiver so they would both have separate mono mixes from the same transmitter?You can transmit two channels and the packs allow you to have stereo, with the front knobs doing a balance function, or you can select a mode where the two channels are sent in mono to both ears with the controls adjusting the mix between channel 1 and 2 - so you could, for example have click on 1, track on 2, and then adjust how much click is in the mono mix. The other mode would have click in left, track in right, and then the buttons reduce the level of the left or right - as a balance control works normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 You can certainly do that with Sony units.Rather than stereo, think dual channel. You can choose to listen to either, or both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedd Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 If you only want one channel per beltpack, in both ears, you could just open the 3.5mm jack plug of the headphones and move one side off of the tip or ring as appropriate, and connect it to the other. Might be a complete reterminating job as I guess they'll be moulded plugs, but it's do-able. If the above stuff with balance controls works for you then I'd go for that first - a lot easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterskine Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 When I was a volunteer performer at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in 2012, we had a few thousand receivers per channel. Do I win this game of Top Trumps? ;) And yes, there was a full-time team to take care of battery changes et al. In Beijing Olympics we had 18,000 on 5 channels. All but 2000 of the cast had them. Riedel had a custom RX made which can tune from 70MHZ to 200 MHZ with 5 preset channels and a lock button. About half kept the RX them for the rehearsals and show and the rest were required to carefully repack in cardboard boxes of 200 when they were done. After the games we sent 5 Trunks of used AAA Batteries to a "Recycler" in China. I am sure they just got a slight charge and were repacked to sell on the NYC subway. For the Sydney Olympics they got a temporary FM broadcast licence and bought several thousand cheap pocket FM receivers with single earpieces to provide IE monitoring to all the "extras". Said extras got to keep the radios at the end for a thank you gift. Actually the stadium had about 5000 analog FM RX earmarked for ADA use and gave them to us. We had a crack team of very dedicated Volunteers who spent many nights tuning them and gluing the dials. During rehearsals the choreographer wanted to talk to the dancers on the field. Side monitors wouldn't work since the dancers would be out of sync with some 75' from the sideline. Larry Estrin arranged for 1000 of the stadium's ADA radios and took them to a tap dance rehearsal at the airport for a test. After the headsets had been installed on the dancers while we were waiting for the rehearsal to start, the audio A1 happened to roll the track with the PA off to check his feed. All of a sudden we had a field full of dancers tapping to a silent track - we knew this was going to work and the rest of mega show IEM's is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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