SABINEzine #11

SABINE-zine
Issue #11
December 16, 2003

Inside this issue...
• Totally Shipping!
• SWM7000 Installations
• 2.4 GHz vs UHF

More on Sabine Products:
• SWM7000 2.4 GHz
• SWM7000 Tutorials
• Graphi-Q™
• Power-Q™
• Real-Q2™

NAMM 2004
Anaheim, CA
Jan. 15-18, 2004
Booth # 6276

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NEWS: The Future of Wireless is Now Shipping
All systems available — including Beltpacks and Network / Digital Receivers!

The wait is over — All SWM7000 2.4 GHz wireless microphone systems and components — including Beltpacks and Network / Digital Systems — are now shipping! "Customers have been waiting for a wireless system with digital output because it fits in with the digital mixers they use in their applications," asserts David Klutz, Sabine's Key Account Manager and long-time professional sound engineer. Read more...

SW72-NDR back panel with AES Digital Output, Sync Input, RS485 & USB ports

SVT70LW-TA4 Voice Technologies Headworn mic (Click here for more information)

Voice Technologies microphones are in stock — Made in Switzerland, these units have extraordinary sound quality. Choose our top-of-the-line SWTVT50 lavalier for broadcast-quality omni-directional; and either the black (SVT70BW-TA4) or light tan (SVT70LW-TA4) headworn omni mics when you need the best sound. These extra-light weight mics sound extremely clear and warm, and their tiny profile means you can hardly see them.

Take the Tour! — Sabine's new Version 2.11 Remote Control Software is out and can turn even a mild-mannered sound engineer into Super-Soundman. Take the software & front panel tour and find out what the SWM7000 will do for you.

POWER USERS
Major Installations Using Sabine SWM7000 Wireless Systems

More and more organizations have the benefit of our 2.4 GHz wireless mic systems. Here are just a few of the new users who rely on Sabine:

American Express Corporate Headquarters in Sunrise, FL — one 2-channel combo system, with the beltpack transmitter & handheld mic.

Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL — two SWM7105 systems with a beltpack transmitter & lavalier mic.

US Commodities — two 2-channel handheld wireless systems and one 1-channel lavalier system. USS Constitution in Boston — SWM7000 lavalier systems.		Britannia Row Productions, the famous UK sound company, currently using several channels of the SWM7000 wireless. Dell — Combo system at Corporate Headquarters.
Read about other SWM7000 users

WIRELESS TIPS:
UHF — Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

The buzz word in technology today is wireless. The pages of high-technology magazines are filled with talk of the wireless home, the wireless office, and even the wireless nation. Wireless is also hot in the audio industry, but we find ourselves getting squeezed by new laws. Digital television (DTV) is coming online, and by FCC regulation these expanded broadcast channels are eating up the available UHF band. This situation is a serious challenge for anyone owning or contemplating the purchase of a wireless microphone system.

What we need is an alternative to the disappearing UHF band. The 2.4 GHz band (2400 to 2482 MHz) fits this requirement perfectly. This band is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Radio Regulations as an ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. This is a license-free band (you are supposed to have a license for that UHF mic!), and by international treaty all devices using this band are low-powered.

This lower power requirement is a key benefit of the 2.4 GHz band. In the UHF band wireless mics are continually defeated by TV stations broadcasting at power levels 10,000 times greater. By law, all 2.4 GHz devices must broadcast at dramatically lower levels, so potential interference sources are significantly reduced to similar devices only in the immediate vicinity. TV stations and roaming emergency vehicles are not a factor, nor are cell phones. Any potential for interference is now much more manageable, even for an inexperienced user.

Another benefit is the worldwide acceptance of this band for wireless mics. Now touring productions can bring one set of wireless systems and use them in every state and every country without having to change frequencies or apply for a special license.

Not only is the 2.4 GHz band immune from TV interference, but it is also unaffected by all other UHF and VHF devices, such as your existing inventory of UHF and VHF mics. As long as these mics continue to function in the ever shrinking television bands, they will coexist nicely with 2.4 GHz wireless mics.

For more information on the 2.4 GHz band, see www.fcc.gov.