Harti Küffner trusts the Sennheiser 6000 Series for his latest productions

Sennheiser's wide range of professional audio products provide the sound engineer with the precise tools he needs for every application.

Film productions have become smaller of late, moving faster than they did fifteen years ago. The sound engineer, Harti Küffner, who has worked on major productions such as the German series Tatort, trust Sennheiser for your daily work. Sennheiser's wide range of professional audio products provides you with the precise tools you need, perfectly suited for every application.

With over 17 years of experience in the film audio industry, Küffner has learned the tricks and adjustments necessary to get through grueling production days.

This professional has been in business since 2003, building a team with Vladimir Polak as a sound assistant since 2012. The switch from analogue to digital transmission has been a logical consequence for Küffner; increasing quality and expanding flexibility on even the most challenging recording sets.

SK 6212, reliable and compact

Küffner highlights that "the SK 6212 is small, light and lasts forever. The battery life of approximately 15 hours helps keep all workflows relaxed."

The annoying battery changes between recording scenes made history. He SK 6212 is the latest addition to Digital 6000 from Sennheiser and has quickly become a new benchmark for digital transmission within modern audio productions. For both actors and directors, the SK 6212 adds no weight or visibility. The transmitter is discreet, lightweight, without annoying edges and easy to place. Together with the EK 6042 receiver, the SK 6212 mini transmitter comes into action not only on film sets.

The classic sound pickup via the microphone arm is also done wirelessly, Küffner assures: "Sennheiser does everything possible when it comes to special solutions. They provided us with a special 48 V adapter to run the SK 6212 in combination with the MKH 8050. Every gram counts on the microphone arm."

MKH 8050 and SK 6212 together they form one ultralight supercompact solution while providing a large frequency range between 30 and 50,000 Hz.

A trusted team

On top of that, Digital 6000 offers a drastic improvement in quality with its increased dynamic range compared to analog systems. His team rider today only requires SK 6212, which at 46 years old he loves to use in combination with the lavalier microphone Wife 1. The microphone lasts longer than other lavalier microphones, especially in film productions. This is due to its resistance to sweat.

Küffner acknowledges that "throughout my film and broadcast sound career, Sennheiser had my back with their products. The relationship began in 2002 with the SK 50, developed further with the SK 5212 and reached the present with the SK 6212."

In addition to in Tatort, Küffner has supervised the series' sound Deed lance and München 7. Additionally, a new Amazon Prime series will be launched in autumn 2020 where Küffner and Polak were in charge of the audio.

Finally, it should be noted that for their most recent work, the audio experts used 8 SK 6212 y 4 EK 6042 for wireless transmission. Küffner chose shotgun microphones MKH 8060 and MKH 8050 for audio capture. Easy and fast repetitions for the director were possible with a system Sennheiser Tour Guide.