Vera Blue has found a wireless setup and microphone that does her voice justice – capturing both the intimacy and the power.
Vera Blue’s voice is vulnerable, powerful, and deeply emotional, and demands gear that matches it. After years of evolution, she’s found exactly that with Sennheiser’s Digital 6000 wireless system paired with the MM 445 microphone capsule.
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For her Front of House engineer, James Livingston, the choice was straightforward. “We’ve been using the MM 445 for years; it’s always been Celia’s mic,” he explains. “We tried other capsules out of necessity, but we always came back to the 445. It’s the only one that truly captures her voice.” That consistency matters enormously when you’re dealing with an artist this finely tuned to detail.
The MM 445’s supercardioid pickup pattern and spring-mounted capsule do the heavy lifting. They isolate her voice from ambient stage noise, delivering an intimate vocal that cuts through even dense mixes. The aluminium-copper voice coil responds quickly to dynamics, capturing both nuance and power while resisting feedback even in high-volume moments, which is crucial for an artist who draws audiences in through emotional connection rather than shouting.
What changed everything was the Digital 6000 system. Built for touring artists and live production, it delivers studio-quality sound with genuine resilience. Equidistant frequency spacing means more wireless channels fit into tighter RF environments without intermodulation issues, and Link Density mode doubles available channels for festival setups and quick turnaround shows. Even in acoustically challenging spaces like Mary’s Underground, a small club with low ceilings and speakers close to the vocal mic, the system performed flawlessly.
Monitor engineer Michael Wickens saw immediate benefits ripple through the entire band. “The band noticed it immediately,” he says of upgrading their in-ear monitors to Sennheiser’s G4 system. “It’s tighter, clearer and more musical.”
For Vera Blue, reliable gear means freedom: she stops thinking about technical details and starts performing. “If I know the sound is locked, I can stop thinking and just be in the moment,” she says.
As she looks ahead to her upcoming album Rituals, the Digital 6000 and MM 445 remain the foundation of her vocal chain.
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