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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 13 - Issue 3 | March 2023
InSound
Microphones in Action
Contributing Editor Jim Evans reports on the activities
of the microphone specialists on location, in the field
and in the boardroom...
Awards
the musicians
Los
Nearly
night
Angeles's
every
production teams
and
including the evening's
Trevor Noah. Broadcast
implemented
and
celebrities,
host,
live from
Crypto.com Arena,
performance of the
Shure PSM
1000 in-ear monitoring systems,
totalling 28
channels with 160
Shure P10R bodypacks. Overall, this
year's Grammy Awards relied on 59
channels of Shure wireless.
California-based Point
Source
Audio offers a wide selection
of
microphones
miniature earworn or lavalier
for sportscasters,
meteorologists and television hosts.
" At Point Source Audio, there are
Before receiving her award recognition for Record of the Year, Lizzo took to
the stage with a gospel choir, plenty of optimism, and a Shure KSM11
F
ollowing the realignment of the
company with a focus on the
professional audio business, the
Sennheiser Group entered 2023 with
a newly formed management team.
The audio specialist's new executive
management
representatives
board
from
includes
the three
business units Pro Audio, Business
Communication and Neumann, as
well
as Supply Chain, Corporate
Functions and Development. Together
with Co-CEOs Daniel and Andreas
Sennheiser, the board members will
implement the strategic goals of the
Sennheiser Group.
In the future, Co-CEOs Dr. Andreas
and Daniel Sennheiser will primarily
focus on corporate management and
strategy development and devote
more time to customers, while the
other EMB members will manage the
operational business.
" With the integration of
the
business units
into the EMB, our
customers are moving even more
into focus, " explains Co-CEO Andreas
Sennheiser.
" In the future, their very different
needs will be represented at the
highest management
level
and
included in all decisions, enabling us
to act even closer to the market. "
Seventy years ago, in 1953, Shure
debuted the first handheld wireless
microphone system for performers,
called the Vagabond 88. Powered by
two batteries, the system transmitted
within a " performance circle " of
approximately 700 square feet. And
their products - both wireless and
wired - have rarely been out of the
limelight since.
For the recent Super Bowl LVII, ATK
Audiotek and Professional Wireless
Systems (PWS) handled all wireless
microphones and IEM systems for the
pre-game entertainment, halftime
entertainment and referees, as well
as the NFL Honours broadcast.
" Once again, the reigning Super
Bowl champ for in-ear performance
was PSM 1000, " said RF engineer
Tom Pesa. " I used Shure Wireless
Workbench to monitor levels. For the
pregame, all three performers wore
in-ears, including Chris Stapleton,
who normally does not. With the
two live guitar mics and live vocal,
along with Chris' slowly building and
poignant rendition of our National
Anthem, PSM 1000 was the right
choice for the reverberant stadium. "
The RF team depended on eight
AD4Q four-channel wireless receivers
and the recently introduced AD600
Axient
Digital
Spectrum Manager.
Sheryl Lee Ralph performs during Super Bowl LVII
(photo: Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)
For another year, ATK used Axient
Digital with Quadversity, leveraging
four simultaneous RF inputs to feed
a single RF channel. Quadversity
can extend the coverage area of
a microphone channel or enable
multiple coverage areas
with
additional antenna inputs, making it
ideal for challenging RF environments
like State Farm Stadium.
At halftime, the team relied on
Shure PSM 1000 advanced
inear
personal
monitoring systems
to deliver audio to performers
throughout Rihanna's montage of
hits. For halftime, eight
transmit
mixes were used and 35 receiver
packs, which included 21 for
core dancers on stage and aerial
platforms. The coverage zone was the
entire field, as well as the almost 80
feet that Rhianna flew at her highest
peak.
For another year, Shure Axient
microphones
Digital
wireless
were relied on by the Grammy
three main themes that we can see
for 2023.
noticed
for more flexible
Firstly, we have already
an increasing demand
audio solutions
in hybrid event situations and for
streaming, " says president and coowner
James Lamb. " The versatility of
our solutions has put us in a powerful
position to meet this, particularly
with the recent launch of our SERIES9
technology.
" The SERIES9
collection sets
kind
microphone
performance standard
a first-of-itsfor
professional
users. Available in a
variety of formats, the microphones
deliver the unique combination of
high max SPL with high sensitivity
making them the most
versatile
on the market to easily handle the
powerful
vocals
of a live sound
event or the quietest whispers of a
conversation in a studio.
" In addition to flexibility, there is
also an increasing demand for more
camouflaging of microphones
on
camera. We are seeing more requests
for miniature and subminiature
mics and ever more inventive
Austrian Audio CC8 Cardioid True Condenser Microphones
featured on the late Jeff Beck 2022 tour
Austrian Audio's Martin Seidl with
FOH mixer Dave Natale and the OC18
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