Shure Wireless Mics and PSMs Power 50th ACM Awards

Shure Wireless Mics and PSMs Power 50th ACM Awards

Customer Profile

Located in Arlington, Texas, AT&T Stadium is an 85,000-seat arena home to the Dallas Cowboys. The facility also holds concerts, NCAA games and more.

Challenge

The large choice of venue for the ACM Awards live broadcast had limited open spectrum and high ceilings, representing a major design challenge for everything from PA systems to wireless gear. Wireless coverage was needed for two stages, which were 270 feet end-to- end, the audience and a pick-up truck stage, among other areas.

Solution

Wireless specialists relied on Axient®, PSM® 1000 and UHF-R® systems.

Advantages

The Shure systems captured crystal clear audio without dropouts throughout the event, which set a Guinness world record for highest attendance at any awards show (70,252).

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Academy of Country Music decided to super-size its 2015 awards show by staging it at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The event was broadcast live April 19, 2015 on CBS-TV with returning co-hosts Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan. The choice of venue represented a major design challenge for everything from PA systems to wireless systems. Dave Bellamy of wireless specialist Soundtronics was hired as RF coordinator, responsible for all show-related wireless, including microphones and in-ear monitoring systems.

The primary wireless supplier for the show was California-based ATK Audiotek. The event required more than 40 channels of wireless microphones, 26 of which were for Shure equipment, including four Axient® systems. In addition, all 20 channels of in-ear monitors were exclusively Shure PSM® 1000 systems. The sophisticated antenna design required wasbased on Soundtronics’ proprietary Phoenix 8 system.

Axient, with its exceptional selectivity and unique frequency diversity switching ability, was in evidence throughout the show. AXT200 handheldswere used by Keith Urban and Eric Church for the show’s opening number aswell as for performances by Kenny Chesney (KSM9/HS element), Dierks Bentley (SM58®), and show closer Brad Paisley (SM58). The SM58 was the go-to vocal mic for many artist performances, including UR2 handhelds for Martina McBride, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Sam Hunt, and Rascal Flatts.

Dave Bellamy was very pleased with the wireless performance throughout the live telecast and didn’t hear a single complaint, either about dropouts orsound quality.

Gear List

Model Number Quantity Description
AXT200/SM58 AXT200/SM58 4 El transmisor de mano con diversidad frecuencial incluye una cápsula SM58 y ofrece un rendimiento RF muy lineal para obtener un mayor número de canales y una calidad de audio excepcional.
AXT400 AXT400 2 El receptor de dos canales garantiza un funcionamiento fiable, incluso en entornos de RF saturados y la cada vez menor disponibilidad de espacios en blanco.
P10T P10T 10 El transmisor inalámbrico se utiliza junto con el receptor de bodypack P10R como parte del sistema inalámbrico de monitorización personal PSM 1000.
P10R P10R 64 El receptor inalámbrico de diversidad ofrece unas características premium para utilizarlo con el sistema de monitorización personal in ear PSM 1000.
UHF-R UHF-R 11 Sistema inalámbrico capaz de gestionar sin problemas la alta presión y las condiciones extremas en cualquier gira de gran tamaño o instalación fija compleja, sin comprometer la calidad del audio.
UR2/SM58 UR2/SM58 12 Incluye un SM58 y un transmisor de mano UR2 con un diseño ligero y una antena que ofrece una transmisión de RF fiable.
UR2/BETA58 UR2/BETA58 4 Incluye un Beta 58A y un transmisor de mano UR2 para interpretaciones vocales profesionales.
UR2/KSM9 UR2/KSM9 3 Incluye un KSM9 y un transmisor de mano UR2 para interpretaciones vocales profesionales.