Tremendous Bowl LVIII headed to Allegiant Stadium, the sport’s first cease in Las Vegas in NFL historical past. The intense lights and large metropolis of Las Vegas presents an already crowded wi-fi radio frequency (RF) setting, so managing the immense manufacturing—from the Halftime Present to the sport itself—offered a brand new problem that was solved by the Shure Axient Digital Wi-fi Microphone System.
The crew included broadcast mixer Tom Holmes, leisure entrance of home mixer Alex Gussard, leisure entrance of home music sixer Dave Natale, monitor mixer Tom Pesa, lead RF engineer Cameron Stuckey, and RF techs Gary Trenda and Kasey Gchachu. The RF crew lead for CP Communications was Loren Sherman. The manufacturing was made doable by a hardworking crew of A2s.
“Axient Digital is the important thing to the Halftime Present,” shared Stuckey. “We’re utilizing each function that units it aside to the fullest extent doable. And, at this level, it’s onerous to image how I might design the wi-fi system with out it. The unequalled protection Quadversity offers, mixed with the reliability of Frequency Variety, means the crew and I can help each creative resolution throughout a complete soccer discipline with confidence within the harshest setting of the 12 months.”
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The RF crew trusted ten AD4Q 4-Channel Digital Wi-fi Receivers, an AD600 Axient Digital Spectrum Supervisor, and two AXT400 Axient Twin Channel Receivers. For one more 12 months, ATK used Axient Digital AD4Q with Quadversity, a patented Shure expertise, leveraging 4 simultaneous RF inputs to feed a single RF channel. Quadversity can prolong the protection space of a microphone channel or allow a number of protection areas with further antenna inputs, making it excellent for difficult RF environments like Las Vegas.
ATK Audiotek and Skilled Wi-fi Methods (PWS) dealt with all wi-fi microphones and IEM programs for the pre-game leisure, halftime leisure, and referees. That is the twenty seventh 12 months PWS has served as ATK’s wi-fi accomplice on the massive sport.
Michael Mason, president of CP Communications, labored together with his crew to provide 45 channels of Axient Digital wi-fi and 14 channels of Shure PSM 1000 In-Ear Monitoring Methods that had been used for the pre-half and post-game studio reveals in addition to in sport studies from the sidelines. Mason additionally made some extent to notice that Shure tools was not solely current for the large sport, however for studio reveals round Las Vegas throughout pre-week as properly the Opening Evening, Purple Carpet, and Honors reveals.
“At CP Communications, we proceed to rely closely on the Shure Axient Digital sequence of microphones and Shure PSM to deliver the highest-quality RF expertise to our broadcast companions,” shared Mason. “Utilizing the Quadversity choice with the Axient Digital Microphones affords us assurances on protection whereas the Frequency Variety choice provides us the consolation of safety on the frequency interference entrance. It was a straightforward selection of merchandise given our shopper’s request for protection of the large sport in Las Vegas”
“Shure on the Tremendous Bowl has been an ordinary for leisure for a few years,” shared Pesa. “Shure started outperforming others years in the past on this occasion, most notably within the wi-fi in-ear division. Simply talking by way of the monitor crew, there isn’t a room for failure when moments such because the Nationwide Anthem or The Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present are being considered by record-setting audiences worldwide… The usual is Shure PSM 1000 for ears, and, from a sound standpoint, no one argues about how good they sound and the way broadly used they’re. That acceptance permits our audio crew to not fear about attempting to make another product work. The programming functionality permits for fast preparation for among the first rehearsals on discipline as virtually 80 in-ear receiver packs are used amongst principal performers, band, and huge core dance teams. Additionally, as at all times, cue mode saves the day when shortly bringing a combination to a pack for a choreographer, visitor engineer, or producer to listen to what any explicit artist is listening to.”
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Days earlier than the sport, soccer gamers joined GRAMMY award-winning musical artists to share uplifting music and inspirational messages throughout the Tremendous Bowl Soulful Celebration. All performers at this occasion had been outfitted with Shure KSM8 microphones.
“I cherished utilizing the Shure KSM8 capsule on all the vocal mics for this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl Soulful Celebration,” shared Larry Reed, A1 Audio Mixer. “I particularly prefer it for its crisp high finish and its off-axis rejection round a loud home band. I used to be in a position to apply it to Kirk Franklin, Mary Mary, Rachel Platten, Robyn Thicke, Mickey Guyton, and Earth, Wind & Hearth. The KSM8 is my go-to capsule for vocals.”
Through the TikTok Tailgate occasion, Gwen Stefani took to the stage with an Axient Digital transmitter outfitted with a patented, new Shure microphone expertise.
Earlier than kickoff, Reba McEntire trusted Shure Axient Digital for her spectacular stay efficiency of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Reba used a frequency variety handheld microphone transmitter outfitted with a nickel-plated KSM11 capsule. The accompanying drumline was additionally counting on Axient Digital transmitters.
“Shure KSM sequence capsules are good for each kind of singer, and for me, the KSM9 and KSM11 are my go-to favorites for wi-fi vocals. Clear, crisp, and simply the correct amount of rejection with out getting too ‘spitty’ sounding,” shared Tom Holmes, Broadcast Mixer. “They [Shure] have an important vary of mics appropriate for each utility.”
Andra Day’s rendition of “Raise Each Voice and Sing” was carried out on Shure Axient Digital Frequency Various (FD) wi-fi transmitters. Additionally, Cameron Heyward of the Pittsburgh Steelers accepted the Walter Payton Man of the Yr award with an Axient Digital transmitter and KSM9 microphone capsule.
Each handheld transmitter on stage throughout the Halftime Present was Axient Digital (ADX2 / ADX2FD) and almost each performer featured new, patented Shure microphone expertise. For headsets, a number of artists used Axient AXT100 bodypacks. One in every of these artists was H.E.R., who used AXT100 for her headset and guitar. She additionally relied on a brand new Shure microphone expertise for her jaw-dropping on-stage look.
For one more 12 months, referees used two Axient Digital ADX1 bodypack transmitters working collectively in Frequency Variety mode and paired with Shure’s premium subminiature TL47 mannequin TwinPlex omnidirectional lavalier microphones. Whereas omnidirectional lavaliers are usually utilized in managed audio environments like theaters, TwinPlex was uniquely suited to this stadium utility, given the lavalier microphone’s ultra-pristine, pure response, and off-axis consistency.
In the meantime, the CBS broadcast relied on ADX2 transmitters and Shure Mic Flag Extenders.
“I at all times take pleasure in collaborating with the artist groups who work diligently to seek out the correct expertise for expertise,” shared Jenn Liang-Chaboud, supervisor of leisure relations, at Shure. “It’s actually a mutually helpful relationship. Their insights and suggestions assist make our merchandise higher.”