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Coordinating Audio for Live Events, Part 1

Bennett Liles September 9th, 2010

SVC Podcast Show 8, Part 1

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In part one of this podcast, SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Phill Chapman and David Shepherd of Sound By Design, a London-based specialist in live sound systems for conferences and corporate events. Chapman and Shepherd discuss their setup for the annual gathering for workers of multibillion dollar health supply company Forever Living, which was staged in London’s 12,000-seat Wembley Arena this year. The show used 50 wireless microphones, RF in-ear monitoring, and dozens of wireless communication channels. They provide details on the challenges involved in coordinating sound and communication for such a large live event. Useful links:

• Sound By Design, the firm that coordinated all sound and communications
• The Shure UHF-R wireless microphone system used for the event
• Shure PSM-700 wireless in-ear monitoring provided for performers
• Meyer Galileo 616 speaker management processors used on the system

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3 Comments to “Coordinating Audio for Live Events, Part 1”

1. Jared Baldwin Says:
   

   September 10th, 2010 at 9:29 am

   It is my understanding that the PSM 900 does not interface with Wireless Workbench. You might want to inform those guys at Sound by Design before they go investing in something that doesn’t do what they think it does. Please inform me if I’m mistaken.

2. Phill Chapman Says:
   

   September 10th, 2010 at 1:12 pm

   You are correct in that the PSM900 doesn’t interface directly with Wireless Workbench in the way that the UHF-R does (over a network) because it has been designed to compete directly with certain Sennheiser products at a certain price point. As I understand it, the software has recently been updated to allow the manual entry of PSM900 frequencies, much in the same way as you would for PSM700 systems. Saying that, even if the PSM900 couldn’t be used at all with Wireless workbench, I don’t think it would prevent us from investing in it.

3. Bennett Liles Says:
   

   September 23rd, 2010 at 4:28 pm

   Phill Chapman posted this reply: You are correct in that the PSM900 doesn’t interface directly with Wireless Workbench in the way that the UHF-R does (over a network), because it has been designed to compete directly with certain other manufacturers products at a certain price point. As I understand it, the software has recently been updated to allow the manual entry of PSM900 frequencies, much in the same way as you would for PSM700 systems. Saying that, even if the PSM900 couldn’t be used at all with Wireless workbench, I don’t think it would prevent us from investing in it.

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