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Shure-Fire Wireless System
Shure’s wireless solutions for Serj Tankian and ‘Smokey’ Robinson.
KV2 Audio has no less than fourteen new products out
in the market. Bolstering the EX Active Series is the EX1.2
single twelve-inch subwoofer and the high intelligibility
double six-inch, EX26. KV2 Audio’s sister company KX Audio
added two new models to its range of MI targeted products.
The first is the KX30, a 1,000-watt three-way active
loudspeaker with a fifteen-inch low frequency driver, a
horn loaded six-inch mid-range driver, and a one-inch
compression driver. Completing the range is the KX1.8, an
850-watt single eighteeninch
subwoofer.
Furthermore, three
brand new product
ranges were announced.
The ESD Passive Series is
the first system from KV2
that is compatible with
Shure’s wireless systems have been supporting several big-name productions
around the world this month. First up is System of a Down frontman Serj
Tankian, who has been performing with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra
for a reinterpretation of his Elect the Dead album. Tankian enthused about the
freedom the system gave him, “I like to move around a lot onstage, so being
wireless is extremely important. I’ve got it on my in-ears, and making the transition
was amazing.” Tankian employed Shure’s PSM (Personal Monitoring System)
600s to ensure that he could hear every detail on stage. He explains, “Using
Shure PSM 600s helped me define the instruments and hear my own voice
better in my mix, so even if I sang low I could still hear myself within that
whole huge stage volume swelling up all around.”
Meanwhile, Smokey Robinson has made the switch from floor wedges to
in-ear monitors with great success. His Production Manager Brian French had
been pushing for the change over the last eight years, but it was only after
Luther Van Dross made the suggestion to the Motown icon that he decided
to switch. Using Shure’s PSM 700s Robinson stated, “It saves your voice.
When we do concerts, I’m not kidding, I sing for two-and-a-half hours.
I don’t have to strain because I can hear me.” The PSM 700 system delivers
simultaneous operation of 16 personal stereo mixes, and features a frequency
locator that pinpoints the most optimal frequencies for rapid setup.
Shure
+44 (0) 1992 703058
www.shure.co.uk
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KV2 Release Fourteen New Products
third party amplification. The LD Series is a selection of four
DI style boxes featuring KV2’s VHD (Very High Definition)
line drivers on every output. Finally, the first cabinets in the
Krampera range of electric instrument cabinets are ready
for action.
KV2 Audio
+44 (0) 1423 816868
www.kv2audio.com
www.audiomedia.com
NEW PRODUCT
Dynacord has released the new
CXM 15 two-way monitor for
professional applications.
The coaxial 15-inch/1.4-inch chassis
boasts a radial coverage pattern of
60 degrees and can achieve sound
pressure levels as high as 135 dB at
102 dB sensitivity. Notable extras
include: a switchable bi-amping
mode, Voice Coil Tracking
Protection, and pole-mounting
options. In other news, Dynacord
has announced that delivery
has recently been taken for its
100,000th PowerMate.
� www.dynacord.com
LIFE-TIME WARRANTY
Audio-Technica has extended its
Lifetime Warranty to the Artist Elite
and Artist Series of live-orientated
wired microphones. Previously only
available on
the company’s
40 series
studio mics,
the warranty
is heralded by
the company
as “the longest
offered by any
microphone
manufacturer.”
Audio-
Technica
Senior UK
Marketing
Manager Harvey Roberts added “…
musicians and sound engineers are
now able to enjoy the same peace
of mind on stage as users of our 40
Series do in the studio.”
� www.audio-technica.com
NEW USER
After a long and arduous search,
violinist Nigel MacLean has finally
struck upon the solution to his
pick-up problems. DPA’s 4099
instrument mic circumvents
previous problems concerning
unsatisfactory reproduction of
top-ends and low-mids. MacLean
explains, “The tone is that of my
instrument: pure and simple.
The rejection of external sound is
truly amazing, and there are no
lumps in the frequency response!”
� www.dpamicrophones.com
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