"Providing quality sound in a tent can be difficult," said Bruce Burns, sound designer and audio co-ordinator for show. "We couldn't use trusses, so special mounting brackets had to be fabricated to affix the Apogee AE-5s to the tent poles. This arrangement could have compromised coverage, but with the AE-5s, the coverage was excellent."
Since the 1990s, the veteran Hollywood sound designer has selected Apogee for large-scale events including the Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and a concert attended by world leaders at the Summit of the Eight. The AE-5, Apogee's flagship loudspeaker, is a fully-arrayable two-way, bi-amped system. The SSM, used for front fill at this event, is a single-amped, two-way, electronically-coupled loudspeaker designed to be extremely small and lightweight, yet capable of high acoustical output.
The event was televised to audiences in over 70 million homes via Bravo Cable Network, and to 33 million homes via the Independent Film Channel.
(Ruth Rossington)
