A-T’s new Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System, which is rapidly gaining favour with a wide range of artists, featured in a number of frontline vocal performances. Gwen Stefani, John Mayer, Steven Tyler, Paul Schaffer and the Righteous Brothers all used A-T’s 5000 Series wireless systems. Paul Simon’s vocals featured the hardwired AT4054. In addition, most drum kits at the show employed the critically acclaimed AE2500 kick-drum mic with the AE3000 on toms. The AE5100 was utilized on orchestral bells, percussion, and string overheads. The AT4055 was chosen for horns and ATM35s were used for close mic’ing on strings, as well as under every cymbal for AC/DC. The AT4047 and AT4050 were used on guitar cabinets, and overheads also employed the AT4050. Background vocals on the Righteous Brothers performance were also captured with the AT4054.
Mitch Maketansky was the Hall of Fame’s choice as audio coordinator once again, responsible for organizing and assigning all the inputs and microphones for the event. He commented: "For the past six years, Audio-Technica has been a mainstay at this event, and we stayed true to that proven strategy this year. Many artists performed with the new Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System, all with excellent results. I continue to be impressed with the sound quality and dependability of Audio-Technica wireless, and the 5000 Series systems provided the closest sound to a hardwired microphone I’ve heard to date."
(Lee Baldock)
