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TAYLOR
SWIFT’S FEARLESS TOUR UTILIZES AUDIO-TECHNICA WIRELESS
— FOH Engineer Russell
Fischer and Monitor Engineer Andrea “Vito” Carena applaud
Audio-Technica’s Artist Elite® 5000 Series UHF Wireless
System for frontline vocals —
STOW,
OH, November 18, 2009 — Audio-Technica,
a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 45 years, is
proud to have been selected as the microphone manufacturer of choice
for frontline and backing vocals on multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter
Taylor Swift’s
Fearless tour.
Swift’s
vocal microphone needed to be suited to her voice and able to reliably
reject feedback, even as Swift interacts with the crowd in front of
the main P.A. loudspeakers. Front-of-House (FOH) Engineer Russell
Fischer and Monitor Mixer Andrea “Vito” Carena, together
with Swift, chose Audio-Technica’s 5000 Series Wireless System
for the tour because of its overall sound quality, gain-before-feedback
properties and reliability.
Swift uses
Audio-Technica’s acclaimed Artist
Elite® 5000 Series UHF Wireless System with an AEW-T4100
Cardioid Dynamic Handheld Transmitter for her lead vocals, and all
background vocals are handled by the 5000 Series Wireless System with
AEW-T5400 Cardioid Condenser Handheld Transmitter, with all systems
using the AEW-R5200 True Diversity Frequency-Agile Dual Receiver.
Fischer, who has in the past worked with such diverse artists as Toby
Keith, Keith Anderson, Jane’s Addiction and Skid Row, among
others, selected other Audio-Technica mics for the Fearless tour,
including AT4050
Multi-Pattern Condenser Microphones on guitars and overheads,
AT4051
Cardioid Condenser Microphone on snare bottom and an
ATM25
Hypercardioid Dynamic Instrument Microphone for kick
drum.
Fischer recalled,
“During rehearsals for the tour, we tried a number of different
wireless systems and mics from a variety of manufacturers on Taylor’s
vocals, but we kept coming back to the Audio-Technica 5000 Series
Wireless and the T4100. And we all agreed that the A-T was the right
system for the job. For me, I needed a mic that would give me gain
before feedback and work well with a female vocal. Because she’s
moving around the stage a lot, going in front of the P.A. system plane,
we need to make sure feedback doesn’t creep in the mix, so we
needed something that had massive rejection and controllable gain
before feedback. The mic really sounds great – it sounds like
her.”
Vito, who
additionally worked as monitor engineer for such artists as Keith
Anderson, Colbie Caillat and Trick Pony, added, “This is the
biggest tour I've been on yet, and that naturally presents some pretty
big wireless challenges, but the A-T system has been very comfortable
to work with. I've never had a problem squeezing in all the frequencies
or having them work flawlessly as a matter of fact. From arenas to
clubs, from award shows to subway stations, the A-T has been rock
solid.”
Swift’s
Fearless tour resumes in London on November 23, and after an early-2010
jaunt to Australia, she will be back in North America, beginning March
4, 2010, in Tampa, Florida. Please visit www.taylorswift.com
and www.audio-technica.com
for more information.
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Photo Caption: Taylor Swift, whose Fearless tour utilizes Audio-Technica
Artist Elite® 5000 Series UHF Wireless for frontline and backing
vocals. Photo by Austin K. Swift. (This photo is the property of Austin
K. Swift and may be used by the press only for the purpose of one-time
reproduction. Unauthorized use, alteration or reproduction of this
photograph is strictly prohibited.)
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over 45 years of audio excellence worldwide, Audio-Technica is a leading
innovator in transducer technology, renowned for the design and manufacture
of microphones, wireless microphones, headphones, mixers, and electronics
for the audio industry.
—For
more information on the complete range of Audio-Technica products,
contact
Karen Emerson, Audio-Technica U.S., Inc., 1221 Commerce Drive, Stow,
OH 44224.
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