A-T microphones featured at 50th annual GRAMMY® Awards
Audio-Technica supplied more than 250 microphones for the live broadcast of the 50th Annual GRAMMY® Awards held February 10, 2008, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
"Live TV broadcasts of this magnitude can be very overwhelming in their specifications and applications, but having
Artists who performed using
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The GRAMMY Awards ceremony itself has received widespread notice over the years, as it continually raises the standard for broadcast entertainment. The Emmy®-winning production was the first major awards show to venture into HDTV and 5.1 surround sound, and it is outfitted with the most advanced tools to ensure the highest fidelity for the evening's performances. Audio professionals continually select
The sound system was provided by ATK AudioTek with FOH (front-of-house) Engineers Ron Reaves and Mikael Stewart, while the broadcast audio was supervised by Phil Ramone and Hank Neuberger, leading members of the Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy®. New York-based XM Productions/Effanel Music were onsite with their L7 remote truck to create the music mix, facilitated by Music Mixers John Harris and Eric Schilling.
For the home audience, CBS delivered the most advanced form of HDTV, with 1,080 lines of picture resolution and 5.1-channel surround sound. To meet the sonic demands of this format, the audio engineers and music mixers employed a wide range of
Kanye West performs with the Audio-Technica Artist Elite® 5000 Series wireless system using the AEW-T5400 microphone / transmitter at the 50th GRAMMY® Awards held February 10, 2008, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This photo is by Lester Cohen/WireImage and is the property of Lester Cohen/WireImage.
Keely Smith and Kid Rock perform with the Audio-Technica Artist Elite® 5000 Series wireless system using the AEW-T5400 microphone / transmitter at the 50th GRAMMY® Awards. This photo is by Kevin Winter/Getty Images and is the property of Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
Aretha Franklin performs with the Audio-Technica Artist Elite® 5000 Series wireless system using the AEW-T5400 microphone / transmitter at the 50th GRAMMY® Awards. This photo is by Kevin Winter/Getty Images and is the property of Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
Little Richard performs with the Audio-Technica Artist Elite® 5000 Series wireless system using the AEW-T5400 microphone / transmitter at the 50th GRAMMY® Awards. This photo is by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images and is the property of Frank Micelotta/Getty Images.
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