SYDNEY – Coda Audio Services recently traded up from their Shure PSM 600 to Shure PSM 1000 personal monitor systems, including 10 transmitting devices and 14 receivers. Managing director Michael Wilkie welcomed the expanded flexibility that the new gear provides, along with an even stronger safeguard against dropouts.
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“We went from a non-flexible frequency situation to one where you can switch everything around and select whatever frequency you want,” he added. “The diversity system is very good and means you’re much less likely to get drop outs on stage. The PSM 600’s had that HA and HB etc so it was complicated from an inventory point of view – you could accidently send out the wrong transmitter for the receiver – whereas now everything is the same so you’re just hiring out a system.”
The ability to do point to point wireless signal linking set up was a major drawcard for Michael as Coda does many outdoor festivals.
“One of the huge advantages of having the Shure PSM 1000’s is that we have a lot of the Shure UR Series radio microphones; the PSM 1000 transmitters and the radio mic receivers will talk to each other on a point to point set up,” he said. “So if you have to do a wireless signal link from one place to another, instead of having at one end a tiny battery operated transmitter you now have a proper transmitter and a proper receiver at each end going into the mains power. An additional aerial improves the transmission / reception situation.”
Now Michael can set up events without having to worry about signal failure or batteries running out.
“Previously it tended to be a case of an accident waiting to happen!” he divulged. “Now you can monitor everything properly and we’ve had great success with the PSM 1000. It’s so much better than what we had before.”
The Shure PSM 1000 is a dual-channel, professional monitoring system that features best-in-class audio and RF performance, networking connectivity, and a diversity bodypack receiver.
The photos show the Sydney Festival 2013 ‘Arrival’ at Darling Harbour where Coda used a Shure PSM 1000 transmitter on the moving part of the bridge, and a Shure UR receiver on the fixed part.
The first photo shows the receiving point on the fixed part of the Pyrmont Bridge whilst the second photo shows the transmitting stage on the moving part of the bridge. It was a distance of about 60 metres to start, and then went to close to 100 metres when the bridge was fully open.
The musicians (Taiko drummers) played as the bridge opened and you can see the sound engineer on the bridge moving the Perspex helical antennae as the bridge position changes.
