PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's local music scene has produced a number of respected performers in genres ranging from jazz to hip-hop Philly's eclectic homegrown musical mix now finds a permanent place for onstage expression at World Café Live. Clair Brothers, Acoustic Dimensions of Dallas and New York, and Philadelphia-based Metropolitan Acoustics, jointly crafted the audio blueprint implemented throughout the facility. A Midas Legend 3000 console is used to drive a house PA built around proprietary Clair Brothers loudspeakers. Shure mics are used onstage.
Ten SM57s and SM58s lead the list. Four Beta 87A mics used for vocals are also part of the inventory, along with Beta 56A and Beta 91 mics used for kick drum. An SM81 condenser sees constant duty on various instruments, as does a Beta 52A and a Beta 98. Shure mics from the KSM family complement the sonic palette, with a handheld KSM9 proving to be a popular choice for vocals. A side-address condenser KSM27 is also kept at hand, along with a pair of KSM137s.
Upstairs in the smaller room, loudspeaker systems from Clair Brothers were chosen again, buttressed at the low-end by Bag End subwoofers. An Ashley eight-channel mixer stands at the FOH mix position, while a smaller selection of Shure mics mirrors many of the same models found downstairs.
Since opening in the historic Hajoca Building on the eastern edge of the University of Pennsylvania campus, local, regional and national touring artists of all genres have crossed the stages of World Café Live. Both KT Tunstall and Corinne Bailey Rae played here before their Grammy nominations, along with other artists like Rascal Flatts, Wyclef Jean and Loudon Wainwright III.
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