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QSC HELPS BRING BOOTY-SHAKING BLISS TO 46TH GRAMMYS
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LOS ANGELES, CA… Nothing like it has ever been seen or heard before, and probably won't ever again. It was the grand and sublime experience of a lifetime for hardcore booty-shakers everywhere, combining the all-star talents of four bands in a tribute to the pulsating power of funk. The fact that it happened at the 46th annual Grammy Awards made the experience that much richer, as millions of viewers were able to obtain a front row seat at home, where they could watch the event transpire via a high-definition telecast with accompanying 5.1 surround sound.
Billed as the Grammys' "Funk is Back" segment, the performance (just like the rest of the live show at Staples Center) relied upon a sound reinforcement blueprint designed and implemented by Burbank, CA-based ATK Audiotek utilizing QSC amplification, QSControl automated control and monitoring, and RAVE (Routing Audio Via Ethernet) signal transport. Bringing together the seismic talents of Earth, Wind, & Fire, OutKast's Big Boi, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, and legendary funk patriarch George Clinton and his 16-piece Parliament Funkadelic, the sonic blitz truly raised the roof on the Grammys—thanks in no small part to the collective punch of 18 PowerLight PL 4.0 amplifiers powering house mids and highs, 9 PowerLight PL 9.0s driving the low-end, six more PL 9.0s for subs, and 10 more PL 4.0s for a rear seating area and frontfills.
With amplifier control provided by the aforementioned QSControl audio network, the task of routing signals to the disparate and far-flung sectors of Staples Center fell squarely upon RAVE technology, which carved a path through dedicated zones with 41 active channels outfitted with "self-healing" redundancy.
"RAVE linked the house system all the way from the mixing console to the amplifiers," ATK Grammy veteran Scott Harmala said, still vibrating from the evening's funkadelics long after everyone else had gone home and the red carpet had been rolled back up. "There was no need to make a single conversion anywhere along the signal path. By charting a master/slave RAVE route through every zone, we guaranteed that the system couldn't fail at any point. If either of the master/slave sends went down for any reason, the other would automatically take over. There's practically no other way I can think of to do that, and you'd be surprised how clean your sound gets when you lose all the converters."
Beyond the Grammys' stellar funk-jam, which, according to wild Rasta-haired showman George Clinton, "put that thang in the stink", the 46th running of the awards show brought all kinds of other musicians together as well. Perhaps one of the most stellar pairings kicked-off the show when Beyoncé Knowles teamed up with Prince to sing “Crazy in Love”. Knowles went on to become the evening’s big winner, capturing a record five Grammys for her debut album, Dangerously in Love.
QSC Audio Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of power amplifiers, loudspeakers, signal processing, digital signal transport, and computer control systems for professional audio markets worldwide.
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For further information contact:
Ryan White
QSC Audio Products Inc., 1675 MacArthur Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 USA.
Telephone (800) 854-4079 (USA only) or (714) 754-6175
Fax (714) 754-6174
E-mail info@qscaudio.com
Web www.qscaudio.com |
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