'Adele Live 2016' puts to the test the new microphone TG MM1w of beyerdynamic

On her current world tour, the British singer uses this measuring microphone as part of the sound system to ensure optimal quality at all her concerts.

The 'Adele Live 2016' World Tour, That at every concert hangs the sold-out sign, It has a careful sound design, with a clear focus on the British singer and her voice, which is completed with a spectacular scenic visual support, where optical and acoustic effects are perfectly combined.

Because of the concept of the show, with sections on stage A and B, A fundamental element in this production is the sound system and, specifically, Measurement, to ensure optimal sound quality and adjust the sound source to the position of the performer.

The design of the sound system allows the sound source to be 'moved' in a certain way during the show. As an innovation, PA equipment is significantly higher in scenario B, Assigned as a central defender, than in the A, which is the main one in the precinct. If the singer moves to one of the stages or between the two during the show, The sound source also follows her.

The responsibility for creating this impressive sound system falls to an experienced team, formed by FOH engineer Dave Barcey, and audio systems engineer Ulf Seckel (in the image), who have also worked together for international artists such as Pink, Cher and now Adele.

In order to measure the PA systems of both scenarios (the A-270° and the B-360°), Ulf Oeckel has placed his trust in the new beyerdynamic TG MM1w (distributed in Spain Gaplasa), since before this measurement microphone was officially introduced in Prolight + Sound 2016, This engineer was able to work exclusively with the combination of the digital wireless system, the handheld transmitter and the TG MM1w capsule on the Adele tour.

"The TG MM1w microphone has been on tour with me for nine months and has proven to be very accurate and extremely robust," Oeckel explains. Ahead of Adele's World Tour, I had already been working with this new model, together with the TG system 1000, on Mark Knopfler's tour and that work was able to provide the development team with very useful feedback.".

Thanks to the booster integrated in TG MM1w, "Streaming in large venues is great, And the handheld transmitter is very nice in terms of use. Generally, When I'm on tour I have to use between five and six measurement microphones of this level throughout the year, as most suffer behavioral losses in the HF range over time and become inaccurate. But after nine months, TG MM1w is still generating constant and reliable measurements, And I've really been impressed.", Oeckel emphasizes.

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