The sound system was provided by ATK AudioTek with FOH engineers Ron Reaves and Mikael Stewart, while the broadcast audio was supervised by Phil Ramone and Hank Neuberger. 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.
Artists who performed using Audio-Technica's Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System, with the AEW-T5400 handheld microphone/transmitter and AEW-R5200 true diversity frequency-agile dual receiver, included Morris Day and The Time in a performance with Rihanna; Kanye West; an all-star gospel revue featuring Aretha Franklin and BeBe Winans; a duet with Kid Rock and Keely Smith; the Icons of Rock segment featuring John Fogerty, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis; and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper tribute finale.
The backline mic complement of A-T wired microphones included AE5400 and ATM250 for Leslie cabinet; AE5100 for ride cymbal, hi-hat, overheads, strings and audience; BP4029 for audience; AE2500 for kick drum; ATM350 for strings; AT4050 for horns, overheads and guitar cabinets; and AT4040 for guitar cabinets.
(Jim Evans)
