Latin America. One of the most important awards for the music industry in our region is the Latin Grammy. In the last installment, held in Las Vegas, USA, Shure was present, both with the live presentations of the artists, and in the broadcast made by the Univision network.
Several references of the microphone systems of this manufacturer were used during the awards. They all responded to the needs of the organizers: that the mixtures have to be as clear as possible, taking into account that reliability and quality are the two areas in which there can be no faults.
Tom Holmes, Production Engineer for the Live Broadcast said, "Shure's RFs were completely solid for me all week. I was particularly impressed by the sound of Natalie LaFourcade's acoustic guitar with her Beta181 microphone. Natalia tried a lot of guitars before finding one she liked, but she was thrilled with that microphone from the beginning."
Usually, the choice of microphones for the voices of the main artists is left to the artists themselves as a matter of politics. Past and present ceremonies have included capsules such as KSM9 or Shure's Beta 58A.
Other Shure microphones used that night were the Beta181 on the acoustic guitar and the KSM313 on the brass section. Of course, Latin music uses a lot of percussion - another application for the Shure SM57 were congas and bongos. And for monitoring the main choice was Shure's PSM1000®ear monitors.
