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ft er many years of absence, Sammi

Cheng, the Queen of Reinventi on,

fi nally returned to the stage and

kicked off her "Touch Mi World Tour" in Hong

Kong last year. To guarantee fl awless audio

performance throughout the whole tour,

Sammi’s sound engineering team turned

to Shure Axient Wireless Management

Network and PSM1000 Personal Monitor

System. The topline wireless systems have

already delivered stable transmission and

outstanding live audio quality during the

fi rst leg of Sammi’s tour, which included 12

consecuti ve concerts hosted at the Hong

Kong Coliseum between February 2014 and

January 2015.

Frankie Hung, sound engineer in charge of

the tour, knows all about the importance of

using the right equipment to achieve the best

possible audio results. He provides a look

behind the scenes of Sammi Cheng’s Touch

Mi World Tour and shared his experience

with Shure.

Axient Wireless Management

Network in Acti on

When asked about the most memorable

functi on of the Axient Wireless System,

Frankie Hung said "I think the most

convenient feature is the ShowLink Access

Point wireless remote control functi on. It

allows to adjust microphone parameters

without having to physically bring the

microphone backstage. We usually calibrate

the gain of the microphones during

rehearsals, and especially if the performer

wears a bodypack transmitt er, it’s always an

inconvenience to remove it for confi gurati on.

ShowLink creates a wireless network link

between the transmitt er and receiver and

allows us to remotely adjust the transmitt er

parameters in real-ti me. It’s a great feature."

Frankie also menti oned that the concert

schedule is very ti ght, fi lled with

performances almost every day. Using

the Shure Wireless Workbench 6 (WWB6)

Soft ware enables the team to keep a

conti nuous watch over the wireless

environment at the concert venue. "It is

really convenient to being able to scan the

environment during the preparati on works.

We can easily check for available as well

as unavailable frequencies, and make sure

to avoid the latt er in advance. Thanks to

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Axient’s Automati c Frequency Selecti on, the

probability of interference from confl icti ng

frequencies is virtually zero."

Apart from the Axient system used for

Sammi’s performances, the sound team

also uses more than 20 channels of the

Shure UHF-R Wireless System for guest

performers, chorus, and string quartets.

Uti lizing the WWB6 Soft ware to manage

all channels, even from diff erent wireless

systems, dramati cally increases the effi ciency

of system setup and maintenance by quickly

and precisely calculati ng the clearest

and safest available primary and backup

frequencies.

The live sound team has also been very

sati sfi ed with Axient's Advanced Power

Management. The ATX900 Rackmount

Charging Stati on charges and stores all

bodypack and handheld batt eries used during

the tour. It also displays a detailed status of

all batt eries, including their remaining power

in hours and minutes, ti me unti l full charge,

capacity, and batt ery health.

Frankie further pointed out the long-lasti ng

performance and convenience of using

rechargeable batt eries: "The charging ti me

Shure Delivers Perfection For

Sammi Cheng

HONG KONG

"I think the most convenient

feature is the ShowLink

Access Point wireless

remote control functi on.

ShowLink creates a wireless

network link between the

transmitt er and receiver and

allows us to remotely adjust

the transmitt er parameters

in real-ti me. It’s a great

feature."

• Frankie Hung, Sound
  Engineer.

Sound Engineer for Sammi Cheng, Frankie Hung.