Staged at the Royal Albert Hall, the Classical Brit Awards saw classical-crossover mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins performed a song from The Greatest Showman using a Shure Axient Digital wireless mic system.

Needing a system that could cope with Jenkins’ range and operate reliably in festival and multi-artist situations where RF is congested, Phil Wright Sound turned to Axient Digital: ‘I simply wanted the very best available system for Katherine and recommended Axient Digital on that basis and that basis alone,’ says Phil Wright. ‘It is night and day in comparison to the system that it has replaced.

‘I first heard the system at a pre-launch event for engineers in Europe,’ he continues. ‘With the approaching loss of 700MHz and the aging of our existing systems, it was a good time to hear such a groundbreaking piece of technology. I have been using the KSM8 for some time and I have fallen in love with the capsule. The KSM8 and Axient Digital combination is amazing. It is like listening to a wired microphone, I simply cannot make it fall over.

‘With it being my first time out with Axient Digital, it has made a huge difference in terms of RF stability. The lack of harmonics means I can set up and worry less about RF and more about making Katherine sound great both on stage and at front-of-house. The sound is so lean and responds so well to Katherine’s dynamics, it makes the show a real joy to mix.’

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