Milford, NH – Earthworks FlexMic™ podium microphones were recently
used in a Beatification Ceremony conducted by Pope Francis in Seoul, Korea on
August 16. The ceremony was held at Gwanghwamun Square in central
Seoul, with nearly one million people in attendance and 20 percent of South
Korea’s population tuning in to watch the historic event on television.
Sung Jun Park,
Director of Engineering for Art Mix, selected six FMR500/HC 19 inch Earthworks
podium microphones for the ceremony.
Park commented
on some of the benefits that the Earthworks FlexMics provide. “The sensitivity
and dynamic range are good. Additionally, their gain before feedback is
definitely superior to the other microphones.”
Park
also noted the response of the ceremony’s organizers to the sound quality the
FMR500/HCs delivered. “The Vatican was satisfied, since the FMR500/HCs
have a high quality sound.”
In addition to the overall sound
quality, the FMR500/HCs also provided aesthetic benefits for an event being
broadcast on television. “The microphone’s head is small. So, it did not hide
the Pope’s face.”
For this
particular ceremony, Park utilized J-Series and Q Series loudspeakers from
d&b audiotechnik, a DIGICO SD-8 console and six Earthworks FMR500/HC
podium microphones.
