Powered by WMAS, Shure's Axient® Digital PSM® ensures high-performance RF and spectral efficiency that caters to the rapidly evolving wireless landscape while empowering audio professionals to adapt to a wide variety of environments.
Audio equipment manufacturer Shure has launched its first Wireless Multichannel Audio System (WMAS) enabled product line, Axient® Digital PSM®.
Axient Digital PSM has been meticulously designed and developed to meet the rigorous demands of touring professionals and rental houses. It ensures high-performance RF and spectral efficiency that caters to the rapidly evolving wireless landscape while empowering audio professionals to adapt to a wide variety of environments. Elevating flexibility and scalability levels, Axient Digital PSM represents a long-term investment for tours, venues, and other applications.
“For nearly a century, Shure has pioneered innovative solutions that help solve our customers’ problems
while moving the industry forward. Now, Axient Digital PSM offers a revolutionary digital radio with WMAS capabilities, remote management for engineers, and a pristine audio experience for performers,” said Nick Wood, Senior Director, Global Marketing and Product Management, at Shure.
“To unlock new possibilities and applications, Shure is dedicated to advocating for spectrum efficiency and WMAS regulations worldwide. Axient Digital PSM takes advantage of this opportunity, giving users more resources to optimise performance and make the best possible use of spectrum, now and in the future.”
Axient Digital PSM enables engineers to take on more complex and creative productions by giving them access to more on-air channels of in ear monitoring. With a next-generation digital radio and sophisticated headphone amplifier design, performers can enjoy the highest audio quality without any compromises to signal reliability and less than 2.9ms latency for the most immersive audio experience.
Powered by Shure WMAS, Axient Digital PSM features a multi-channel wideband mode that significantly increases spectral efficiency. With multi-channel wideband mode, users can free up radios for improved RF performance or channel count scalability. Its Spatial Diversity function employs two transmit diversity antennas, each sending an identical signal on the same frequency, providing RF engineers with a new, easier option for supporting separate zones and optimising coverage for stadiums, indoor venues, and broadcast studios.
When Spatial Diversity transmitters engage with True Digital Diversity bodypack receivers, Axient Digital PSM combines four discrete signal paths per channel to deliver advanced protection against multipath interference and RF noise. The Axient Digital PSM transmitters support both analog and digital input formats, including AES3, Dante, and AES67, which enables monitor engineers to easily connect to modern consoles. Standard AES256 encryption is available for secure transmission.
For better flexibility and scalability, Axient Digital PSM features two single rack space transmitter options: ADTQ Quad Transmitter and ADTD Dual Transmitter. Both offer four flexible and powerful transmission modes. The first is multi-channel Wideband (available regionally according to WMAS regulations), supporting up to 28 channels per 6 MHz in the US and 40 channels per 8 MHz in Europe. This exceeds FCC’s requirement for WMAS to have a mode of operation in which it can operate with at least three audio channels per MHz. Next, narrowband provides access to more RF output power per channel and maintains spectral efficiency at 17 channels per 6 MHz. The analog FM allows for high-quality audio with ultra-low latency. Finally, the Axient Digital Standard (Point-to-Point Mode) will let users send long distance audio to any Axient Digital microphone receiver. It will be available through a post -launch firmware update.
Axient Digital PSM is supported by Shure’s Wireless Workbench® and ShowLink® ecosystem. For the first time, monitor engineers can enjoy comprehensive remote management of every bodypack receiver on stage, with visibility to key parameters and the ability to make adjustments if necessary. With ShowLink, real-time control enables continuous monitoring of all bodypack receivers, including channel quality, battery life, volume position, headphone connect status, and more. Remote management helps audio professionals know when it’s time to swap batteries, when to intervene if channel quality is compromised, resolve volume control issues for the artist, and troubleshoot faster.
The Wireless Workbench and the AD600 Spectrum Manager enable engineers to address technical issues, monitor RF spectrum, and maintain backup frequencies, ensuring smooth performances from start to finish.
Axient Digital PSM wireless in ear monitor system will be available early 2025.
