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Melua is Offered Pure Quality with Audix
Pure Distribution, a division of Stirling Audio, who became the UK distributor for Audix microphones in March this year, has been busy selling and promoting the brand up and down the country. A number of VX-10 vocal condenser microphones have now been supplied to Katie Melua, one of Britain’s hottest contemporary jazz artists.
The VX-10 is a true condenser microphone with a frequency range of 40-20kHz. Being highly sensitive, it is able to reproduce vocals and speech with exceptional detail and realism, perfect for Katie's extreme vocal presence.
Katie's sound engineer Matt Manasse requested Audix for her tour, after previously using it's range of percussion microphones that are a well-known industry standard. After being sent a selection of vocal mics, Matt determined that the VX-10 was perfectly suited to Katie's vocal style, and is able to handle everything from a whisper to a scream.
Katie Melua rose to fame after she graduated from the Brit School for Performing Arts and teamed up with composer and producer Mike Batt. He visited the Brit School looking for a unique jazz and blues singer, for which Katie fitted the bill.
Celebrating 20 years of designing and building excellent vocal microphones Audix Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Cliff Castle comments: 'We are absolutely delighted to be working with the UK's newest acts. Katie has an exceptional voice and her vocal style is so mature it's hard to believe she's only 19."
20th July 2004
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