Equipment file · Digital wireless microphone system

Axient Digital

Shure · 2016

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

Shure Axient Digital is the company's flagship digital wireless platform, including AD4D and ADX5D receivers, transmitters and an IEM system. It offers frequency diversity, interference detection, ShowLink remote control of transmitters and AES-256 encryption.

Introduced
2016
Category
Digital wireless microphone system
Intended use
Touring and broadcast wireless
Production
Shure

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Shure Axient Digital receiver and transmitters

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Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It brought automatic interference avoidance to crowded RF environments.

  2. 02

    ShowLink let engineers adjust transmitters without touching the performer.

Engineering record

Diversity
Frequency Diversity transmission modes[2]
Remote
ShowLink transmitter control[2]
Encryption
AES 256-bit[1]

Original pricing

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2026 equivalent

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Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1AD4D Dual Channel ReceiverShure · manual
  2. 2ADX5D Portable ReceiverShure · manual

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