Man Up

We did production for a Conference a couple weeks ago called "Man Up". For this conference we used a wide variety of services we have to offer. . . Here's a run down of all the technology we used for this event:

Sound

Biggest system we own... There was a different band on both nights so it required completely different stage gear (mics, drums, monitors, etc) between the two nights. Here's a general overview:

• (4) JBL Tops
• (2) Dual 18" JBL Subs
• Wedges on the 1st Night
• In Ears on the 2nd Night
• Shure Wireless Handhelds
• AKG Lapels
• I could go on and on. . .

Lighting

We got lucky here and were able to patch in and use all of the "In House" lighting for Front/White lighting, which made it slightly easier on us but also made it look much better since the Centene Center has a lot to offer in this area. To make that happen we used a program called MyDMX and a Chauvet DMX Splitter. Here's what lighting we used of ours:

• 6 LED Pars on Floor
• 9 LED Pars on Truss
• 2 LED Wash Panels on Floor
• 2 LED Wash Panels on Truss
• 1 LED Strip
• MyDMX ran on an HP Laptop

Screens

• (2) 7.5' x 10' Rear Project Screens
• (2) 2000 Lumen Projectors on Rear Screens
• (1) 3200 Lumen Projector on Backdrop Screen
• Cat 5 to VGA Converters for Long Runs

We used a program called Easy Worship for Backgrounds/Lyrics on the Center Screen. Ran on a Sony Vaio.

Video

For this event we used 3 Camera Positions. We had live video on the outside screens and recorded that signal as well.

• Sony PD150 Camera
• Sony VX2000 Camera
• Sony CX7 Camera
• Sony XR11 Camera
• Videonix MX1 Switcher
• Recorded Video to Sony Vaio
• S-Video to VGA for IMAG Screens

The recorded audio came from 2 sources:

1. Recording Output of the House Mixer
2. Crowd Mic's recorded to an iMac using Logic
3. Post Production for Video/Audio was done using Adobe Premier CS5 and Pro Tools 9

Truss

• 40' of 12" Box Truss
• (2) 18' Crank Stands

If you would like details or tutorials on any of the gear mentioned here feel free to contact me!

Here's a link to some of the video's from the event.

Stuff

I've been busy with MANY different events lately. . . from weekend youth events to big wedding receptions, we've been doing it all! And by "we" I mean PureSonic Productions and/or Parallax View. All this along with my "normal" job at The Bridge has kept me pretty busy over the last month. (not to mention a mass amount of family time mixed in there) It's been a lot of fun though. . . The amount/variety of events we've been doing has allowed me to acquire some new cool gear, which I plan to start blogging about soon. I've been having lots of thoughts and ideas like "hey, I should blog about that" lately, so this is my attempt to start that. Over the next few days I will post some pictures of events that we're producing. Stay tuned!