Here is the equipment I use for my sound, lighting and AV work. It’s listed here for geeks and project collaborators! You may like to see my services page instead.
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Sound Equipment
Active Speakers
- 2x RCF SUB 8004 AS Bass Bins (18″, 1.25kW RMS, 136dB)
- 4x RCF TT 808-AS Bass Bins (Dual 8″, 1kW RMS, 129dB)
- 2x RCF TT 515-A Compact mid-high (2x 5″ plus horn, 127dB)
- 6x RCF HDL 6-A Line array (pole mount)(2x 6″, 1x 1.7″ horn, 131dB)
- 2x RCF NXL 24-A Mid-High Column (4x 6″, 1x 2.5″ horn, 100×30 deg, 131dB)
- 4x RCF ST 12-SMA Floor Monitors (12″ + horn, 130dB)
- 2x Yamaha DZR12 (12″ + horn, 2kW)
- 2x Yamaha DZR10 (10″ + horn, 2kW)
- 2x Yamaha DXR 10 (10″ + horn, 1.1kW)
- 2x Thomann box pro Achat 104A (4″ + dome tweeter 50W)
Passive Speakers and Amps
- 2x Thomann box pro Achat 206 (2x 6″ + horn, 250W)
- Behringer NX3000D DSP Amplifier (2x 900W at 4ohms), 15m Speakon Leads
Mixing & Stage Boxes
- Allen & Heath SQ-5 Digital Desk (48 inputs (16 local), 36 buses, FX and processing, 17 faders, PC and iPad remote, USB multitracking)
- DX168 Stage Box (16 in, 8 out, 96kHz)
- 2x 20m, 1x 10m, 1x5m lengths of Ethercon for desk to stage
- Behringer X Air XR18 digital mixer (16 mic/line, 2 line, needs PC/iPad)
- Soundcraft EPM8 (8 mic, 2 stereo line)
- Behringer QX1204USB (4 mic, 2 stereo line, USB, effects)
- Allen & Heath ZEDi-8 (2 mic, 2 stereo line, USB)
- Allen & Heath ZED10 FX (4 mic, 4 stereo line, USB, FX)
- Soundcraft Spirit Folio PowerPad (4 mic, 2 stereo line + 2x 35W amp)
- Behringer Xenyx 302USB mini mixer
DIs and Interfaces
- 1x Interspace PC Bal Box stereo laptop/phone interface
- 1x Whirlwind pcDI stereo laptop/keyboard interface
- 1x Radial ProAV1 mono laptop/phone interface
- 4x Orchid Electronics Classic DI boxes
- 3x Orchid Electronics Micro DI
- 2x Behringer Ultra-DI DI100 (mono DI)
- 2x Behringer Ultra-DI DI120 (stereo DI)
USB Interfaces
- 1x Behringer UMC204HD USB recording interface
- 1x ARX USB DI USB to isolated XLR
- 1x U-Control UCA222 USB audio interface
Sennheiser Evolution Wireless Radio Microphones
Channel 38/band GB (606-648MHz):
- 3x Sennheiser SKM500-935 G4 handheld, with MMD-935 capsules
- 1x MMD-865 capsule (all capsules interchangeable)
- 4x Sennheiser SK100 G3 beltpacks with headset and lavalier mics
- 5x Sennheiser EM100 G3 receivers, four of which in a rack with an antenna distribution amp
Antennas
- 4x Sennheiser A1031 paddle antennas (passive omni, 450-960 MHz)
- 2x Sennheiser A2003 directional passive antenna
Wired Microphones
- 4x Sennheiser e945 super-cardioid vocal mic
- 5x Sennheiser e935 cardioid vocal mic
- 2x Sennheiser e965 cardioid/super-cardioid switchable condenser vocal mic
- 1x Shure KSM9 HS hypercardioid/sub-cardioid switchable condenser vocal mic
- 1x Shure SM58 vocal mic
- 1x AKG C414 XLS large diaphragm condenser
- 2x Neumann KM184 MT cardioid condenser microphone
- 2x DPA 4099 CORE Loud miniature instruments mics with piano mounts
- 2x Beyerdynamic M201 TG hypercardioid microphone
- 4x Sennheiser e906 guitar cabinet microphone
- 3x Sennheiser e904 snare/tom microphone
- 3x Sennheiser e604 snare/tom microphones
- 4x Sennheiser ME36 on MZH3015 short gooseneck. Lectern/speech mics
- Beyerdynamic SHM 424 gooseneck talkback mic
Mic Stands and Cables
All my XLR mic cabling is Van Damme cable with Neutrik connectors. I probably have around 300m total, with plenty at 2m, 3m, 6m and 10m lengths.
- 15m 8-way XLR multi
- 4x Ethercon 4-way XLR breakout kits
- 2x Telescopic short boom stands
- 4x Fixed short boom stands
- 14x Standard height boom mic stands
- 2x Heavy desk stands
- 5x Heavy XLR desk bases (1 switched)
Battery and Waterproof PA
- Extron XP 2001 200W 100V amplifier (mains only)
- 120W and 60W 100V mixer-amplifiers (mains or battery)
- Matching batteries
- 4x Adastra RH15V 15W 100V horns
- 6x TOA CS-304 30W 100V horns
Lighting Equipment
It’s an LED-based lighting rig.
Wireless Battery Lights
| Qu | Fixture | Colours | Power | IP | Link |
| 8 | LEDJ QB1 Hex IP (uplighters) | RGBWAUV | 48W | Y | W-DMX |
| 8 | Chauvet Freedom H1 (magnetic lights) | RGBAWUV | 10W | D-Fi | |
| 8 | Chauvet Freedom Centerpiece (table centrepiece light) | RGBW | 6W | Y | D-Fi |
| 8 | Chauvet EZPin Spot (magnetic spot/flood) | W | 5W | ||
| 2 | Showtec Eventspot 1600 Q4 (uplighters) | RGBW | 48W | Y | W-DMX |
| 4 | Chauvet Freedom Sticks | RGB | 6W | D-Fi |
Stage Lights
| Qu | Fixture | Colours | Power | IP |
| 2 | Stairville CLB5 6P Compact LED Bar | RGB WW | 168W | |
| 2 | Stagg LED Profile (spot) | WW | 60W | |
| 2 | LEDJ Omni WA36 (stage wash) | white/amber | 108W | |
| 4 | American DJ 5P Hex (stage wash) | RGBWAUV | 60W | |
| 2 | American DJ 12P Hex (stage wash) | RGBWAUV | 144W | |
| 4 | American DJ Ultra Hex Bar 6 (bar of 6) | RGBWAUV | 60W | |
| 4 | American DJ 18P Hex IP (stage wash) | RGBWAUV | 216W | Y |
Effects Lights
| Quantity | Model | Type | Power | Features |
| 4 | Prolight Fusion Spot 200 | Moving head spot | 200W | Colour, rotating gobos, rotating prisms, zoom |
| 4 | Varytec Hero Spot 60 | Moving head spot | 60W | Colour, rotating gobos, fixed prism |
| 4 | American DJ Inno Pocket Scan | Compact dancefloor effect | 12W | Colour and gobo wheels |
| 2 | American DJ | Moonflowers | White |
Omega clamps, half-couplers and lighting bar hooks. Safety bonds.
Haze
- American DJ Entour Faze Jr (haze machine)
DMX Controllers (Lighting Desks)
- Zero 88 FLX S24 DMX desk (48 fixtures, 1 universe, iPad monitor/remote)
- Zero 88 Jester 12/24 DMX desk (24 channels, memory stack, 512 channel backup desk function)
- Eurolite Color Chief DMX controller
- Transcension SDC6 6-channel scene setter
- Eurolite four-channel DMX splitter
- Futurelight WDS-G5 TX IP W-DMX transceiver (for LEDJ & Showtec uplighters)
- Chauvet D-Fi Hub Wireless DMX transceiver (for Chauvet H1 & Freedom Sticks)
- 2x Chauvet D-Fi XLR RX receivers and charging base
- DMX cables (1x 20m, 1x 10m, 7x 5m, 10x 2m, 8x 1m)
Flood and Festoon Lighting
- 4x 50W Warm white LED outdoor flood lights (16A plugs)
- 4x 22W Neutral white LED outdoor flood lights (13A plugs)
- 50m warm white outdoor LED festoon (44 watts per each 10m) (pics/video)
- 80m ConnectPro LED festoon IP65 (7 watts per each 10m)
- ConnectPro fairy lights
- 20m warm white
- 10m warm white inc. sparkle bulbs
- 10m multicolour
Lighting & Speaker Stands
- 2x Varytec Wind Up Stands, 85kg, 4m (35mm pole)
- 2x K&M 213 Wind Up Stands, 50kg, 2.2m (35mm pole, M10 top thread)
- 2x Stageworx BLS-315 Pro Lighting Stand
- Short and long T-bars with 35mm top hat
- 2x Ultimax SureLoc tripod stands, 3.5m, with T-bars
- Speaker distance poles
- Wind-up speaker distance pole M20 base
- K&M Telescopic tall distance pole M20 base
- K&M heavy round M20 base
AV Equipment
Projection
- 1x Panasonic PT-RZ570 commercial laser video projector (5,400 lumen, 1920×1200, HDMI & analogue)
- Optoma DLP projector (2,500 lumen, 1280×800 widescreen, HDMI & analogue)
- Nobo pull-up tripod projector screen 1.5×1.0m / 16:10 (67″ diagonal)
- Celexon lightweight tripod projector screen 1.72×1.08m / 16:10 (80″ diagonal)
- Projector/laptop stands
Video Capture & Processing
- 4x Zowietek PTZ 30x Cameras and Controller
- Canon HF G26 video camera (HDMI, full HD)
- Canon Legria HF M56 video camera (HDMI, full HD)
- Roland V-8HD HDMI video mixer/switcher
- Kramer 4×8 HDMI Matrix
- Kramer VP-729 presentation switcher/scaler (HDMI, VGA, etc. + network control)
- Kramer VP-728 presentation switcher/scaler (HDMI, VGA, etc.)
- HDMI matrix switch (4 inputs x 2 outputs, 1080P)
- Kramer VM-4HN 1-in, 4-out HDMI distribution amplifier
- CYP HDMI splitters (2x two-output, 1x four-output)
- Kramer VP-3 XL video distribution amp UXGA (1:3)
- 2x 20m SVGA video cables
- 4x Velbon camera tripods
- 2x Lilliput 7″ video monitor (4k input, video assist functions)
- Lilliput 5″ video monitor (full HD)
- Portable 13.3″ monitor, full HD
- 2x 10″ computer/video monitor (HDMI & analogue)
- 2x Magewell HDMI USB encoder (for web casting)
- Kramer HDMI extenders (using network cables)
- HDMI leads and laptop HDMI adapters
- iPhone/iPad HDMI video output adapter
Video Lighting
- Neewer 58W LED panel, variable white, mains
- 2x Neewer 40W LED light panels, variable white, battery/mains
- 5x 10W LED light panels, white/colour, battery
Presentation Aids
- Interspace MicroCue2 presentation remote clicker (2 remotes)
- Interspace Indicator 2 wired dual traffic light cue light system
- Interspace ComboCue 2 wireless cue light system
- Presentation laptops
- Lectern (aluminium truss style) 1.3m high
Recording
- SQ-5 can record to USB sticks directly.
- SQ-5 and X Air 18 have multichannel USB interfaces
- Tascam DR60D Mk II digital recorder
Power
Single-phase only.
- PCE IMST Power distro 32A in, 32A + 4x 16A out
- Rubber Box Co distro board 32A to 6x 13A
- 3x distro boards 16A to 6x 13A
- 32A and 16A power leads and splitters
- 13A adapters and distribution
- EcoFlow Delta Mini battery power station 1400W / 882Wh
Event Equipment
- 7x Motorola XT420 business PMR two-way radios & charger rack
- 3m x 3m GalaTent Pro-40 Compact Commercial Gazebo, Black