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.
Sound Equipment
PA Speakers
RCF TT+ Compact PA system
- 2x RCF TT 515-A Compact mid-high (2x 5″ plus horn, 127dB)
- 8x RCF TT 808-AS Bass Bins (Dual 8″, 1kW RMS, 129dB)
- RCF RDnet Control 2 remote speaker management
RCF Large Venue PA
- 2x RCF SUB 8004 AS Bass Bins (18″, 1.25kW RMS, 136dB)
- 6x RCF HDL 6-A Line array (pole mount)(2x 6″, 1x 1.7″ horn, 131dB)
Other Speakers
- 4x RCF ST 12-SMA Floor Monitors (12″ + horn, 130dB)
- 2x KV2 Audio EX10 (10″ + horn, 500W cont.)
- 2x Yamaha DZR12 (12″ + horn, 2kW) with rain covers
- 2x Yamaha DZR10 (10″ + horn, 2kW) with rain covers
- 2x Thomann box pro Achat 104A (4″ + dome tweeter 50W)
Mixing & Stage Boxes
- Allen & Heath SQ-5 digital mixer (48 inputs (16 local), remote control) with 2x DX168 digital stage boxes (16 in, 8 out, each) and 2x 20m Ethercon leads
- Yamaha DM3 Standard digital mixer (16 analogue inputs, stereo out + 6 buses)
- Allen & Heath CQ-18T digital mixer (16 mono inputs + stereo + Bluetooth + USB)
- Behringer QX1204USB (4 mic, 2 stereo line, USB, effects)
- 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 v3 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 Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB recording interface
- 1x Behringer UMC204HD USB recording interface
- 1x ARX USB DI USB to isolated XLR
- 1x U-Control UCA222 USB audio interface
Microphones
Sennheiser Evolution Wireless Digital Radio Microphones
Channel 38/band GB Sennheiser EW-DX digital radio mics
- 1x Sennheiser EW-DX EM 4 (S1-10 606-693MHz) quad receiver with Dante
- 4x EW-DX SKM handheld microphones with e935 capsules
- 4x BA70 batteries and charger
EW-D
- 1x Sennheiser EW-DP (S1-7: 606.2 – 662 MHz) portable receiver
- 1x EW-D SKM handheld microphone with e835 capsule
Antennas
- 2x Sennheiser A1031 paddle antennas (passive omni, 450-960 MHz)
- 2x Sennheiser A2003 directional passive antenna
Wired Microphones
- 5x Sennheiser e935 cardioid vocal mic
- 4x Sennheiser e945 super-cardioid vocal mic
- 2x Sennheiser e965 cardioid/super-cardioid switchable condenser vocal mic
- 1x Shure SM58 vocal mic
- 4x Neumann KM184 MT cardioid condenser microphone
- 2x DPA 4099 CORE Loud miniature instruments mics with piano mounts, clip mounts, a universal mount and a sax mount
- 3x Beyerdynamic M201 TG hypercardioid microphone
- 4x Sennheiser e906 guitar cabinet microphone
- 4x Sennheiser e904 snare/tom microphone
- 5x Sennheiser ME36 on MZH3015 short gooseneck. Lectern/speech mics
- Beyerdynamic SHM 424 gooseneck talkback mic
- Behringer ECM8000 measurement mic
Mic Stands and Cables
All my standard 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
- 2x 5m and 2x 10m twin XLR looms
- 4x Ethercon 4-way XLR breakout kits and 10m lengths of link cable
- 4x K&M 25900 short grey telescopic boom stands
- 12x K&M 21080 tall grey telescopic boom stands
- 4x generic standard height boom mic stands
- 2x Telescopic short boom stands
- 4x Fixed short boom stands
- 2x Heavy base desk stands
- 5x Heavy XLR desk bases (1 switched)
Lighting Equipment
It’s an LED-based lighting rig.
Wireless Battery Lights
| Qu | Fixture | Colours | Power | IP | Link |
| 16 | LEDJ QB1 Hex IP white (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 of 6 | RGB WW | 168W | |
| 2 | Stagg LED Profile (spot) | WW | 60W | |
| 2 | LEDJ Omni WA36 (stage wash) | white/amber | 108W | |
| 4 | American DJ Ultra Hex Bar 6 (bar of 6) | RGBWAUV | 60W | |
| 4 | American DJ 18P Hex IP (stage wash) | RGBWAUV | 216W | Y |
Effects/Moving Lights
| Quantity | Model | Type | LED Power | Features |
| 8 | Abstract X Lite Pro | 2m LED effects sticks | 30W per tube | RGBW LEDs, advanced pattern generator |
| 4 | Chauvet Professional R1 Beamwash | Beam / wash zoom moving head | 280W | RGBW combined wash and beam, <6kg |
| 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 scanner | 12W | Combined colour and gobo wheel |
| 2 | Chauvet DJ Obsession HP | Intelligent moonflower | 100W | Colour, rotating gobos and rotating beams |
| 2 | American DJ | Moonflowers | White |
Omega clamps, half-couplers and lighting bar hooks. Safety bonds.
Haze
- ADJ Entourage flight-cased 1400W fazer
- ADJ Entour Faze Jr (haze machine)
DMX Controllers (Lighting Desks)
- ChamSys QuickQ 20 DMX desk (2 universes, live and theatre modes)
- 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 wireless links and LEDJ & Showtec uplighters)
- 2x Futurelight WDR-G5 RX IP W-DMX receiver
- Chauvet D-Fi Hub Wireless DMX transceiver (for Chauvet H1 & Freedom Sticks)
- 2x Chauvet D-Fi XLR RX receivers and charging base
- DMX cables (multiple)
Flood and Festoon Lighting
- 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
- 4x 50W Warm white LED outdoor flood lights (16A plugs)
- 4x 22W Neutral white LED outdoor flood lights (13A plugs)
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)
- 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)
- Unicol projector/laptop stands
Video Capture & Processing
- 4x Zowietek PTZ 30x Cameras and Controller
- Canon Legria HF M56 video camera (HDMI, full HD)
- Roland V-8HD HDMI video mixer/switcher
- Kramer 4 input, 8 output 19″ HDMI Matrix
- 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
- 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 ComboCue 2 wireless cue light system
- Presentation laptops
- Lectern (aluminium truss style) 1.3m high
Recording
- SQ-5, CQ-18T and DM3 can record to USB sticks directly.
- SQ-5, CQ-18T and DM3 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
- Approx 50m of 32A/6mm2 cable
- 16A power leads and splitters
- 13A adapters and distribution
Lithium battery 230V power stations
- Aferiy 2001A battery power station 2000W / 1997Wh
- 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