Saturday, March 13th, 2010

How to EQ your PA

Move the faders slowly to avoid damage to equipment and hearing

Equalisation is one of the best ways to make the most of your equipment and get things sounding perfect. However, in untrained or inexperienced hands it can prove to be your biggest nightmare.
This article is going to teach you how to use your graphic equaliser to eliminate unwanted feedback and give you a head start [...]

DiGiCo goes Lenny’s way with sound image

Touring Europe in support of the 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of his debut album Let Love Rule, guitarist and vocalist Lenny Kravitz demands nothing but the best audio quality for his fans, his fellow musicians and himself. Having already used DiGiCo consoles for several years, the current tour sees rental company Sound Image invest in [...]

grandMA joins “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert”

The spectacular new musical production of Oscar winning Australian movie “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert” hits London’s West end in style and gorgeousness at the Palace Theatre, together with a grandMA full-size console controlling the moving lighting rig.
The show’s lighting design has been created by Nick Schlieper, and the stage adaptation, “Priscilla [...]

5 Star has a blast

5 Star cases has supplied a flight case solution for the 2009 BBC’s Blast on Tour outreach project, which is undertaking a 7 month tour visiting 27 cities around the UK.
Blast on Tour is a programme of workshops and activities supporting the development of creative skills in 13 to 19-year-olds which takes place in and [...]

Robe for South African music awards

Robe moving lights were specified by lighting designer Robert Hoey for the 2009 South African Music Awards (SAMA), staged at the Sun City Superbowl in front of a live audience of 5000 and broadcast live on SABC1. The high profile show that honours the very best of South African music was produced by Blue Moon [...]

Gearhouse SA supplies Africa Day 2009

Gearhouse South Africa supplied stage and set design plus all technical production – staging, lighting, audio, video, power, etc – to the 2009 Africa Day Concert staged in Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, downtown Johannesburg. The show included a fantastic line-up including the Parlotones, Asa from Nigeria, Classix, Yuri de Cuhna from Angola, Awadi from [...]