Live sound production has forever
and always been a dream and hobby of mine. With newer technologies, it is an
ever exciting field to be in. From all the new soundboards that come out there
is bigger and better things that happen. Light boards are also very new and
exciting. The idea that we can take digital sound and place it into a board
then supply the same board with the power to control lights and tv screens and
everything that has to deal with producing a live show is really great.
One of my favorite digital consoles
that are out there right now is the D-Show by AVID. With this board you can run
everything from the sound coming out, while running the audio through a
multitrack recorder, all while producing the sound through a dvd player
recording everything that is going on. This is very exciting because a number
of years ago it would have taken a whole truck full of equipment to do what this
console can do by itself. I would love to get one of these consoles for my live
venue because it can do everything and anything I set it up to do.
Another one of the consoles that I really
like that is out right now is the Hippotizer by Green Hippo. This is a fully
functional Multimedia, show display. It can run everything from audio through
it to video and lights through it. A quote on the website says, The Hippotizer
was the only media sever capable of creating the complete multimedia, fully
interactive, audio visual performance that Andy C required”, Andy C is a drum
and bass DJ that just participated in Electric Daisy Festival. One of the
largest Electronic Music Festivals around. I had the opportunity to use the
Hippotizer here at Full Sail. It was a great experience.
As technology advances so will the
boards and consoles utilized and I can’t wait until I get to own and use bigger
and better things.
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