Equipment
We all use our own equipment and it varies slightly from show to show.
Sound Equipment
Our sound systems start at 300watts R.M.S. which is large enough for a small indoor event, i.e. a child's birthday party in a small venue. We would normally provide a sound system of at least 800watts R.M.S. for your indoor event of up to 200 guests (approx). If the event is in a marquee or outdoors, we would normally double the output power. It is much better to have too much power, than not enough. You can turn the volume of a large system down to zero, but a small system will sound terrible if you try to turn it up too loud. We can supply a larger sound system (up to 4000watts R.M.S.), from stock, suitable for up to 600 guests. If you are organising a larger event we can supply a 10k rig suitable for up to 2500 people.
The list below contains our most used sound equipment.
- One pair of Carlsbro Gamma Active 400/15 full range moulded cabs with built in 400watt R.M.S. amps.
- One pair of Carlsbro Gamma Active 600/15 moulded bass bins with built in 600watt R.M.S. amps
- One pair of full range cabs rated at 250watts R.M.S. each running off two times 150watt R.M.S. Mosfet amplifier modules built in to main control unit.
- One pair of full range cabs on stands rated at 350watts R.M.S. each running off 700watt R.M.S. stereo Mosfet amplifier.
- One pair of bass bins rated at 500watts R.M.S. each running off 900watt R.M.S. stereo Mosfet amplifier.
- Microphones
- Shure Unisphere B Microphone
- Trantec Radio Mic System
- Three Heavy Duty Professional Karaoke Mics
- Mixers
- Two Numark 5 channel, 12 input stereo mixers
- DAC 2 PCDJ Controller
- Karaoke Microphone mixer (Reverb, Echo, etc)
- Lighting Equipment We have a wide variety of different lighting effects which we are always updating. Most of them are computer controlled and synchronise perfectly with the music. Some are more subtle. We can change the mood of the room depending on what type of music we are playing.
- Sixteen Par 56 Long Throw 300watt lamps on four Powerdrive stands (Two yellow, two blue, two red and two green for each show)
- Two 2ft Ultra Violet Fluorescent Lamps
- Two banks of four Par 36 scanners
- Over 60 square feet of light screens displaying various patterns
- Three NJD Chaos multicoloured, multi beam, sound activated, flower effect projectors
- Two MAD Spin barrel mirror DMX projectors
- MAD Scan flat mirror DMX projectors
- One MAD DMX Power Flower
- One White Star 900watt multi beam effect
- Thirty-two Par 36 Pin Spots in banks of four or eight.
- Four synchronised Jumbo Strobes
- Two 12" and one 18" Mirror balls
- Two 250watt sound activated colour changers (Produces a fantastic effect on the mirror ball)
- Mode 10 Four channel dimmer, sound to light, chasing controller
- Raving MAD DMX controller
- Martin 19" Rack Mount DMX controller
- NJD Four channel sound chaser
- Three Pulsar Zero 4000 Four channel sound to light, chasing controllers
- Four Pulsar Zero 2250 Three channel sound to light units
- Citronic Four channel sound to light, multi effect, chasing controller
- Two Eight channel switch packs
- Depending on the size of show required, we also have two heavy duty wind-up stands and 4, 2 metre lengths of trussing. which can produce a Goalpost of (up to) 4 metres high by 8 metres wide, from which to hang the larger lighting effects.
We supply different sized shows to suit the room and number of guests that we will play to.
The following list contains most of the lighting effects that we have at our disposal.
Extras
SnowWe have a snow machine which produces a fantastic effect for any occasion. It is used sparingly during the course of the party and surprises everyone within a ten metre radius.
Smoke
We use smoke machines to enhance the beams of the projected lighting effects. The smoke produced is a neutral, water based fog and will not irritate or adversely affect asthma sufferers, (or anyone else!). It is as dense as we want it, totally evaporating after a short while.
We are both non smokers and dislike normal smoky atmospheres produced by cigarettes etc. but we can stand in the middle of the fog from the smoke machines for three hours with no ill effects.
HazeThe haze machine is very similar to the smoke machine. It also is used to enhance the beams of the projected lighting effects. Instead of producing a fog, it produces a very fine translucent haze, barely noticeable to the dancers.
Bubbles
Bubbles are always popular with children and adults of all ages. We have two bubble machines, each capable of producing over 1000 bubbles per minute. Once again these would be used sparingly during the course of the event to enhance a particular mood etc. The bubbles look brilliant with the different ligahting effects. We can also supply bubble fluid that produces bubbles that appear 'gold' under the ultra violet lighting.
Confetti Canon
We can supply to order confetti canons of varying sizes and outputs. They basically consist of a hand held tube that uses compressed air to shoot several thousand pieces of coloured or metallic paper high into the air. These are ideal for the end of the bride and groom's first dance, midnight on New Years Eve or a birthday party surprise etc. The confetti canons that we use are a very high quality product and not the cheapest on the market. Because we import them from France, they are sometimes difficult to get hold of and not always available.
Glow Sticks
We can also supply to order a variety of glow sticks and necklaces etc for the children (and adults). Once activated, these tubes produce a bright glow for up to eight hours.
