Following on from the success in Edinburgh, The Doves asked Basic Monkey to provide a Catalyst media server for their show at The Green Man Festival in South Wales. Arriving on site to find ‘video world’ in a pop-up tent by stage was a humorous start to the day although a little nerve racking when the rains hit hard! The character of ...

This week James is down in London to learn the ins and outs of United Visual Artists d3 media server. d3 stands out for its impressive handling of 3d environments using CAD modelling and clever processing. There are clear differences between Catalyst and d3, with the latter being very geared around it’s beat accurate ‘quantized’ timeline and ability ...

James has just spent the night re-building a F-30 LED screen at the Goodwood Festival of Vintage following a power issue. The phone rang yesterday afternoon in the hunt for an LED/power technician to get to Goodwood to rebuild the screen while they day crew got some rest. James arrived on site to find the cause of the problem, one of XL’s ...

Tonight saw James in Edinburgh at very late notice to provide the Doves with our Catalyst media server for their show. Mark Wynne-Edwards is the Doves lighting designer, using his own Jands Vista T2 console which works easily with Catalyst. Once the content was uploaded to our server, it was simply a case of testing a few cues in Mark’s pre ...

For the past two days James has been in York at Stage One to build one part of the exciting launch for Thompson Reuters’ new ‘Eikon’ product. We’d love to show you some cool photos and tell you all about it, but you’re just going to have to ...

For the past few days, James has been at Global Gathering in Stratford-upon-Avon working for XL Video who are providing video kit and support across the site. XL provided a variety of screens and projection across the site; F-30 for main stage, Bedrock and Random arenas, Martin LC for Global Arena and 4x Barco R22+ projectors for the Godskitchen tent. James was ...

This week saw James at Deeside College in Flintshire for their annual student awards show, produced as always by CSP Audio Visual. All equipment was provided by CSP, apart from our own Catalyst media server and Jands Vista lighting console. The lighting rig was designed by Steve from CSP and operated by James. The set backdrop was 11m x 4m of ...

This afternoon James set off to Macedonia for the first leg of the Faithless European tour. For the first leg, the rig will be a festival style, floor based LED system using GLP Impressions, ColorBlock DB4s and Palcos. Moving lights and PA will be provided by local promoters. From the first UK date in Brixton, there will be some video goodies added with full lighting ...

This weekend saw James back with Lightech, this time at a wedding reception in Lancashire. James was there to help with the finishing effort and to operate the lighting in the disco area, which was hidden from view until a grand reveal. Fireworks also provided by Lightech added an extra ‘bang’ to the night, followed by band and DJ ...

Tonight was the Fashion Kicks event in Lancashire County Cricket Club’s semi-permanent marquee, lit by Lightech Sound and Light. James was there to help with the build in the fashion show tent, sponsored by Selfridges, and later the conversion of this area to a nightclub for the guests after their dinner. Entertainment in the dinner marquee ...