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Will the Freefly MoVi replace ...

Category Technology, Uncategorized, Video - by - on April 22, 2013

Launched at NAB this year the guys from FreeFly released the MoVI camera stabilizer.

Designed to replace the functionality of a steadicam, users can quickly and easily learn the operational techniques required to produce amazing shots. In just the few minutes that I tried it and got used to the motion, it became obvious that this is a seriously professional piece of gear for hand held guys. The ability to quickly whip round and keep the camera stable and then to be able to drop down and keep moving forward without losing the object was incredible.

As much camera work as I have done in the past, you could become very proficient with this in a couple of hours; unlike the steadicam which can take days or weeks to fully master.
This would definitely be a piece of gear that I would want in my budget for the next shoot, not just for ease of use by the operator, but for the great shots it gives the director the opportunity to get.

Check out the behind the scenes look at the new MoVi M10

Here is the FreeFly at NAB being interviewed by Kelby Media Group.


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Using 16×9 video screens in ...

Category Conferences, Entertainment, Technology, Uncategorized, Video - by - on April 21, 2013

I have always liked the impressive size of having a large portrait size screen left and right of the stage for talking heads and speaker presentations and in the past we have usually had to  edge blend two projectors vertically per screen.

However the clever people at Analog Way have built into their newest machines a program as part of their new LiveCore (TM) platform that allows you to take a video camera picture and export it instead of horizontal onto a  9x16ft screen, but onto a tall portrait 16x9ft screen using only one projector.

How is this possible? Simply turn the projector onto its side and the LiveCore TM software will reformat the camera feed to fit a 9ftx16ft tall screen.

However if you have a lot of graphics and actual video footage to show you are going to need an imag screen somewhere on stage to show full size video otherwise everything will be cropped to fit and play on the portrait screens as a smaller image.

See the new Analog Way Live Core TM video below.

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Meyer Sound Install ihopkc

Category Audio, Technology, Uncategorized - by - on April 14, 2013

MeyerSound Install at FCF - ihopkc in Grandview, MOihopkc – Forerunner Christian Fellowship
Grandview, MO.

It is always exciting to renovate a PA system with the latest state of the art equipment and that is exactly what happened at the FCF iHOP-KC Meyer Sound install in Grandview Missouri first week of April.

Resource Group AV installed a new 15 box system in the Foreruner Christian Fellowship, Grandview, Missouri, the third consecutive Meyer Sound install at iHOP-KC produced by RGAV.

History.
Back in 2012, Stephen Brown from Resource Group AV was asked to provide a design for a new sound system at FCF. Brown reached out to his colleague Roger Gans – NY Sound Designer who was the sound designer for the 285,000-square foot Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, built at a cost of $413 Million. Gans first spent a weekend taking measurements and layout before designing the acoustical sound design using the appropriate Meyer Sound boxes for the church.
With FCF’s busy schedule it took until the first week of April for the church to have enough spare time and space on their calendar to do the install.

Install.
Firstly before the install started the electricians had to come in and put a new isolation transformer into place that would power the speakers at 220/208 throughout the building and provide an isolation from all the other equipment in the building. Resource Group AV put the bid out to tender and chose Teague Electrical as the electrical contractors who won the final bid. Ray Russell from Teague was extremely helpful throughout the whole install as well as Mark and Chris the actual install guys.

The first week of April crew from RGAV flew to Grandview to begin the install of the system.

The system comprised of:
6 x MeyerSound UPQ 1 with 3 x MPA UPQ Flyware to create Left, Center, Right clusters flown over the stage area
1 x Meyer Sound UPQ 2
6 x MeyerSound UPQ 1
2 x Meyer Sound UPA 1
4 x Meyer Sound UPJ
2 x Meyer Sound MJF212 to supplement the 3 MJF212 already on stage.
2 x Meyer Sound LCF 1100 subs
1 x Meyer Sound Galileo

6 Drive lines from the front of house gave maximum control over the Galileo for the system.
Then each speaker had its own dedicated line run to it to enable greater control over the system throughout the room.

After three days of installation, then two days of tuning and time alignment of the system, the system was ready for rehearsal by the first band of the weekends events and presentations by the speakers for the weekend.

Everybody’s reaction to the new system was how clear the sound was and the great intelligibly. Mike Bickle founder of iHOP-KC said that the new Meyer Sound system was a dramatic improvement from their previous system and Misty Edwards who is over the music and sound department commentated that she could hear an immediate improvement in tonal quality of the music and speech.

Andrew Bottom who is the head of Audio services at Grandview and ihopkc was a tremendous help in the install and worked under Roger Gans on the Galileo 616 and all the settings, EQ, etc involved.

Steve Brown

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