SoundWorks Event Production

26/08/2024

The latest speaker systems and a behind-the-scenes tour of the R&D facility of dB Technologies in Bologna, Italy. I heard the sound of pure silence in an anechoic chamber and later that night, a concert to hear the amazing VIO line array systems in action. Thank you Marco, I enjoyed every minute and learned so much.

12/08/2024

Opera in surround-sound at Shed Ten on the Waterfront was part of Auckland Arts Fest, 8 headset mics with just one tech rehearsal, we used the rock-solid Shure QLX-D packs & receivers, and an Allan & Heath SQ5 mixer – Nessun Dormaaaah!

20/12/2023

09/12/2023

14/11/2023

The dedicated Pest Liaison Group get together to talk about rats, stoats, possums and cats, and all kinds of weeds. We capture it on vid, tidy it up and Council put it online. Today they are talking about Golf courses, big green spaces, 890Ha in the Auckland region, and they need to be monitored for numerous ecological and conservation reasons.

22/10/2023

Handel at Teatro dell Opera in Roma. I arrived too late to buy a ticket but one of the staff took pity on me (and I was all dressed up for a night at the opera!), and he gave me one . . 'gratis senor'. I don't know much Italian but I know the 'free' word. After half time I found another seat up in the gods in the centre, so glad I took my binoculars! The ovation at the end was the longest I’ve ever experienced, all shouting ‘bravo!’ The stage sets were so creative, and there was nudity too, molto moderno!

26/06/2023

Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, it's ballet beneath the vaulting arches of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell, followed by an hour of Coldplay, all performed by the wonderful and evolving line-up of the Kulios String Quartet . . . coolio indeed!

21/05/2023

More tech this year at the Pukekohe Cultural Fest with a strobe and a smoke machine to give the extra lighting a bit more atmos. It's such a bright hall with daylight wash that it's hard to get any punch from the lighting but the sound was good and every year we get do it better.

17/08/2022

And event at the Textile Centre with four young MPs, one from each of the major parties using five handheld cordless mics, no worries.

23/07/2022

A couple of interesting events last night one at St Luke’s Church and the other at Saint Margarets on the other side of town, I just love that big 8000 lumen projector, it’s bright even a daylight!

20/07/2022

And then, somebody orders five lecterns, sure can sort that :-)

07/07/2022

Back in church again with all the candles, different quartet this time and the playing the hits of Daft Punk, up all night to get lucky :-)

05/07/2022

Another corporate event with a lectern, oh well, someone has to do it and it looks like it’s me.

26/06/2022

What is incredible event there at Glastonbury 2022, amazing.

10/06/2022

Three candlelight concert this week for us in Remuera. Last night was the best of Taylor Swift for String Quartet amazing!

29/05/2022

A special day at Avondale Primary School where we provided our Lectern System 6.1

20/05/2022

The official opening of the Avondale Primary School bike trail today where I supplied the audio, it’s so interesting to be in their world for a couple of hours - every job is somewhere different, here they’re really into creating positioning statements - some are quite complicated.

25/04/2022

And the previous night, a Candlelight String Quartet in the old wooden church in Parnell, absolutely magic, they played the repertoire of Queen - and I was thinking, as I sat in the flickering light, of that clever Englishman who created all those unforgettable operatic melodies, yes, Freddie Mercury, what a magician. It’s just an hour-long concert and we provide the audio support to boost it up in the church, using for 4 Sennheiser mke600 shotgun mics and an Allen & Heath SQ5 mixing console, with Ben mixing it all - I’m always in awe of these clever people.

17/04/2022

The opening of the new Felicity life building with Ted Manson and Grant Robinson

01/04/2022

Another athletics day all done – they had four 15” tops and one sub to make it more fun, we never had music at my school sports days that’s probably why I didn’t like them much.

16/02/2022

Greg Murphy the winning Bathurst driver here at the Pukekohe Bunnings opening talking about his V8 Holden and teamwork!

18/01/2022

Up here on the Ngati Whatua Orakei land that used to be called Bastion Point for the opening ceremony, Karakia, of a new housing development, Kainga Kaumatua, I needed to be onsite at 5am, but sometimes it’s good to get up early on these clear bright mornings we are having.

18/01/2022

The fancy new Allan and Heath SQ5 console, after an hour on the bench I’ve pretty well got the gist of it - it’s very smart, they have dropped the term Aux Send, it’s all just Mix outputs now. &hsq5

07/10/2021

Let's be positive – we can't stay in Level 3 forever and summer is on the way! We're here and ready to go with new speakers, new subs and more cordless mics for sports days, cultural fests and parties – drop us a line and let's get organised for summer.
Ngā mihi,
Tony, Production Manager, SoundWorks

03/08/2021

SoundWorks is supplying the audio enhancement for the Candlelight concerts, using 4 Sennheiser MKE 600s and a Allan & Heath SQ5 in the old Mercury Theatre and it sounds lush. &hsq5

19/06/2021

The stage is set the checks are done and the crowds are arriving for the final night of the 50th Anniversary of the Polynesian Panthers, an activist group created here in Auckland following the illegal police dawn raids. There’s Che doing the sound check and Kev sorting the mix and I’m up the back with my foot in plaster feeling relieved all went well without me. Thanks Kev!