Fortress Productions

03/23/2024

My evening… Former Nu Upsilon chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia… Digital Juke Box… supporting a different kind of music for Hillsdale College.

03/02/2024

Figures...
I sit down to work on a very large system design and quote for a client and the manufacturer's website is down... Don't need pricing information from the website, but configuration information is an important piece of knowledge at this time...

12/21/2023

It's been a while... I see.
We have been pretty busy, but not just with AVL activities.
This year we were blessed with a sanctuary update, a small theatre update, we have added 12 wireless headset mics to our rental inventory and added a second digital mixer to our resources for versatility and the ability to provide sound support at two locations as necessary.
We provided sound for 2 elementary programs, 3 high school theatre/musicals, 2 high school band/choir concerts, 7 outdoor concerts covering as many as ±500, 2 or 3 indoor gigs.
With that - thank you to all who've supported us this year.

06/26/2023

06/18/2023

Jake Kershawn at WCSR’s Smoke Show. Sound by Fortress Productions

06/14/2023

We've already got 3 graduations and one elementary music program under our belt this season. Upcoming are this weekends Smoke Show at the Hillsdale County Fair Grounds hosted by WCSR and sponsored by many others, an outdoor church service and the programs at Mrs. Stock's Park, beginning June 27.
It's going to be a busy summer, especially given late July we've got an audio upgrade in Livonia to complete.

06/14/2023

Trailer is mostly loaded. Working on getting some wireless mics and amp racks around to supplement the active PA as necessary. WCSR Smoke Show this Saturday.

05/11/2023

Summer's coming... right around the corner.
We've got 6 outdoor concerts on our schedule, a senior awards night, graduation, kindergarten graduation, and a few other activities.
We recently added 12 channels of headset wireless to our inventory for rental by themselves, or as part of a full system rental.
Let us know how we can help you cover indoor/outdoor events up to 1500 people.

04/15/2023

At a “well to do” school baseball field to watch my son play ball. Yet another example of a poorly deployed, under engineered sound system! Perpetuation of “Meh!”

06/30/2022

Prepping cabinets for painting and working on rigging materials for flying.

06/27/2022

And... 1st house of the summer finished. Now to see about finishing my own.

06/27/2022

We had a great Saturday at the Inaugural 1st annual Smoke Show at the Hillsdale County Fair grounds hosted by WCSR.
First photo, Five Second Rule, second photo Remantz.

06/04/2022

First day out of school, what do we do? Paint. Side B Painting finished up a job from last fall. Thankfully the client was patient. We looked over a one story attached garage today, made an appointment for another paint quote AND sound consult on the same visit. We have a product demo and evaluation next Thursday in Livonia with another product demo in an adjacent city and product on the way for a church install in Jackson, MI.
Oh, and we power wash a deck on Monday.

05/28/2022

J.R. knows his stuff!
YES! All day on all of this!
Sometimes a battle with the local/regional groups I work with.

05/12/2022

Can't wait to hear these in the USA!

05/07/2022

Summer schedule is ramping up for sure. We’ve got 2 outdoor graduations, 7 Mrs. Stock’s Park concerts, Arts Chorale at The Dawn, WCSR’s Great Smoke Out and Sweetcorn Days in Litchfield. We’ve also got an install in early June lines up.

04/07/2022

Fortress Productions is now an authorized provider of SMART board interactive displays and white boards as well as Shure microphones.

Teachers/professors/IT support will really be interested in the SMART technologies and seamlessness between devices offered through their new interface.

Shure microphones, just adding another tool to the toolbox.

03/24/2022

Triple book weekend!

Later this year, 7 concerts at Mrs. Stock's Park, Litchfield SweetCorn Days, and The Great Smoke Out with WCSR!

We're also working on a couple of install projects, one being an audio upgrade, the other theatrical lighting.

03/01/2022

We are gearing up for our summer concert seasons, however, we are having a really busy March. Near the end of the moth, we will be triple booked!
Audio support for a local school's production of Cinderella
Audio gear support for Tower Players Production of "Ada and the Engine"
Live sound support for Phi Mu Alpha's spring Jukebox concert

For summer, we've got 7 concerts at Mrs. Stock's Park, an event at the fair grounds, a graduation or two and a couple of open houses.

Additionally, we are presently working with a couple of churches on system upgrades in their sanctuaries as well as a theatrical lighting proposal for a local school's multi-purpose room.

We're busy, and we like it!
Now, if product would just resume arrival in a timely fashion.

02/18/2022

And we've been an Audio-Technical dealer for just as long.

We are proud of our 20-year collaboration with NBC Sports, delivering premium and all-encompassing audio experiences.

“NBC SPORTS SELECTS MICROPHONE AND HEADPHONE PROVIDER FOR ITS PRODUCTION OF 2022 OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES”: https://bit.ly/3h2anBa

02/17/2022

We've heard the Maui44. Rock Solid. Other Maui options are more portable. We're proud to offer LD Systems products.

Jeder DJ fängt klein an...🤏 Pro Jahr sind es nur ein paar Gigs auf Geburtstagen und Hochzeiten von Bekannten, für die ein kleines Soundsystem ausreicht. Aber was ist, wenn immer mehr Aufträge reinflattern, die von der Größenordnung eine Herausforderung für deine bestehende PA darstellen? Wie wär's, sich Gedanken über ein neues Soundsystem zu machen, das deine Dienstleistung sowohl in der Soundperformance als auch in der optischen Erscheinung auf ein höheres und professionelleres Level hebt?

DJ Mike Hoffmann, hauptberuflicher Wedding-DJ, DJ Coach und Mentor, hat die MAUI 28 G2 in weiß für uns eine Saison lang getestet und vor Kurzem eine Video-Reihe veröffentlicht, in der er die Säulen-PA reviewt und angehenden Profi-DJs erklärt, worauf es bei der Auswahl eines geeigneten PA-Systems für Hochzeits-DJs ankommt.

Wenn du also gerade auf der Suche nach einem neuen System bist, legen wir dir dieses Video ans Herz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7-sYBzeP70

02/14/2022

With the closing of one of our competitors in the Jackson area... You need audio/video/lighting support for your school, auditorium, gymnasium or church space, let us know. We've been here for 22 years and we'll be here for many more to come.

12/28/2021

We've been a member of the Adam Hall Group for almost 2 years now. We are really excited about these ICOA boxes arriving any day. Our current PA speaker line up is completely LD Systems Stinger and Curv500-TS lines and we couldn't be happier, our clients say the same.
Benefit of these ICOA boxes is the HF waveguide is rotatable, so the width is horizontal when used as a floor monitor.
Want to hear some of LD System's products, or learn more about the Adam Hall Group? Drop us a line!

Koaxialer Lautsprecher? Das liest man direkt, wenn man auf unsere Fullrange-Modelle der ICOA-Serie stößt. Doch was bedeutet das eigentlich genau? Und was sind die Vorteile für dich als Musiker, DJ oder Speaker?

Robin von expert island hat sich einen aktiven ICOA Speaker genau angeschaut und beantwortet genau diese Fragen sehr verständlich! Schaut euch das Video hier an: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNnNFqPEpJc

Was denkt ihr über koaxiale Lautsprecher? Habt ihr damit schon Erfahrungen gemacht? Habt ihr Fragen dazu oder zu unserer ICOA Serie?

12/16/2021

Ladies and Gentlemen - - this means, for the first time in over 15 years, Shure is now officially part of the line up.
Note, we're still Audio-Technica dealers and fans.

Starin, a Midwich Group company, signs distribution agreement with Shure Incorporated. https://synergy-center.com/article?g=20126&a=8475255

12/08/2021

Yes, we sell these!
Yes, they are in stock!
Are they for your average country church? Probably not.

12/01/2021

We do this in America as well!
Curv500TS and related products are small, articulate and powerful!

11/27/2021

Small business Saturday!
Yes, we are small, but that doesn't mean we can't do big things.
From a cable to complete systems, we do that right here in Hillsdale, MI.

11/27/2021

Today, we finished up the installation of a pair of laser projectors. 1 has been in place for a while, but with VGA cable, it just didn’t “pop.” An ultra short throw on the rear wall will make it easier for musicians to see the scripture as well as where they are in the song. Took much longer than anticipated due to extremely limited access to cable runs.
Started at 10, got home at 8:30.

11/25/2021

The Allens - enjoying their Audio-Technica 3000 series purchased through Fortress Productions!

11/22/2021

So, what is Fortress Productions up to, you may ask?
Tech support for a couple of local clients digging deep into troubleshooting connection issues with their digital consoles, all while juggling personal loss, production support at local schools and teaching full time.
If you’ve asked for something, or are waiting to be billed for product already delivered, be patient… we’ll get there.
Thank you for your continued support.