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Corona: Harford Sound goes beyond basic livestreams with all-Chauvet rig

With its 76 fixtures and 18’ by 10’ video wall, the rig set up inside the Harford Sound warehouse of Joppa, Maryland, looks like it’s being prepped for a live event. But the collection of Chauvet Professional lights and F4IP LED video panels isn’t going anywhere, nor was it ever intended to. Instead, it has remained inside the company’s 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse since early March 2020, turning out a series of immersive livestream shows at a clip of three to four a week.

Harford Sound owner Evan Kirkendall and his team created this 30’ by 25’ performance space following the Covid-19 lockdown. “We wanted to go beyond doing a simple streaming setup,” says Kirkendall. “Our thought was to build a space that could be used to create signature looks that would elevate our productions. By doing this we could offer bands the chance to create footage that could be used as promotional material for years to come.” Kirkendall and his team elected to go with an all-Chauvet rig that features 40 R2X Washes, 12 Rogue RH1 Hybrids, eight Maverick MK2 Spots and 16 Colorado Solo Batten units as well as 33 P4IP video panels.

Kyle Ryman, the LD at Harford Sound, designed the livestream lighting rig. Hanging the Mavericks and Rogue on two parallel lines of overhead truss, while positioning others on side truss as well as on the stage left and stage right floor, he turns the rectangular performance space into dynamic lightbox, crisscrossing it with moving beams and aerial washes. Since the majority of the movers are configured tightly overhead, he is able to create this motion while still keeping the design camera-friendly for livestreams.

The Colorado Solo Batten fixtures are positioned at different heights behind the stage. From this position, they allow Ryman to create an array of looks, serving as colors bars, in addition to being used as pixel mapped effects. Also adding to the variety of looks at the studio is its large center stage video wall. “We’re running Resolume with a bunch of content and graphics during each performance,” says Kirkendall. “We’ll mix in the band’s logo and whatever other content they want.”

Kirkendall also says that livestreaming and video recording will remain part of Harford’s repertoire once “normal gigging returns”. He even sees performing these services for clients at live events one day.

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