Posted by delta on 20th October 2010
Getting huge requests for my list since my email into Corporate, so here’s for all you Swankers. There’s more than listed, but these are the apps I use all the time. Something else to note: All of these apps work on the iPad too…
iPhone Audio Apps:
iAnalyzerLite – pretty cool for free!
OmniTuner
Shazam
RTA Lite – also, pretty cool for free!
SignalScope – I got the inexpensive one and then added the “Octave Analyzer” to it (it was cheaper that way)
SignalSuite – runs pink/white noise and you can do frequency sweeps to tweak a room
SoundMeter – Made by the same guys who make SignalScope and SignalSuite
iPhone A/V Utility Apps:
Banner Free
Counter
DownTime
iProjector
Party Timer
VideoCalc
iPhone Lighting Apps:
DipSwitch – a must have!
iSwatch – I love this app!
Lampy
Light Meter
ML Finder
myGobo
Zippo Lighter
iPhone Rigging/Lighting Apps:
Caliper – when your not sure of the size of that bolt…
Clinometer – Multimeter took it’s place, but I still use it from time to time…
GoFigureLite
iConvert
iFormulas
iRigging
Knots – the U.S. Navy made this one
Knots Free
iPhone Utility Apps:
Brushes – I use this a lot to make quick plots from rooms I have saved in iPhoto
GlowDraw – nice for quick plots
iBooks – you can put all your user guides in this thing!
iPocketTools 9-1 Pro – has a lot of stuff in it
MultiLevel – awesome!
Notes – comes with the iPhone
PocketCAS
PowerLight – this is awesome! I don’t carry a flash light anymore!
Sketch
iPhone Weather Apps:
WE DO A LOT OF OUTSIDE SHOWS
AccuWeather
Aeroweather
FreeWeather
iHurricane HD
MKEWeather
MultiTide
Surf Report
tideApp
Tides
TWC
Weather – comes with the iPhone
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Posted by delta on 6th August 2009
I’ve been on Maui for a long time. I’ve seen some crazy stuff – I’ve seen some stupid stuff. I’ve been rigger on many circus acts. I’ve never seen anything so blatantly unsafe in my life…
I looked above my op station this morning and saw this:
Two narrow scaffolding sides spot welded together with some type of ladder spot welded to the top of it. The scariest thing is that those are moving lights, not conventionals. They are heavy and they move, so this thing must swing crazy…
The funniest thing of all, about 50 steps from this area are three 10 foot pieces of real truss not being used at all – and plenty of rigging gear…
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Posted by delta on 1st July 2009
Last Sunday…
It was a blast – everyone threw all kinds of balls in the air. Most of the switchouts were suppose to be one musician (1 SM58 and 1 DI), but they kept adding their buddies in – so most of it was just made up on the spot…
Really fun day – lots of great music. All the musicians were great!
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Posted by delta on 14th February 2009
Quite funny…
Not sure what to think about it yet…
Probably should actually get there first…
Not looking forward to the bumpy plane ride – there’s a high-wind advisory tomorrow (50 mi/hr winds) so we may not be going anywhere…
Whatever…
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Posted by delta on 28th January 2009
I saw the about half the local A/V talent in the GW ballroom yesterday. It was strange to be in the same room with all of them and not have a ton of stuff to do (I really wanted to jump up and start working). It was a two stage setup with one in Hale II & III and the other in Hale IV and V, both stages facing Hale I. It’s only been about a month, but I already miss doing shows like that (a “real” show).
Funny thing happened midday in the office. We were going through a coming breakout in Hale IV and the tech team was calling it a GS (General Session), but as I looked at the gear and size of the show I just called it a breakout. They kept calling it GS, and I know that’s what it was, but my brain works by gear – and the gear in that room is just a breakout. I know it’s a GS to the client, but for setup and strike purposes it’s just a breakout. I didn’t want to get in a semantic argument, so I just said, “anything smaller than Hale I, II, III, IV, and V put together is just a breakout in my brain.” Just wanted to end it, ya know?
Then my A/V Coordinator said something funny (I like her, she’s quick) to make sure it ended. She said, “man! your hardcore about a few things! this is called this cause I’m Dave!”. Anyway, it was funnier to be there…
The whole thing left my brain until I was going around talking to “da boys” in the ballroom, on my way out for the day; I realized that if you ask any one of them they would have called it a breakout too…
Although, I am probably the breakout king of Maui, I love doing “shows.” They’re in my blood. I hope I get to jump on some (or hope my team sells some) soon – I don’t wanna lose “it” for lack of using “it”, ya know?
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