CBC Technical recently designed and installed a small television studio for a major golf equipment manufacturer. The project was a complete success. Utilizing a combination of products from all of the American DJ group of companies, CBC was able to provide a quality product well within the established budget. Project manager Nathaniel Pitcher thought the project was a great success saying: “It was great being able to get everything from one source. The support from the companies has been outstanding.”

Truss was provided from Global Truss. Installation was very easy, even within the compact space of this small office building. In addition, Global’s unique line of truss furniture was a perfect match to complete the look of the set. The client was thrilled beyond their expectations, saying: “It actually looks like a real studio.”

The Par 36 LED from American DJ allows great flexibility in changing the mood of the set. LED truss warmers were placed at every junction to really make the set shine. Their compact size and beam angle provided excellent coverage of the truss without spilling onto the rest of the set.

One of the challenges of turning a small office space into a television studio is the huge amount of power usually required for professional studio lighting. Along with the problem of  finding sufficient power was the amount of heat that typical studio fixtures give off. They simply would not work in a small space such as this. CBC overcame this challenge with Elation’s Design LED 36WA. The high output LEDs ran cool using hardly any power. They also gave the advantage of having remotely adjustable color temperature and intensity.

Bringing everything together was a Scene Setter controller from Elation and dmx cable from Accu-Cable. The Scene Setter’s flexibility and ease of use was unmatched by any controller in its price range.

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CBC Technical deployed Electro-Voice sound reinforcement to help a leading fast food brand “Make it Personal” to their employees: EV XLD281 super-compact line arrays were ground-stacked along with EV Xsub subwoofers under the stage, providing warm, high-resolution sound for video rolls and corporate executives alike.

Having carefully planned their deployment using EV’s LAPS (Line Array Prediction Software) back at their shop, CBC’s system design delivered even coverage throughout the soundstage, as well as reducing the impact on sightlines: “XLD was chosen for its amazing size and weight to performance ratio, which helped our staff minimize the time required to setup this show,” says Chris Batchelor, Production Manager. “That was exceptionally important at this event, due to timing restrictions and the amount of time the crew was allocated for load-in.”

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CBC Technical recently provided sound, lighting and video services for a luncheon of Mothers Against Drunk Driving at the Hilton Del Mar. Following is a testimonial and some pictures from the event.

Dear Sirs,

I wanted to thank you again and express our gratitude to CBC Technical for the impeccable services you have provided to MADD over the last 5 years, in which CBC Technical has made an invaluable contribution to our mission through our recognition of our Law Enforcement and volunteers at our Annual Recognition Luncheon. CBC Technical has offered MADD the opportunity to bring a higher level of professionalism, fun and interest to our 360 attendees of this prestigious event.

CBC Technical is a company with integrity. Our experience has shown us that the employees of CBC Technical say what they will do, and when they say they will do it…… They do.

Choosing the right technicians is very important to us. After much consultation within the community, it became clear that CBC Technical has enjoyed the finest reputation in the San Diego area for excellent work and honest dealings with clients. We discovered that all is true and more. No obstacle has hindered the performance of Your staff has been eager to help in both expected and unexpected technical decisions and purchases, always with a careful eye toward cost, and quality. They have always extended themselves with grace and patience and worked with us to uncover our true needs, helping us choose the appropriate technical solution.

And so it is a great pleasure to recommend your services to others, especially to non-profit organizations. CBC Technical has worked with us to offer non-profit pricing and extended a customized service level agreement that meets all our needs, while staying within our budget.

There is no doubt that we will happily work with CBC Technical and continue our relationship into the future.

Sincerely,

Patricia Hodgkin
Executive Director
MADD San Diego County

This Christmas, CBC Technical once again works with The Church at Rancho Bernardo and designed the lighting rig for their yearly Christmas Jam. This year the rig included 11 Coemar iSpot 575 MB, 5 Elation ColorWash 575, 4 Martin MAC 250 Entours, 8 Pixel Line W Fixtures, a DF-50, and 52 conventional dimmers, all controlled by CBC’s flagship lighting console, the Wholehog III. This production was attended by over 5000 people and was a huge success. CBC and The Church at Rancho Bernardo look forward to making 2008 a bigger and better Christmas Jam.

Part of the San Diego Zoo’s “Nighttime Zoo” summer program, “Talamasca—Jungle Myths and Legends,” is new jungle-themed acrobatic show at the zoo’s Hunte Amphitheatre. CBC Technical, Inc. provided sound reinforcement for the show, including Electro-Voice XLD very compact line arrays.

“The input end of the show is relatively simple—a DVD player providing four channels of audio along with timecode,” says Scott Chester of CBC. “The steep and deep shape of the venue and noise restrictions outside means a balance of complete, controlled vertical and horizontal coverage and intelligibility is essential—something the zoo felt the program was lacking last year. The XLD is proving the ideal solution.”

Arrays of seven XLD are flown each side, each over two ground-stacked X-subs for low-end support. EV CP4000S amplifiers handle the power, Dx38 the processing. “This whole system is so easy to set up: the flying hardware is great and the boxes sound superb with minimal tweaking—amazing definition and coverage. XLD is a lot of loudspeaker in a small package. I attended the show preview, which was attended by the zoo executives. They were all very happy with the sound—they told us it was the best they’d heard in years!”

The show runs nightly at 8:30 through September 2nd.

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Fallbrook, CA - CBC Technical, Incorporated just completed the purchase of 20 channels of Shure UHF-R wireless microphones. The microphones will be used for rentals as well as used on CBC’s own shows.

Audio engineer Nathaniel Pitcher was easily able to setup the receivers for their first show - Footloose by Act 1 Theater Arts - using Shure’s Wireless Workbench and the receiver’s built in ethernet ports. The IR sync allowed quick and easy setup of the transmitters via the settings stored in the receivers. Pictured below is FOH engineer Nathaniel Pitcher running the Soundcraft MH2-48 at the Bob Burton Center for the show.

It is believed that CBC’s stock of 20 channels of Shure’s top of the line UHF-R is to be one of the largest, if not the largest, in San Diego County. CBC plans to offer the systems to meet customers need with various handheld and bodypack configurations including the new KSM9.

For more information about Shure’s UHF-R offerings, visit Shure.com. If you’re interested in renting, please call (877) 4-CBC-TECH or email rentals@cbctechnical.com. If you’d like to purchase some UHF-R of your own, please contact CBC Technical.