Your Back-to-Meeting Season Checklist

Once the kids are back to school, meeting and convention season is right around the corner. We hope you had a wonderful and relaxing summer, but we were busy improving our AV inventory for you. We also created our back-to-meeting season supply list of new equipment we added this summer.

☐ Audio

Warner introduced three new digital consoles to our inventory. The Soundcraft Vi1, Soundcraft SI Compact 32, and the Soundcraft SI Compact 24. These consoles give flexibility on mixing large venue arenas to breakout room meetings in digital format. Digital consoles are self-contained with all of the processing built into the unit-- meaning there is less clutter at the front of house where meeting attendees are paying attention to your client's presentation.

☐ Video

This meeting season, take your presentation to the next level with a complete HD video package. Our newest inventory in the video department is the Eiki LC-HDT2000. The HDT2000 projector is a 15,000 ANSI lumens with full HD 1080p 2K Resolution. The Eiki has internal edge blending and image warping which means no screen is too big for us anymore.

☐ Lighting

We have not forgotten about lighting and neither should you. We introduce to you the ColorBlast TRX 32xLED-HB/RGBAW fixtures with the standard Red, Green, Blue, color scheme and offering the addition of Amber and White to make white light…whiter! These fixtures are small and versatile to accomplish any job.

Call one of our AV specialists at 815.469.1422 to discuss your next meeting,
and remember to check off all of the boxes to receive $500 off your quote.

How to Know Your Room

Creating a fantastic audio visual presentation means choosing the right space for the event and maximizing its potential. Here are some tips on how to get to know your room for your next meeting or trade show.

Before booking your space, schedule a walk-through. Be sure to invite all your vendors. An AV expert will be able to create a unique staging display that uses the space to its full potential. Here are some things our Project Managers look for:

1. Is it enough space?

AV equipment can use a lot of space. On a site visit, we will determine if everyone will fit in the space with the equipment that we provide. We can help with other things like selecting the correct screen based on the ceiling height, or deciding whether images from your presentation should be projected from the front or rear in relation to your space. We’ll even tell you what kind of audio system would be best.

2. Can you hide things?

It can become a tighter squeeze in your space that you expected with your attendees and staging equipment. You wouldn’t want to have to rent an extra space to keep empty boxes and equipment cases hidden, would you? On a site visit, we figure out where to hide empty cases and boxes. We’ll make sure that cases fit back stage, behind some strategically placed drape, or in an extra room that your venue provides.

3. What’s hanging?

One of the major issues what we face are beautiful chandeliers - that hang too low. If a low hanging chandelier or another decorative item suspend from the air is permanent, your entire staging display will have to be scaled accordingly. This creates a visual imbalance. We’ll also check to see if there are any soffits or decorative molding that might cause a cove. Coves can cause audio feedback and obscure screen placement.

WAV provides a full service for your next event including, site surveys, advice for placement, and a full scale / fully rendered drawing of the room so you can see what your show will look like before it takes place.

1980's Party for Allos Theraputics

On the last night of Allos Theraputics' annual meeting, Warner AV helped take 100 attendees back to a time when Prince was a hit, MTV was in its infancy and Ray-Ban's were all the rage.

Crew-chief, Cory Wetzell, used a Screen Pro 2 Switcher and Controller to control the screens. A Hog 3 was used for the colorful lighting design, and a Midas Venice was used to mix sound during the meeting.

Allos Therapeutics - picture slideshow

Produced by Robert Bieber of Northstar (NSCI).  Decorations designed by Pink Monkey.

Welcome to WAV Action.

Warner Audio Visual has been in the corporate meeting, event and tradeshow business for over 40 years. Big clients like Toshiba, Honeywell, Case IH and Bankers Life and Casualty trust us to create one-of-a-kind audio and visual displays that are high quality and within their budgets. Find out what kind of projects our technicians are working on as well as some tips and tricks on what can seem like a complicated industry.