AV Tech

At the start of the pandemic, live-streaming and Zoom of course became the main game. As things started to settle, hybrid seemed to emerge (which came with its own unique challenges). In my part of the world I’m seeing a strong push away from that back to in-person only events, or a recording being shared post-event - are you noticing the same thing? It’s almost as if people are so tired of the years of disruption that they just want to roll it all back to how it was before.

I am part of a committee of volunteer AV techs at a large senior residence. We handle typically 15 events per month, lectures, concerts, or showing movies. A couple of venues are casual, where we roll in a portable sound system so presenters can use hand mics, and a portable 70" TV so they can show their powerpoints. Our main venue is a nice auditorium with a stage, roll-down screen and projector (soon to be upgraded to 4K). A complication is that since Covid, it's become expected by the community that auditorium events will also be on zoom so people can watch from their apartments. To that end we use Zoom Room hardware, but the setup gets complicated to give a good experience both in the room and remotely.

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Here’s a view from my office for the night in Melbourne, Australia

Big green to go forward a slide, little red one to go back - I didn’t think it’d need a degree to understand!