New Zealand - Audio Progress is an audio, lighting and staging company based in Palmerston North, about 150km from capital city Wellington.
The enterprise is run by Malcolm McKinnon, who founded it back in the 1980s, originally as an audio specialist, and since then, he and the team have built a solid reputation for delivering quality productions for all types of shows and events, concerts, and festivals.
A recent investment in 16 x Robe LEDBeam 350s sees the first Robe moving lights to join the Audio Progress inventory.
The new fixtures – delivered by distributor Jands New Zealand – are being used effectively and efficiently to light an increasing array of televised and streamed events serviced by Audio Progress.
Malcolm was aware of Robe as a brand already and had hired some LEDWash 600s for a Kapa Haka festival from Grouse Lighting in Wellington which worked very well. The OB unit filming the show loved them and Malcolm was impressed generally with the quality of the fixtures and the light output.
However, it was watching the LEDBeam 350 product video, that really convinced him to go with Robe.
He had also asked clients, colleagues, and acquaintances to get a thorough assessment of their needs and which fixtures best met all of these and thought the price of the LEDBeam 350s was good.
The first eight arrived followed by another eight, giving a current system of 16, which Malcolm expects to be growing soon.
“LEDBeam 350s have made a massive difference to how we can light all our productions,” he states. “The quality and engineering are excellent, they are easy to handle physically, and they work brilliantly on camera. Basically, they have solved all the issues at once. It’s been a great investment.”
