Music Box Productions

EQUIPMENT

1. Do you use quality, professional equipment?

2. Do you have back-up equipment and is it at my event?

3. Is your DJ equipment maintained regularly?

Any DJ you speak with should answer "Yes" to all 3 questions. If not, that DJ is not professional enough to insure against mishaps on your once in a lifetime day.

The three most important questions to ask a DJ about their equipment.

At Music Box Productions, we use only state of the art equipment, to bring you articulate, full sound and vibrant exciting light shows. We'd like to familiarize you with our equipment. You may not recognize all of the brand names we use...that's because these manufacturers specialize in pro audio equipment. Just because the more familiar manufacturers make awesome home equipment, doesn't necessarily mean their mobile stuff is just as good. Below, you will find pictures and explanations of the equipment we use.

Your Tour

PCDJ FX

The evolution of technology has afforded us the opportunity to deliver music in a digital medium to you and your guests. We have taken our extensive music library-kept constantly updated-and transferred it directly from CD to digital. Incorporating the use of a state of the art soundcard allows us to keep a consistent CD quality sound for every DJ that Music Box employs.

But How do we control that sound? Music Box Productions does it right. Some DJ's are comfortable pressing "P" on their laptop keyboard to "P"lay your special song. Music box DJ's are not! Combined with PCDJ we utilize a high quality Digital Audio Controller also called a DAC. The DAC allows your DJ the ability to manipulate any song exactly as if they were using a CD player.

Everything Combined enables Music Box Productions to provide a seamlessly mixed show for your event!

Denon Professional CD players

As a Backup to PCDJ your DJ carries aDenon Professional CD player. The Denon DN-2000F MK3 is used by those DJ companies that want a CD player that will last a lifetime and work like a horse in the meantime. It has 20 seconds of true uncompressed shock memory, a durable design including an all steel frame and rubber command buttons. This CD player, like all of our equipment here, is regularly maintained by our full-time equipment technician. Just like your car, DJ equipment needs constant maintenance and TLC. You can rest assured that none of our equipment is ever neglected.

Rane MIxing BoardsOn with our tour!

Rane MP-24z Mixer The Rane MP-24z receives it's signal from the Gigaport or the CD player. The MP-24z is perfect for mobile work. It has 4 separate channels with an assignable crossfader and multiple input options, giving your DJ lots of range in regards to what can be run through his board. Everything from microphones to an acoustic guitar to turntables, the MP-24z can handle it. The MP-24z also allows a DJ to manipulate the bass, treble, and mid-range and even the amount of signal that goes to the amplifiers--which is our next stop.

QSC and Crown Amplifiers

Crown Power Base-2

We use QSC and Crown amplifiers here at Music Box. The Crown Power Base 2 is the tried and true workhorse of the mobile industry. Much like the QSC amps, its high and low frequencies are set to make the harmonic sound absolutely beautiful, with the maximum amount of noise reduction, so that you enjoy every note of every song played!

QSC PLX- 2402 and QSC PLX-3002

The QSC PLX-2402 and PLX-3002 amps offer ultra high performance and reliability while being ultra-low on the external noise to deliver the cleanest, most crisp sound at your event, no matter what the volume.

EV Speakers

Now that we've taken this long trip, it's time to hear the crystal clear sound that all of this awesome equipment can deliver. To do that, we need great speakers. The Electro-Voice S-152's and S-181's are just that. The S-152 15 inch 2 way hi-mid speakers deliver 250 watts of continuous power, and can handle 1,000 watts of power for a short period of time. The S-181 18 inch subwoofer is designed to deliver clean articulate bass, not bass that causes your chest to cave in! In short, Electro-Voice speakers allow you to hear everything, from Mariah Carey's high-pitched acrobatics, to Barry White singing about how he "can't get enough of your love."

Audio Technica Microphones

At Music Box Productions, we use Audio Technica 900 series microphones, the industry's standard. Our cordless microphones are true-diversity reception systems to deliver great reliability. That means that this mic will switch frequency if someone else in the building is using the same frequency that we are. We also use corded microphones as back-up, just in case!

Lights

More and more people are asking us about our light shows. Are they cheesy? Are they overbearing? Are they exciting?, etc. These are all good questions. In fact, these are the same questions we asked ourselves early on in 2002. The general consensus was that we needed new lights for a number of reasons; to remain fresh and in front of the pack, and to increase the quality and appearance at each and every one of our events. Now, we put a ton of thought and research into our new light shows, and we came up with a combination that we (and many others) think is very cool. Let us show you what we came up with:

First of all, we needed a light effect that could fill an entire dance floor with light, be exciting, but not cheesy or overwhelming. For this, we use the Raptor by Martin.Raptor ™

Small yet deceptively fast and powerful, the Raptor creates an eye-catching show with more than 70 razor-sharp, ever-changing, colorful light beams. The Raptor is a very cool effect, and when used properly with the addition of fog, creates a tunnel of light on the dance floor. The Raptor has nine different beam patterns and three colors which rotate on a mirror prism.

Electras™

We also needed an effect that would stimulate the dancers and motivate movement on the dance floor. Not quite the room filler that the Raptor is, the Electra creates excitement and motivation with its movement, color and brilliance. The Electra has three movement settings to customize it to every event. They have many beams of light that spin and move from side to side across your dance floor.

Pocket Scans

Quite possibly our favorite light effect is the Pocket Scan. The Pocket Scan is a true 180 degrees effect with 18 different patterns and 11 different colors, plus a laser. This one can also be programmed for slow or fast dancing. It's very exciting when used in addition to our other effects and fog.

American DJ Starball StarballLast but not least, we couldn't forget about our slow dances! For this, we use a very subtle effect called a Starball. It's a black globe that emits bright white beams of light through dozens of pin holes, and rotates slowly. Much, much more elegant than the old disco ball, this effect creates an unrivaled level of romance for your couples dancing slow on the dance floor.