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Empty live music venue with black box truss, flown line arrays and installed lighting integrated into the architecture

Path 02 — Permanent Systems

Designed to integrate.
Built to perform.

Technical Consulting · System Design · Installation · Programming

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What Design & Installation means

A production packs out. A system stays.

Empire designs and installs integrated audio, lighting, video and entertainment technology for venues and environments where the system becomes part of the space.

Event production is measured in load-in and load-out. An installed system is measured in every night after. That changes how it is planned: where the technology sits in the architecture, how the disciplines relate to one another, and who has to operate it once the install crew has gone.

Technical planning
Requirements of the venue understood before anything is specified.
System integration
Disciplines considered together rather than bolted on separately.
Installation
Professional systems installation and turnkey solutions.
Programming & usability
Configured, then handed over to people trained on it.

Capabilities, drawn out.

Design & Installation — 08

D-01

Technical Consulting

Technical consulting for theatrical productions, themed events, attractions and entertainment venues — understanding what the space and the programming actually require before anything is specified.Supported areas
  • Theatrical productions
  • Themed events
  • Attractions
  • Entertainment venues
D-02

System Design

Technical design for entertainment and production environments, planning how audio, lighting, video, control and effects are expected to work together in one space.Supported areas
  • Audio system design
  • Lighting system design
  • Video and display design
  • Control and signal planning
D-03

AV Installation

Professional systems installation and turnkey solutions — bringing the approved design into the physical environment.Supported areas
  • Professional systems installation
  • Turnkey solutions
  • Equipment integration
  • Signal and control installation
D-04

Entertainment Venue Systems

Installed entertainment technology for the venue types Empire works in, where the system becomes part of how the room operates every night.Supported areas
  • Restaurants
  • Bars
  • Nightclubs
  • Attractions
  • Live venues
D-05

Laser System Design & Programming

Installed laser systems designed, integrated and programmed with their control platform — the discipline behind Empire's documented venue installations.Supported areas
  • Laser system design
  • Laser control systems
  • Show programming
  • Integrated venue effects
D-06

Lighting Systems & Control

Installed lighting and control for entertainment environments, from fixture selection through to the console or control platform the venue runs.Supported areas
  • Installed lighting fixtures
  • Moving fixtures
  • Lighting control platforms
  • Programming
D-07

Rigging & Truss Design

Box truss, rigging and motor solutions, including CAD-designed fabrication for permanent and semi-permanent structures.Supported areas
  • Box truss
  • Rigging
  • Motors
  • CAD-designed custom fabrication
D-08

System Training

Technical equipment and systems training so the people running the room understand the technology they have been handed.Supported areas
  • One-on-one training
  • Small-group sessions
  • Classroom-style settings
  • Equipment and systems operation

Capability flow

From concept to an operating system.

This is how Empire's supported capabilities relate to one another — a conceptual flow, not a fixed project methodology or contractual process. Scope is agreed per project, and Empire can be involved at any point along it.

  1. 01

    Consulting

    Understanding the technical requirements of the venue or production environment.

  2. 02

    Design

    Planning how audio, lighting, video, control and production technologies work together.

  3. 03

    Installation

    Bringing the approved system into the physical environment.

  4. 04

    Programming & Training

    Configuring supported systems and helping operators understand the technology.

Technicians installing a line array loudspeaker and lighting truss in a venue

Documented installation experience

GCAV

Representative installation imagery. Project photography for this credit is not available.

Empire's own site documents GCAV — an Orlando A/V and low-voltage services provider for bar, club and business installations — and Empire's role as the exclusive designer, installer and programmer for their high-end club and live venue clientele.

Presented as documented experience from Empire's existing site rather than a statement about the current status of the relationship. It shows Empire operating as the technical design, installation and programming resource behind venue work.

Client
GCAV — Orlando, Florida
Described as
A/V and low-voltage services provider for Orlando bar, club and business installations
Empire role
Exclusive designer, installer and programmer for their high-end club and live venue clientele
Applied to
High-end club and live venue environments

Installed system profiles.

Documented Orlando installations

SYS-01

Firestone Live

Orlando, Florida

Nightclub and concert venue.

Firestone Live — installation photography to be supplied
System
Laser system
Control
2 × Pangolin BEYOND control systems
Installed technology
2 × Mobile Beat Mk5 laser systems · 1 × X4C · 2 × X4G · 1 × X-Beam
Empire role
System design, installation and programming

SYS-02

The Beacham

Orlando, Florida

Live music venue and nightclub in downtown Orlando.

The Beacham — installation photography to be supplied
System
Laser system
Control
1 × Pangolin BEYOND
Installed technology
4 × Mobile Beat Mk5 · 1 × X4G
Empire role
System design, installation and programming

SYS-03

Don Jefe's / Tequila Parlour

Orlando, Florida

Bar and nightlife venue.

Don Jefe's / Tequila Parlour — installation photography to be supplied
System
Laser and lighting system
Control
1 × Pangolin BEYOND · 1 × LightJockey2
Installed technology
2 × Mobile Beat Mk5 · 8 × Vector 160 LED moving fixtures
Empire role
System design, installation and programming
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Close detail of an installed moving-head fixture, loudspeaker, rigging motor and dressed cabling in a venue ceiling

Systems working together

Technology behaves better in company.

Technology works best when the systems around it are considered together. Not every installation contains every discipline — but where several do meet in one room, Empire can look at them as one environment rather than a set of unrelated packages.

Audio
Reinforcement designed for the room, not a spec sheet.
Lighting
Fixtures and control the venue can actually operate.
Video
Display and playback integrated into the space.
Control
The layer that lets everything be run together.
Lasers
Installed laser systems and their control platforms.
Effects
Atmospherics and effects considered with the rest.
Rigging
Truss, motors and fabrication that hold it all up.

Where these systems live.

Environments

  • 01Nightclubs
  • 02Bars
  • 03Restaurants
  • 04Live Venues
  • 05Entertainment Venues
  • 06Attractions
  • 07Themed Environments
  • 08Theatrical Environments

Technology relevant to installed environments.

Technical depth

Supporting technical evidence rather than a full production inventory — the platforms and structures that tend to be part of a permanent system.

ControlPangolin · Martin · MA Lighting
  • Pangolin BEYOND
  • LightJockey2
  • MA Lighting control systems
LightingElation · installed LED fixtures
  • Elation systems
  • Installed LED fixtures
  • LED moving fixtures
  • Venue and architectural lighting
LasersKVANT · X-Laser · Pangolin
  • KVANT laser systems
  • X-Laser systems
  • Pangolin control and programming
AudioYamaha · DiGiCo · Midas · L-Acoustics · Shure
  • Yamaha
  • DiGiCo
  • Midas
  • L-Acoustics
  • Shure
  • Wireless systems
Video / DisplayLED · projection · playback
  • LED walls
  • Projection
  • Video systems
  • Video mapping
StructureTruss · rigging · fabrication
  • Box truss
  • Rigging
  • Motors
  • Custom fabrication

Training & handoff

Installed is not the same as understood.

Empire provides technical equipment and systems training — from one-on-one sessions to classroom-style settings — so the people operating the room know how the system they have been given actually works.

Path 01 — Live

Need production for a live event instead?

Event Production

Empire also delivers full-service live production — one coordinated team across every technical discipline for the run of the show.

Audio · Lighting · Video · Broadcast · Staging · Rigging · Lasers & FX · Technical Staffing

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Live event stage at night with lighting truss, line arrays and a crew member at the deck

Let's design the system.

Tell us about the venue or environment and what it needs to do. We'll respond with the right people for the scope.

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Empire Sound & Lighting

407-850-8003info@empiresoundandlighting.com

Orlando, Florida