Your Technical Backbone

Offering a range of audio and visual services from live streaming to concerts, conferences to sporting events and many more…

We are an Audio Visual Production Company based in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, servicing the greater KZN province and beyond. 

We provide technical equipment and expertise to the event industry and can help make your event amazing!

The sectors we supply include government departments, NGO’s, places of education, churches, hotels, commercial and private sectors.

Big Beat move to a new tune

Established in 1996 Big Beat Productions are Pietermaritzburg’s most technically diverse production company, specialising in the supply of audio-visual equipment and services for conferences, live streaming,  sports events, audio and video recording, exhibitions, trades shows, graduation ceremonies, gala dinners, concerts, and other indoor productions…

Our Services

Live Streaming & Hybrid Events
Large and small-scale Sporting events
Audio and Video Recording services
Exhibitions and Trade Shows
Conferences, Public address, Graduations & Translation equipment
Gala Dinners and awards evenings
Concerts and live band equipment
Activations and product launches
During the pandemic, live streaming was our only consistent source of income, and we have focussed on improving our equipment and services in this area since then. We can facilitate hybrid meetings where there is non-delayed two way communication between a room and remote attendees or guest speakers (both audio and visuals).

If the event is purely for viewing, we can broadcast presentations with a PIP (Picture in Picture) of the presenter over the Powerpoint – making “virtual” a more immersive experience for the remote attendee.

You might have a corporate message to broadcast, or a memorial service, or a wedding, or a sporting event – we can do it.

Cases: Hoosen Haffejee, Methodist SSA AGM, Capital K, Memorial services.

Sport Events require a constant moderate level of sound to cover the specified area, which usually requires a many speakers spread out over the area.  The also require excellent sounding mics with minimal dropouts, and for cables to be run safely and sensibly.  This way you get the most out of your commentators and interviews.  Some of these events require multi-microphone press conferences after the event.

Hockey

Comrades

Amashova

SPAR Ladies

Capital K

Whether its video or just audio, we can ensure you have a clean sounding well edited video or audio file for transcription services to utilise, or a decent video for archive or reproduction.

College

Jacaranda

Audio distribution for trade shows usually need to cover a vast area, or a huge marquee.  This requires the use of a 100V system. 

Eston Show

Royal Show

Mercury Wine Week

Comrades Expo

Whether you conference is only 50 attendees in a single room, or multiple rooms, we have the technology to make it work.  We can provide an assortment of microphones depending on the requirement.  We have plasma & projection screens with special stands or flying gear to place them where they will be most effective.  If a translation system is needed, we can integrate that into the setup.  We supply podium stages complete with steps and skirting.

Events like this require something extra like great sound (as there is usually some form of entertainment or DJ), special stage lighting, uplighting and audio-visual content.  Some even have specific themes which require special lighting, audio or special effects.  Often there is a request for a video to be produced of such an event.

Anything from a small band at a wedding, to a large outdoor event – we have what it takes to pull it off – lighting, sound, AV and backline.

Royal Show

Poets Porch

Litchi Orchard

Orchestra

Rolling out a new product?  Planning a roadshow?  We have helped many companies present new offerings, including medical, insurance, banking and physical products.

Please note: We do not cater for sales, repairs or dry-hire to the public.

What our clients say…

Just an incredible team to work with, we have done numerous events with this team and have never been disappointed.

Karren Hodgkins

Contact us to find out more

033 394 4426