Mick Almada

Video and lighting technician for live shows

Roles: VJ · Video technician · Video operator · Show lighting
Based in: Paraná, Entre Ríos · Santa Fe, Argentina — I travel and tour
I work at: Concerts, festivals, parties, conferences and streaming
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Profile

I work as a freelance video and lighting technician in the Litoral region of Argentina. I set up and run LED screens, play visuals in Resolume and program lights on grandMA, on small and large stages.

I adapt to every rider and every crew. When a tool doesn't exist, I build it myself.

CompaniesFreelance

YOWON: Video, lighting and LED screens
Richards Pantallas LED: LED screens and show tech support
Córdoba Técnica: Video and lighting for events and shows
System One: VJ and video tech
Nico Cura Producciones: VJ and video tech

Producers4GET, Antiloop, Be Happy, React, Meet Producciones, La Fórmula, Yo Te Avisé Producciones, Sapiens Producciones

WithMarti_Audio, Deligio, ACC, Marrodan Producciones

Artists

Marco Antonio Solís/Lali/Coti/Los Caballeros de la Quema/Rombai/Miranda!/Airbag/Ke Personajes/La Konga/Q’ Lokura/Márama/Jorge Rojas/Los Nocheros/El Chaqueño Palavecino/Karina/El Cuarteto de Nos/Sergio Torres/Nueva Luna

And other Argentine artists and bands.

GearWhat I run

LED processors: Novastar serie VX · Novastar serie COEX · Novastar serie H (H5) · Receiving cards Novastar · Linsn
Lighting consoles: grandMA2 · grandMA3 · Avolites · Chamsys · MA onPC command wing
Live video: Resolume Arena · Resolume Wire · TouchDesigner · vMix · OBS
Design and content: After Effects · Cinema 4D · Blender · Vectorworks · WYSIWYG
Software lighting control: Sunlite · Freestyle · grandMA onPC
Protocols and control: DMX · Art-Net · MIDI · Ableton Live · GLSL · ISF · FFGL · Lua

TrainingInstituto de Formación en Oficios del Espectáculo (IFOE) · online

2024	Annual Program in Show LightingFixtures, lighting design, protocols, control systems, electricity, setup stages, the role of the lighting designer, plotting software and tech riders.	90 h
2024	Annual Program in Digital VisualsThe role of the VJ, video mapping, LED screens and pixel LED, Resolume, Cinema 4D, TouchDesigner, immersive + 360° visuals, and video and projection design for shows.	82 h

Plus 29 modules and courses: Lighting Operator · Show Lighting · Lighting Technician · Fixtures and Luminaires · DMX Protocol · grandMA3 Consoles · Clay Paky Master Class · Theatrical Atmosphere Master Class · Video Mapping · VJ + Real-Time Video · LED Screens + Pixel LED · Video Design + Projection for Theater · Immersive Visuals + 360° · TouchDesigner · After Effects for Visuals · Cinema 4D · Kinect · AV/TV Editing and Setup · Stage Protocols · Production Design · Large-Scale Events · Structures and Rigging · Applied Electricity · Connectors · Generators · Teamwork · Vectorworks + WYSIWYG · Ableton Live · Introduction to MIDI

My own tools

I build plugins and apps for what I use at work: a phone remote for Resolume, window capture, color pickers for grandMA2 and more. They are at bymoratools.com.

Got an event? Tell me the date, the venue and what you need.

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