Posts by Jason Allen
2013 AVIA winners announced at Integrate
The opening day of the Integrate expo at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre saw the annual Audio Visual Industry Awards handed out to the lucky few. The big winners on the night included Pro AV Solutions Queensland, taking out two awards, and Auditoria for its epic work on the London Olympics. Congrats to all…
Read MoreSyntec bought out by Sennheiser
On September 2nd, 2013, Sennheiser electronic will take over the business from Syntec International into its own newly formed sales subsidiary, Sennheiser Australia Pty Ltd. “For over 25 years, Syntec has been proud to be a sales partner of Sennheiser,” says Robert Sloss, Owner and Managing Director of Syntec International Pty Limited. “Today, Robert Sloss…
Read MoreUltra Bright Daylight White LED Moving Light from Chroma-Q
Providing high output, flexible, low running cost illumination is a must for showroom applications and Chroma-Q delivers all that and more in their new AutoLED II™ daylight luminaire. Easily reconfigure your retail and display floor lighting as required without the need to manually re-position lighting elements and get all the benefits of the latest in…
Read MoreShure’s Automatic Mixer Series Goes Digital. And Dante.
Shure have recently added to their SCM automatic mixer range with the inclusion of the SCM820 digital intelimix automatic mixer. Working from the same intelimix principles of the original SCM series, the Shure SCM820 provides powerful DSP resources to provide complete control for all 8 microphone channels available. The mixer provides 5 mix modes include three…
Read MoreGuy Sebastian choses Sennheiser and Neumann
Guy Sebastian’s single ‘Battle Scars’, from his seventh album Armageddon, has sold more than a million copies in the US to date and continues to receive heavy radio play. Guy Sebastian has proven himself to be one of Australia’s premier vocalists over the past ten years and has firmly established himself as a world class…
Read MoreJands Supplies The New JMC Academy
Established in 1982, JMC Academy was originally founded in Sydney to meet the demand for qualified professionals in the entertainment technology industry. Recently, the Academy relocated to a new purpose built three level campus in Ultimo, Sydney. The PA People were called in to supply and install the audio visual requirements of the campus including…
Read MoreNew Company Launches SGM Lighting in Australia
New company, Entertainment Technology Australia launched the reviatlised SGM lighting brand at this year’s Entech Tradeshow held in Sydney during July. SGM was purchased in early 2012 by Peter Johansen the former founder of Martin lighting. Since taking over SGM he has relocated the company back to his homeland Denmark and put together a world leading…
Read MoreBeyond partners with Lightsounds for Newcastle
Beyond Sound and Lighting have partnered with the Lightsounds brand to provide an increased presence for entertainment lighting and sound in Newcastle. Owner operator Josh Maynard has always maintained an avid interest in pro audio and lighting way back from his school days, finally turning his passion into a full time business in 2009. Josh’s…
Read MoreENTECH 2013 a resounding success for Show Technology
As the leading entertainment lighting distributor in Australia, Show Technology was expected to produce something special for ENTECH 2013 and they did not disappoint! Not only was there a myriad of new product to tinkle with, there were plenty of experts on hand and a stunning light show to dazzle even the most road-weary attendees.…
Read MoreCity Theatrical’s SHoW Baby 5 Wireless DMX System
SHoW Baby, the marketing leading wireless DMX system from City Theatrical, has been updated to support five SHoW IDs, allowing systems to be scaled up to multi-universe broadcasts by adding additional transmitters, or to avoid interference from other SHoW Babys in the area. SHoW Baby 5 is still plug and play. When you plug in…
Read MoreSennheiser wireless systems for 1800MHz
In response to the decision to close UHF frequencies from 694 to 820 MHz for wireless microphones, Sennheiser is launching nine wireless microphone systems that transmit on 1800 MHz. The new evolution wireless ew 100 G3-1G8 series operates in a higher frequency band that has been allocated exclusively to wireless audio transmission right across Australia.…
Read MoreBiAmp extends network into Australia/NZ
Biamp Systems, the dominant player in the Australian DSP and networked processing market, is pleased to announce the addition of James Harvey to the Global Sales Team as the new Australia/New Zealand Area Manager. Based in Melbourne, Harvey will report to Matthew Packer, Asia Pacific Regional Director. As the Area Manager, Harvey will oversee sales…
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