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The Hills were Alive …..
By Julius Grafton Seldom in Australian corporate history has value been wrecked with as much vigour as at Hills Limited, where the limping audio-visual division was sold to Amber in November. The story starts with Hills Limited buying Audio Telex Communications in 2005 for around $35 million. ATC was Australia’s largest distributor of professional…
Read MoreMaximise Your Meeting Room Flexibility with Sennheiser
INSTALLATION Save time and costs with flexible beamforming technology The trend towards beamforming technology is now revolutionising the microphone market. What makes this technology particularly attractive for meetings is that it localises and evaluates sound sources and suppresses interference. For both installation and use, beamforming products perform better than conventional microphones. The benefits range from…
Read MoreAstera is a Match for the Titans
Titan Fitness is an independently-owned fitness studio in Coogee, NSW, which prides itself on being a unique experience with a dedicated team of instructors and experts plus state-of-the-art facilities focussed on offering the highest standards of equipment and inspiration to its members. The fully-equipped 4-floor facility has been open since 2009, and its Spin Studio…
Read MoreAmber Technology launches Learning Glass
NEWS Amber Technology launches Learning Glass lightboard products in Australia and New Zealand Created by Dr Matt Anderson, Physics Professor at San Diego State University, Learning Glass allows lecturers and presenters to scribe instructional text and drawings onto a transparent glass board, while the audience can see through to the scriber. The Learning Glass lightboard…
Read MoreDope Lemon
ROADSKILLS by Cat Strom.Photo Credits: Stefan José / Ashley Mar Angus Stone is so into his own lighting he purchased his own Robe fixtures for his latest tour! Dope Lemon returned to the stage for their first headline tour in three years and audiences were invited to step into the real world of Angus Stone…
Read MoreDo you understand? Intelligibility
INSTALLATION by Simon Byrne. Obviously an audience needs to be able to understand what is spoken or sung. That is, the performance must be intelligible. Therefore well implemented PA systems combined with acceptable acoustics are crucial for this to be achieved. This becomes a major safety issue for evacuation PA systems in buildings such as…
Read MoreMixing Slash Recording
LISTEN HERE by Andy Stewart. When you’re recording, do you have the final mix in mind for each and every sound, or do you just try to capture ‘best sounds’, and worry about all the other stuff later? Some of us try to record ‘context appropriate’ sounds, whenever possible. Others don’t. Often circumstances don’t give…
Read MoreClockaudio TIM-1000 Tracking Intelligent Microphone
INSTALLATION Clockaudio Ltd, a global leader in pro-AV microphone technologies, have introduced their latest product innovation the TIM-1000 Tracking Intelligent Microphone. Streamlining huddle rooms, conference rooms and videoconferencing facilities, the TIM-1000 tracks the person in the space that is speaking, and follows that person anywhere in the room. The concept behind TIM-1000 is simplicity; ease…
Read MoreInaugural Australian Festival Industry Conference
NEWS Inaugural Australian Festival Industry Conference Announces Second Round of Speakers The inaugural Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) will be held across 24-25 October 2019 at Opal Cove Resort in Coffs Harbour, NSW. Founder and organiser, Carlina Ericson, has unveiled AFIC’s program of speakers, who represent some of Australia’s biggest names in festival management, consulting…
Read MoreAvid S6L 32D and E6L-192
ROADTEST Avid S6L 32D and E6L-192 by Tony Bryan. Tony Bryan is a prominent Australian FOH audio engineer. Over 20 years of live touring, Tony has pushed faders for Grinspoon, Hoodoo Gurus, Jimmy Barnes, and Parkway Drive, among others. When not on tour, Tony can be found working for WA production company Audio Technik as…
Read MoreBose Professional – Daydream Island Resort
INSTALLATION First opened to guests back in 1939 and counted as one of 74 islands that make up The Whitsundays, Daydream Island Resort is a private hideaway that stretches about a mile long and is dotted with secluded coves for that total castaway feel. In April this year the iconic space officially reopened with a…
Read MoreThe Bille Brown Theatre
INSTALLATION The Bille Brown Theatre, where “great and amazing things are found.” The late Australian actor William Gerard ‘Bille’ Brown was a proud Queenslander, and like many from that vast Australian state, a larrikin. He once told a newspaper reporter that schoolteachers should teach their students that theatre is a bad influence. “They’d be lining…
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