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Automixing – your extra hand
REGULARS Automixing – your extra hand Simon Byrne. I can see you’re frowning already. I’m the mix engineer! No computer algorithm can possibly do a better job than me! You are right… and wrong. In mixing high profile conferences and unscripted events, the challenge is that you don’t always know who is going to talk…
Read MoreThe Killers Wonderful, Wonderful Tour
ROADSKILLS The Killers Wonderful, Wonderful Tour By Cat Strom. Photos: Rob Loud Almost 15 years on from their debut, The Killers are as big now as they’ve ever been and along with pristine production values, they are one of the most exciting live acts on the planet. Thirteen years ago Steven Douglas was asked to…
Read MoreElation Sixbar 1000
ROAD TEST Elation Sixbar 1000 By Thomas Cox. Thomas is the Senior Lighting technician at Sydney’s Audio Visual Events (AVE). Based in St Leonards, AVE has been providing production and equipment for everything from small boardroom meetings through to large scale events for 16 years. Thomas has over 10 years’ experience across multiple disciplines including…
Read MoreNovatech, RACS, and ANZCA at the ICC How to survive a major conference!
CONFERENCING Novatech, RACS, and ANZCA at the ICC How to survive a major conference! By Jason Allen. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) run a major conference annually. In May 2018, they merged their conferences and just about filled the ICC at Darling Harbour.…
Read MoreRed Hot Summer Tour Goes to Bali
FEATURE Red Hot Summer Tour Goes to Bali By Cat Strom. Promoter Duane McDonald decided it was time to bring the successful Red Hot Summer touring concept to Bali and CX went along for the somewhat bumpy ride. Since its inception eight years ago, the Red Hot Summer Tour phenomenon has grown to monster proportions.…
Read MoreNovatech looks after their crew. Consider a move to Adelaide?
News Novatech looks after their crew. Consider a move to Adelaide? Novatech has reviewed their current employment contracts and a new and improved offering is being rolled out to staff over the next few months. A family-owned and run company, Novatech’s management team have long known that their people make the difference and have firmly…
Read MoreAdamson line arrays at Hillsong Colour, stocked in Melbourne
News Adamson line arrays at Hillsong Colour, stocked in Melbourne Adamson’s line arrays have made inroads with a couple of influential customers; Hillsong Church and corporate event company Microhire’s Melbourne branch. “Hillsong are a large Adamson user, and they are our preferred loudspeaker vendor for our installations,” explained Hillsong’s Ricki Cook. “We were presented with…
Read MoreNZ Safety Guide updated – We compare Skippy Version
News NZ Safety Guide updated – We compare Skippy Version A Guide for Safe Working Practices in the New Zealand Theatre & Entertainment Industry (Version 14) is now available to download from the resource page on the ETNZ website www.etnz.org/resources. It has been nicely curated by Stephen Blackburn, Phil Conroy, Nick Kyle, and Rob Peters.…
Read MoreVindictive? Randwick Racecourse venue bans hirer
Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse offers a stunning venue for outdoor concerts and functions in the 2012 rebuilt Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Grandstand. Run by the Australian Turf Club, its venue hire division ‘Events by ATC’ also offers Rosehill Gardens, Canterbury Park and Warwick Farm. In early 2017 ENTECH Roashow hired the venue for the first time, and…
Read MoreThe Challenges Confronting our Industry
Like many, our indsutry is confronted with demonstrable everyday challenges, including the maintenance of commercial activity, reduced profit margins and constantly increasing operational overheads. Specific aspects of sustainability vary by entertainment technology sector, and in this narrative, we will focus on those impacting manufacturers, in the knowledge that some of the themes affect the entire…
Read MorePaloma Faith
Roadskills Paloma Faith By Cat Strom Photos: Troy Constable Brit Award winning and multi-platinum artist Paloma Faith made her debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in April. In an exclusive Australian performance, Faith performed songs from her new album The Architect and other favourites such as the ARIA #1 four-time…
Read MoreGet and Keep That Gig
EMPLOYMENT Get and Keep That Gig By Simon Byrne. I used to run a decent sized production company in Canberra. Our bread and butter was corporate AV events but we also did a lot of music industry gigs. At our largest, we had 22 full time staff and about 20 more casuals on the payroll.…
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