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Duncan Fry – Don’t Diddle With Bo
Duncan Fry – Don’t Diddle With Bo I was working quite regularly with a band – let’s call them the Defects. One Friday their gig was cancelled about half an hour before I was due to get in the truck and head off to the load in. While I sat there wondering whether I would…
Read MoreRick Doolan prepares for death
Rick Doolan prepares for death People don’t like talking about Death. Sometimes they have to. By Julius Grafton, 20 February 1993 “Fred Hollows said a woman has her moment when she gives birth, and a man when he dies”, said Rick Doolan, reflecting. Fred Hollows had died just hours earlier, drawing Rick to again face…
Read MoreL-Acoustics L-ISA in Abu Dhabi
LIVE SOUND L-Acoustics L-ISA in Abu Dhabi – Auditoria’s Scott Willsallen goes Spatial The UAE’s 46th National Day was celebrated in Abu Dhabi on December 2 with a host of special events, including a ceremony held for 1800 in a temporary outdoor venue. Auditoria’s Scott Willsallen was Audio Director and Sound Designer for the event,…
Read MoreSysFlex Dante Endpoints – Guiding You In and Out of AV Network Hell
Gearbox SysFlex Dante Endpoints – Guiding You In and Out of AV Network Hell By Jason Allen. Ah, Dante. Australian wonder invention and the most successful AoIP product in history. We love Dante; on our consoles, desks, processors, amplifiers, stageboxes and now even our microphones. But with all the serious bits of the system taken…
Read MoreDisaster averted. A good news story!
Wind – A Lesson from Sandstone Point. By Simon Byrne. Over the weekend the Red Hot Summer Tour was slammed by an unexpected and severe storm at Queensland’s Sandstone Point. According to weather reports, the wind gusts in the area reached 110 km/h. To the production team’s credit (Powa Productions and Regional Touring), the stage structure…
Read MoreENTECH 2019 MOVES – NEW DATA RELEASED
Australia’s one day touring AV roadshow will move out of February and run wholly during March 2019. The move helps distributor staff attending the now enormous ISE show in Amsterdam which runs across the start of February; and also some production industry trade who are very busy. Despite ENTECH expanding internationally, the Australian flagship roadshow…
Read MoredBTechnologies ES1203 – Giving it Some Stick
GEARBOX dBTechnologies ES1203 – Giving it some stick By Jason Allen. The ES1203 is the new two-top box, one sub, portable stick PA from dBTechnologies. It was with some trepidation that I approached it as I was not a huge fan of its predecessor, the ES503. The previous model was plastic, the top boxes clipped…
Read MoreMore Industry Chaos – LSC distribution to remain with – LSC !
Despite the uncertainty currently whirling around distribution agreements in the Australian entertainment technology sector, LSC Lighting Systems have, despite all rumours to the contrary, retained exclusive distribution of their own products, worldwide. In a shock move, bucking industry trends, LSC Lighting will continue to manufacture, distribute, and support their range of dimmers, power control, lighting…
Read MoreHills faces windup application
WITH REVISIONS made on 14 February 2018. Hills Limited, the public listed technology company which contains the remnants of Audio Telex Communications and Audio Products Group, faces a wind up application in the Supreme Court of Queensland, on February 28th. (Revised: The same week this story was written Hills unveiled their new consolidated warehouse at Seven…
Read Mored&b announce Soundscape
It has been an open secret, we wrote about this and other revolutonary Spatial Audio systems back in December. So now comes the official announcement from d&b: Based on an exceptional audio system processor and two software modules, the d&b Soundscape opens up a whole world of creativity. The product marks the beginning of a…
Read MoreSpatial Audio: Astro Spatial comes of age
2018 will be notable for the rollout of 3D Spatial Audio systems across installations, theatre and live concerts with L-Acoustics and d&b audiotechnik set to do battle at close quarters. While the big Europeans have integrated SA systems entering the market now, Barco’s Isono and Dutch brand Astro Spatial Audio offer stand alone processors that…
Read MoreHeaded to ENTECH? All you need to know is here!
Everything is free at ENTECH. It’s bigger and better than ever, and it starts Tuesday 20th February in Brisbane. Pre-register at www.cxevents.com.au now. ARE YOU WORKING ON A STAND? Your Primary Contact must send you the Team Manual with details that you need BEFORE the show! WHO IS EXHIBITING? Almost everyone who is anyone will…
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