Cheap Insurance For Sale

By juliusg | 9 Jul 2019

CONTROL Cheap Insurance For Sale by LSC Lighting’s Jeff Morgan.   My wise old mother always used to say: “Never scrimp on paying for good insurance cover, if you go cheap, it will cost you!”   The money invested in today’s A/V systems is huge – the latest audio console, speaker array, LED wall, video…

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Human Nature

By juliusg | 8 Jul 2019

ROADSKILLS   Human Nature by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Troy Constable.   Australia’s most popular vocal group, Human Nature, celebrated 30 years of making music with a national tour entitled Little More Love Tour: A 30-Year Celebration Tour 2019.   In their 30-year career, Human Nature have sold more than 2.5 million albums, earned 27…

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Cockpit Software 

By juliusg | 5 Jul 2019

CONTROL    Cockpit Software by Jason Grbevski, Product Channel Manager – Integrated Systems, Sennheiser Australia & New Zealand.   Sennheiser’s Control Cockpit Software keeps everything under control, allowing you to digitise your AV management workflow for flawless daily business. It is the central software for easy handling, control and maintenance of the entire SpeechLine Digital…

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New VuePix Infiled Digital Stage for Auckland Live

By admin | 4 Jul 2019

Auckland Live – a leader in live arts and entertainment and an active contributor to the vibrancy and creativity in Tāmaki Makaurau – has recently invested in a new VuePix Infiled Digital Stage Outdoor Platform. Launched in January 2019, the Auckland Live Digital Stage is located in the Aotea Square, where it screens a daily…

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Sydney Theatre Company Switches to CORE by DPA

By juliusg | 4 Jul 2019

Better dynamic range and improved resilience to harsh treatment on and off stage is a key reason why STC is investing in d:screet CORE 4061 Miniature Microphones.   Alleroed, Denmark. June 18th 2019: As a long-term user of DPA microphones, the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) has been quick to adopt the Danish manufacturer’s CORE by…

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#Ampervan Goes To Darwin and Beyond!

By juliusg | 3 Jul 2019

News #Ampervan Goes To Darwin and Beyond! Following TAG Cares’ successful trip taking musical instruments, audio, and lighting to the remote Indigenous Community of Amata in the South Australian Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands the #Ampervan, now with dLive on board, headed off on adventures of its own! “500 kilometres of dirt roads in the…

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Adelaide Music’s Online Giant – HSCC

By juliusg | 2 Jul 2019

Hindley Street Country Club – 71 musicians seeking a new future By Julius Grafton On July 20, Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre will put up the ‘house full’ sign for a concert by local band Hindley Street Country Club. They are a band born on Facebook that play what they call ‘thinking man’s pop’. With more than…

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NZ Prime Minister congratulates Skills Active performing arts graduates

By juliusg | 2 Jul 2019

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was a surprise guest at last week’s Entertainment Technology New Zealand Conference, where she congratulated five apprentice graduates from Skills Active Aotearoa, the industry training organisation (ITO) for performing arts.   The Prime Minister acknowledged the work that went into developing the qualification, describing it as “no mean feat…

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Can I Have Full House Lights Please?

By juliusg | 28 Jun 2019

TECH TALK Can I Have Full House Lights Please?   Simon Byrne.   This should be an easily answered question but as I travel from venue to venue, I’m constantly amazed how good house event IT infrastructure is thwarted by terrible design and implementation. Let me give you a few examples:   Example One I’m…

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Astera Control

By juliusg | 27 Jun 2019

HOW TO Astera Control by Thor Andre, ULA Group.   We have all been there before; mid bump-in and presented with a fixture we have never used before, and we must make it work. Usually, this entails connecting it to the console of your choice using a DMX cable, patching the fixture in to your…

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Adamson installed at the MCEC, brings in the big guns for Hillsong

By Jason Allen | 26 Jun 2019

by Jason Allen Dramatically increasing its attractiveness for concert production, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre has invested in an Adamson S10 line array system, complemented by E119 subwoofers, and CS7p dual 7” loudspeakers for infill; the world’s first powered, Milan-ready dipole loudspeaker with network redundancy. Completing the package are lab.gruppen amps with Lake processing.…

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