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Entech 2019 – Show News and Announcements
ENTECH ROADSHOW 2019! Here are some news and announcements for each capital city exhibition… Entech Roadshow – March 5 – 19 in most capital cities Website | Facebook Check-out some feature products on show at Entech here And you could win one of these prizes just by attending … ENTECH PERTH – Tuesday March…
Read MoreNetwork LAN Scanning: See What’s Going On
NETWORKING Network LAN Scanning: See What’s Going On by Simon Byrne. When diagnosing problems with your show local area network, a LAN scanner is an indispensable tool. LAN scanners are programmes that pings all the IP addresses on a LAN. A ping is a basic network command that allows a user to verify that…
Read MoreNew Zealand 2019 – Industry insiders view
NEW ZEALAND New Zealand 2019 – Industry insiders predict growth but are plagued by skills shortages by Jenny Barrett. Every sector of the industry is oozing with optimism when asked about 2019. It seems the only issue is where to find the men and women who are actually going to pull all these projects together. Staff…
Read MoreA French Touch for the Tour Down Under with L-Acoustics Syva
NEWS A French Touch for the Tour Down Under with L-Acoustics Syva PA for big track sporting events like horse, car, or bike racing hasn’t changed much in the past few decades – it’s still very much about 100s of 100V line horns covering the big runs you need on courses that can be…
Read MoreROADTEST: Powersoft T Series Amplifier Platform
ROADTEST Powersoft T Series Amplifier Platform by Jimmy Den-Ouden. I don’t know about you, but I certainly did my years of lugging about heavy amplifier racks. I know a bunch of workhorse amps such as the AM1600 and P3000 are still out in service, but I also know a lot of the people using…
Read MoreNEP moving to amalgamate Australian and NZ production firms
By Julius Grafton. There’s consolidation in the wind after Freeman sold their venue AV business to their major competitor PSAV recently, creating a dominant venue AV provider in the USA, and potentially changing the face of Australia’s Encore Event Technologies. PSAV may not try to do in Australia the things they do in the USA,…
Read MoreENTECH ON THE ROAD: Stale Crew
By Julius Grafton. Last week we detailed a couple of venue issues in two articles, ‘What is a sandwich?’ and this tale of the World’s Slowest Floor Manager. At ENTECH in Melbourne and Adelaide this week, more than a few people asked me whether any of the the venues in the stories would have us back.…
Read MoreISE 2019: Choose Your Own Adventure
ISE 2019 ISE 2019: Choose Your Own Adventure by Jason Allen. Amsterdam’s ISE is a huge, unwieldy beast of a show. Cramming it into 15 halls in the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre is quite a feat, especially when you consider that it only has 11 halls to begin with. Jason Allen got lost in…
Read MoreENTECH hits 25 – up, up but almost full!
ENTECH returns for its 25th anniversary in March 2020 with unprecedented demand for exhibitor space – leaving the roadshow with no way to grow. The 2019 tour tested the boundaries for growth, adding 10% more than the previous year filling the smallest venue on the tour. But the format will not change, as it works…
Read MoreMemorial for Richard Pacholski (R2)
Memorial for Richard Pacholski (R2) Chameleon is hosting a celebration of the life of R2 (Richard Pacholski) next Monday 18 March, 4pm – 9pm at their warehouse in Sydney. R2 was a highly respected member of the lighting community, as a lighting designer, associate designer or production electrician. After starting his lighting career at…
Read MoreThe Prodigy
ROADSKILLS The Prodigy by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Troy Constable Loud, Powerful, Bright…it must be The Prodigy! Jonathan Burton has been mixing FOH for The Prodigy for 15 years and surprisingly he still has his hearing! Whilst not on the road with the band, he follows a more sedate life style lecturing at various…
Read MoreENTECH Venue Fails. ‘What is a sandwich?’
By Julius Grafton. Roundup # 2: The very late event order arrived two days prior to show. We send our Venue Manual as a Word file so they can cut and paste our needs into their various event paperwork systems. I don’t think there is a standard system, as each event order has it’s own…
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