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Paloma 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.…
Read MoreWarm Audio WA-47 & WA73 recording chain
ROAD TEST Warm Audio WA-47 & WA73 recording chain By Andy Stewart. Two of the most highly prized, awesome sounding and prominently featured pieces of gear found in professional recording studios over the last half-century have been the legendary Neumann U47 tube condenser microphone and the Neve 80-series mic preamplifier. Everything that’s ever been said…
Read MoreHelpmann Awards move to Melbourne
The Victorian Government has announced a partnership with Live Performance Australia which will see the national Helpmann Awards presented in Melbourne in 2019 – 2021, including its 20th anniversary in 2020. After a successful 18 year run in Sydney, the opportunity to bring the Helpmann Awards Events to Melbourne is consistent with LPA’s vision of…
Read MoreTech Tips
Here is this month’s collection of random tech tips to make your life just a bit easier! Tech Tips By Simon Byrne. Protect your Ears! There’s nothing quite like the satisfying crack and thump of a live drum kit, the punch of bass and guitar amplifiers, and the energy of the vocals over the PA…
Read MoreRobert Plant
Roadskills Robert Plant By Cat Strom Photos: Prudence Upton Robert Plant, the legendary singer of Led Zeppelin, returned to Australia along with his band, The Sensational Space Shifters, to headline Bluesfest and play a few sideshows including two sold out nights at the Sydney Opera House. This year marks the incredible milestone of 50 years…
Read MoreJPJ Audio help The Killers produce a Killer Tour
FOH Engineer Kenny Kaiser has been working with The Killers since the start of their Battle Born tour, where he started out as a system tech, then moved into the role of FOH mixer towards the end of that tour. Kenny comments that when mixing The Killers there are many, many elements to consider. As…
Read MoreETC Ion Xe Lighting Console
Road Test ETC Ion Xe Lighting Console By Jim Kumorek. Recently, Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) released the latest member of its Eos console line, the Ion Xe lighting console. There are two versions of the console: one with 20 hardware faders (the model we reviewed), and one without. The Ion series is in the middle…
Read MorePro Light & Sound 2018 Frankfurt still delivers
TRADESHOW REPORT Pro Light & Sound 2018 Frankfurt still delivers By Julius Grafton. While PL&S was once the eighth wonder of the trade-show world, it still packs a punch for hordes of tech-heads from everywhere. Including Australia and New Zealand, since I kept running into people I wanted to talk to, and some I did…
Read MoreSymetrix and Visionary Solutions Expand Strategic Alliance
Symetrix and Visionary Solutions are excited to announce native integration of Visionary Solutions’ PacketAV® Duet Dante™-enabled IP video encoder and decoder products into Symetrix’ Composer DSP programming and control software. The integration, co-developed by Symetrix and Visionary Solutions, enables PacketAV Duet and E/D4100 video encoders and decoders to appear as native units in Composer 7.1…
Read MoreQ-SYS Level 1 Training – Sydney, 6 June
Learn the fundamentals in a classroom environment. Learn the basics of the Q-SYS platform over the course of a day! This classroom training gives you everything you need to become Level One certified, with the addition of giving you hands-on experience with some of the newest Q-SYS hardware devices. Training Dates Sydney: 6th June …
Read MoreNAS welcomes Brad Kivela and Thomas Kelly
Brad Kivela joins NAS as a very experienced member in the professional and commercial audio fields, having worked with Hills SVL managing the development and design of Australian Monitor products and sales for over 14 years. Brad’s duties at NAS will include system integration, sales, design, and new product development. His official title is S.I.…
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