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QSC Speakers Stack Up
QSC has added a range of column surface-mount loudspeakers to its AcousticDesign (AD) Series. Idea for a wide variety of foreground and background applications the new columns are particularly suited to difficult acoustic environments with reverberation issues or high-ceiling spaces. The new AD-S802T has eight 2.5” vertically-oriented drivers while the AD-S162T has sixteen 2.5” vertically-oriented drivers, both are high quality, 70/100V…
Read MoreThe Basement to close. AMP agree to end lease
By Julius Grafton Sydney music club The Basement is set to close in late March, after negotiations to sell the venue failed. Landlord AMP Capital said they had agreed to end the lease early. The Basement faced trading difficulties. Saddled with an astronomic rent north of ten grand a week, the venue needed a lot…
Read MoreListen Here – Where Am I?
REGULARS Listen Here – Where Am I? By Andy Stewart. When you mix a song, does it ever occur to you to ask yourself where things appear in the pseudo-physical space between your speakers? If you can answer this question for every sound in your mix you’re well on the way to creating a cool,…
Read MoreHearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law
INSTALLATION Hearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law Hearing Augmentation Systems are a vital public service, and a legal requirement in many public spaces as defined in the Building Code of Australia. Their provision is mandatory in many public spaces that have installed PA systems, including educational institutions, places of business, auditoria, rooms used for legal…
Read MoreANT Live – Bringing Australian Theatre to Your Local Cinema
THEATRE ANT Live – Bringing Australian Theatre to Your Local Cinema Australian National Theatre Live films Australian stage works and presents them on the silver screen in regional Australia, bringing our stories and culture to those outside the Big Smoke. Nine productions into their mission, they’ve hit their stride, creatively and technically. Formed by Logie…
Read MoreLouise is breathless on back hinged rack panels
By Julius. “It’s geekily innovative”, enthused esteemed UK publicist Loo Stickland. The avalanche of great, adequate and most often puerile press releases that bombard the CX Network sometimes produces a nugget. And as we know, a nugget can be categorised into subsets: edible, digestible, or like what a rabbit makes on its rounds. Today’s product that…
Read MorePaul Weller
ROADSKILLS Paul Weller By Cat Strom. Photos Ken Leanfore Last year marked the 40th anniversary of Paul Weller’s first album, ‘In The City’, which he released with The Jam. For most artists such a landmark would be greeted with extensive retrospective celebrations: lavish reissues and all that jazz… Not Paul Weller, who is almost clinically averse…
Read MoreLSC Lighting Systems MDRR DMX Splitter vs. Diamond Carbide Concrete Drill
Who’s your money on? The LSC Lighting Systems MDRR is a five-way, 19” inch rack-mounted DMX splitter, not the sort of thing that usually gets in the way of a diamond carbide concrete drill. But, alas, at an install in Melbourne, this is exactly what happened. An unreasonably ‘enthusiastic’ worker was tasked with creating some…
Read MoreTheatrixx Technologies xVision – Video Converters for Grown-ups
GEARBOX Theatrixx Technologies xVision – Video Converters for Grown-ups By Jason Allen. According to market research, a full 60% of the market for new video converters is to replace units that have broken with use. This is not going to come as a surprise to anyone working with video who has wrangled cheap, plastic converters…
Read MoreUNSW Roundhouse re-opens
The Roundhouse UNSW is a multifunction venue that has featured some of the largest musical acts, conferences, theatre performances and private parties for over 50 years. The 2200 capacity venue has recently undergone an extensive refurbishment to ensure a spectacular experience for patrons into the future. The P.A. People Installed Systems team delivered the audio,…
Read MoreTelevic Plixus – Clever Conferencing
GEARBOX Televic Plixus – Clever Conferencing By Jason Allen. Belgium’s Televic make, amongst other things, high-end conferencing systems, the kind of thing you find installed in 200 delegate seats at the UN, which is in fact one of Televic’s customers. Their slick panels with built-in touchscreens, cameras, speakers, and microphones mount beautifully into custom made furniture,…
Read MoreJPJ Audio on the road with Robbie Williams
Global pop phenomenon, Robbie Williams toured his mammoth Heavy Entertainment Show World Tour around the country with JPJ Audio once again supporting audio needs. JPJ Audio supplied an L-Acoustics K1/K2 PA and amplifiers for the tour as well as PA’s for the A Day On The Green shows. “We have fourteen L-Acoustics K1 with four…
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