RØDE Microphones Acquires Legendary Audio Innovator Aphex

Australian pro-audio company RØDE Microphones recently announced its acquisition of legendary audio technology manufacturer, Aphex. RØDE founder and Managing Director, Peter Freedman, announced the purchase of the US based company, well known for its range of audio signal processing equipment that features various proprietary technologies including the iconic “Aural Exciter”. Founded in the mid-1970s, Aphex…

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Sydney Theatre Company Take Their Cues From Clear-Com

Live theatre is a form of shared ritual magic, in which the audience willingly suspends their disbelief in the artificiality of the performance in order to experience the full range of emotion and learn more about what it is to be human. This magic is delicate; a poorly timed set move or misfired lighting cue…

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Norwest Oceania And Dancing With The Stars NZ

In the words of Simon Garret, General Manager of Lighting at Norwest Oceania in Auckland, “New Zealand’s local version of Dancing With The Stars is a ‘magpie’ show; everywhere you point a camera, there’s bling! We’re pixel mapping the judge’s desk, 60 LED ParCans, a series of arches with LED strips and a set of…

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TouchMix Now With 8 Channels

QSC have released an eight channel version of the revolutionary TouchMix digital mixer. Combining the functionality of a powerful DSP in an easy to use package with touchscreen replacing the majority of controls, TouchMix is finding plenty of roles within a wide range of music applications from live bands to performance venues, schools and houses…

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The Laycock Street Community Theatre Invests In d&b

Approximately seventy-five kilometres north of Sydney, in the city district of Gosford, is the rather un-prepossessing building that houses the vibrant Laycock Street Community Theatre. The Theatre is unique in the Central Coast area of New South Wales as the only professional proscenium arch venue in the locality, with its tiered seating comfortably accommodating audiences…

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LEOPARD Wins Two Best Product Awards At InfoComm

The Meyer Sound LEOPARD linear sound reinforcement system earned two industry accolades at InfoComm 2015, where it recently made its US debut. The smallest, most versatile member of Meyer Sound’s flagship LEO Family, LEOPARD won the Commercial Integrator BEST Award for Venue/Line Array Loudspeakers, selected by industry experts, integrators, and the editors of Commercial Integrator. LEOPARD also…

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Amber Technology Releases A Range Of New Products At SMPTE 2015

Amber Technology, one of Australia’s leading distributors of high technology equipment solutions to the professional broadcast, film, recording, live production and home entertainment markets will be demonstrating their latest new product releases at SMPTE 2015 on Stand C04 in the Royal Hall of Industries. In addition to Amber Technology’s expert local team, international brand representatives…

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The Sound Of Light – JBL And Crown Amplify Vivid

At Sydney’s Circular Quay, amidst the restaurants, ferries and tourists, a strange structure had been erected for the Vivid Festival, drawing hundreds to queue to get into it. In effect a giant walk-in kaleidoscope, ‘Light Origami’ is a collaborative installation from Japanese artists Masakazu Shirane and Saya Miyazaki, Kiwi Reuben Young, Australian composer Inge Liljestrom…

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Radial’s Decoder MS Interface Is Now Shipping

Radial Engineering Ltd. has recently announced that the Decoder, a self contained MS (mid-side) interface, is now shipping. The Decoder makes it easy to create exceptional stereo imaging when combining a stereo mic with a second middle microphone. Radial Product Specialist, Ryan Juchnowski explains: “When we started working on the Decoder, we knew full well…

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EAW Introduces Voicing Update For KF Line Source Products

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has introduced updated voicings for its KF Line Source family. Available to users in the form of EAW Greyboxes, the new voicings incorporate improved equalization, crossover, Focusing and limiting parameters resulting in better system performance for installed and touring KF Series systems without any physical changes. EAW engineers leveraged data and…

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Mungo’s Hi Fi Takes Powersoft Back To The Roots

Reggae and bass music specialists, Mungo’s Hi Fi, have become the latest company to invest in Powersoft’s K Series and X Seriestechnology. Based in Glasgow, they made the short journey over the River Clyde to the home of the manufacturer’s UK and Ireland distributor, CUK Audio to place the order — and CUK Audio General…

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Yamaha MRX7-D Introduced At InfoComm 2015

InfoComm 2015 sees the launch of the new Yamaha MRX7-D open-architecture, Dante-equipped signal processor. With a long history of open-architecture processors dating back to the DME (Digital Mix Engine) series and the more recently released MTX fixed-architecture signal processors, the new MRX7-D joins the Commercial Installation Solutions lineup alongside VXS/VXC loudspeakers and XMV-series amplifiers. The…

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