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Dear Reality becomes part of the Sennheiser Group
NEWS Audio specialist Sennheiser has taken a majority shareholding in Dear Reality GmbH on 1 July 2019. The expert in spatial audio algorithms and VR/AR audio software will continue to operate as a separate company based in Düsseldorf; customers will be able to rely on existing dearVR products and can look forward to joint VR/AR…
Read MoreAmber Technology is named the exclusive distributor of Avonic in Australia and New Zealand
NEWS Amber Technology has announced an exclusive partnership with Avonic as the brand’s distributor of high quality PTZ cameras, AV solutions and unified collaboration solutions in Australia and New Zealand. Based in the Netherlands, Avonic provides high-quality audio-visual capture solutions for a vast range of applications, including education, healthcare, places of worship, video conferencing, webcast…
Read MoreQSC Professional Distribution to leave Jands
Eighteen months after being appointed the QSC Pro Distributor for Australia, Marcus Winkler, Managing Director QSC EMEA GmbH, has given Jands a 30 day “no fault” notice of termination. Jands originally agreed to take on the distribution in 2018, following an approach by QSC stating they were looking for an improvement in their Pro business…
Read MoreHello Junior! The newest all-in-one marvel is here!
The NovaPro UHD Jr: It’s more than just what you need…It’s what you want. The NovaPro UHD Jr is NovaStar’s all-new video controller, combining 4K processing and 4K sending into a single piece of technology that can handle anything you throw at it. The UHD Jr puts out 4K x 2K @60hz or 8K x…
Read MorePAVT ransomware attack – check your Remote Desktop access!
PAVT, distributors of EAW, ClearOne, and Symetrix among others, were hit this week by a ransomware attack on one of their servers. While this represented at worst an inconvenience for PAVT as they restored from a back-up, they have taken this opportunity to issue a PSA to warn others of the potential vulnerabilities in their…
Read MoreWICKED performance by Acme Lighting
The Broadway smash hit musical WICKED landed at HOTA (Home of The Arts) last month for a strictly limited season. The sold out production of the Stephen Schwarthz musical, directed by Tim Hill, was brought to the Gold Coast by Matt Ward Entertainment. Krank’d Audio Visual Productions were engaged to provide dynamic lighting design and production…
Read MoreEAW in SA with AALT – Radius Line Array Rocks Adelaide
EAW’s newest line array, Radius, has landed in Adelaide and is in the hands of proud owners Australian Audio & Lighting Technology (AALT). With a full-sized concert system of RSX208L array elements supplemented by RSX218 dual 18” subwoofers, AALT are ready to deliver the advantages of Radius’s intuitive set-up, rigging, optimisation, and control to their…
Read MoreRiverside Theatre Invests in Robe
Pic: Josh Stringer and Mike Brew of Riverside Theatre Riverside Theatres is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Parramatta CBD in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Opened in 1988, its various venues include the 761-seat proscenium arch Riverside Theatre, the 213 capacity Lennox Theatre, and the Raffety’s Theatre which can accommodate an audience of 88. In the…
Read MoreLSC Lighting Systems LED-CV4 Driver launch
With a 40-year history of designing high-powered dimming systems for traditional film, TV, theatre and touring markets, LSC Lighting Systems also continues to develop its range of LED control technologies with the release of the new LED-CV4 DINrail mount driver. The LED-CV4 is a 4-channel LED driver with a high-powered 5A per channel output and…
Read MoreLuminex Lumisplit 2.10
ROAD TEST Luminex Lumisplit 2.10 by Reuben Morrison. Reuben Morrison is the Director of Lux De Lux (www.luxdelux.co.nz), a provider of lighting control infrastructure and lighting console operation for movie studios in Wellington, New Zealand, specialising in large feature films. Since its first job supplying Avatar in 2007, Lux De Lux has…
Read MoreItalian powerhouse emerges – New phase for dBTechnologies
Pic: NAS’s Shane Bailey and Stage & Audio’s Tim Buchholz at the dBTechnologies launch by Julius Grafton dBTechnologies have been around for decades but over the last five years have really hit their stride. Recently they were joined with EAW, RCF, and DPA, and say these brands will remain independent businesses that share technology. With…
Read MoreRoad Test: Allen & Heath CDM32 + C1500
ROAD TEST Allen & Heath CDM32 and C1500 by Daniel Lee Munns. Daniel Lee Munns is a Sydney-based freelance sound engineer, backline tech and tour manager. His career has included church production as a teenager, house and touring audio in his 20s, and venue production management in his 30s. I took the…
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