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dBTechnologies Opera Unica 12
ROAD TEST dBTechnologies Opera Unica 12 by Gary Eastwood. Gary Eastwood is a Melbourne based musician. He has spent the past 15 years mastering his craft in pubs and clubs in Australia and overseas. After recording a successful album in 1998 accompanied by video clips, TV, and radio performances, Gary has established himself as…
Read MoreBiamp Brings Award-Winning Sound Masking Technology to Australia and New Zealand
Biamp’s market-leading Cambridge Sound Management sound masking technology is now available exclusively through Jands, the company’s distributor in Australia and New Zealand. The Cambridge product line rounds out the complete Biamp offering available from Jands, which includes Tesira, Devio, Vocia, Audia, and Nexia product lines. “Through Jands, we’re able to bring Cambridge’s efficient, technologically advanced…
Read MoreRamping it up for Transmission Australia
News Ramping it up for Transmission Australia Photos by Palci. The biggest Transmission dance event to date – in terms of audience numbers AND Robe moving lights – was staged at Sydney Showground in Australia, where thousands of fans absorbed the great vibes and music of “The Awakening” plus some truly phenomenal visuals…
Read MoreAyrton Mistral S
ROAD TEST Ayrton Mistral S by Dave Jackson. Dave Jackson is the CEO of Creative Productions, one of Australia’s leading concert production providers. With offices in Brisbane and Sydney, Creative Productions have worked with the most recognised names in the business, from worldwide touring artists such as Metallica , Bullet for my Valentine, Paramore,…
Read MoreIs that a wireless intercom in your pocket?
WIRELESS Is that a wireless intercom in your pocket? by Jand’s Jeff MacKenzie. Need to quickly deploy secure wireless production intercom to a wide area? The latest offering from Clear-Com may be the answer. Clear-Com have added Agent-IC, a BYO wireless intercom solution designed to run on portable devices such as smart phones, tablets and…
Read MoreUniversal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack
ROAD TEST Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack by Nikita Miltiadou. Nikita Miltiadou is a studio and live sound engineer based in Melbourne. Currently working out of the Aviary Recording Studio and Creative hub, his live/studio clients list includes Tash Sultana, Client Liaison, Crooked Colours, Hayden James, Running Touch, Holy Holy, Ash Grunwald, and…
Read MoreJBL VTX A12 and A8 Line Array Systems impress in NZ
NEWS JBL VTX A12 and A8 Line Array Systems impress at New Zealand’s Summer Music Festivals Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand: Literally the world’s first festival of 2019 saw over 30 thousand festival goers brave the hot summer sun at Mount Maunganui to enjoy world class music entertainment. Local and International artists including…
Read MoreIn-Ear Monitoring
WIRELESS In-Ear Monitoring by Sennheiser’s Adam Karolewski. Put simply, the purpose of monitoring is to assist band members or performers by allowing them to hear themselves and others. Back in the day when I was still playing drums, I would have edited this to read, “allowing them to hear themselves”. End of story. Nothing…
Read MoreElation DARTZ for KISS “End of the Road” World Tour
NEWS Elation DARTZ for KISS “End of the Road” World Tour Photos: Todd Kaplan Legendary rockers KISS launched their farewell “End of the Road” world tour in Vancouver in late January and use a multitude of Elation DARTZ 360 effects as key visuals in the dynamic, multi-sensory show. More than 40 years on and…
Read MoreThe World Before Digital Pixels
PIXELS The World Before Digital Pixels by Simon Byrne. Before DVI, HDMI, SDI and Video over IP, we operated strictly in an analogue world. All video signals and displays were analogue. We didn’t talk pixels. We were more interested in “horizontal scan rate”, cable, distribution and amplifier bandwidth, as well as voltage loss…
Read MoreSennheiser RF Workshops For Perth and Adelaide in May
Sennheiser Australia is hosting full-day workshops in Perth and Adelaide to provide customers and audio professionals with a greater understanding of wireless technologies. Sennheiser’s RF Experts will be providing free in-depth radio frequency training throughout the new course this May 2019, which is packed with new content and speakers. The experts will be exploring the…
Read MoreMultiView- Multiple Users, Multiple Independent Viewpoints
PIXELS MultiView- Multiple Users, Multiple Independent Viewpoints What do we mean by “Multi-View”? We’ve all seen stereoscopic, “3D” images, where our left and right eyes see different views, the effect being that we get a perception of distance and depth. In these conventional 3D installations, everyone sees the same images, no matter where they…
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