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LDI 2018
TRADESHOWS LDI 2018 by Cat Strom. LDI 2018 celebrated its 30th anniversary with the best-attended October show in its history with over 14,000 registered to attend and over 360 exhibitors. While the core of the show remains entertainment lighting, LDI 2018 showed attendance growth from key segments including audio engineers, video and projection designers, and…
Read MoreRoad Test: Ayrton Ghibli Profile Fixture
Road Test Ayrton Ghibli by Ben Hunt, Head of Lighting, Empire Theatre Toowoomba. Ben has been involved in the technical production world for over a decade. Preceding his appointment at The Empire Theatre, Ben worked as a freelance Lighting Designer for the Empire Theatre and other venues in SE Queensland, and has toured nationally. His…
Read Mored&b audiotechnik opens China subsidiary
d&b audiotechnik reaffirms commitment to growth in APAC with new venture in China. German audio technology company d&b audiotechnik has made a further commitment to its Asia Pacific customers by establishing a new subsidiary in China. d&b audiotechnik and its previous partner in China, d&b China, are realigning their successful partnership by establishing a new…
Read MoreChiayo moves to Hills
Hills Limited (ASX: HIL) announced on 5 December it has broadened its product offering and strengthened its position as a complete solution provider for the professional AV market with the signing of a distribution agreement with Chiayo Electronics Co.,Ltd (Chiayo) to supply their portable public-address products exclusively across Australia from 1 January 2019. Taiwan based…
Read MoreHitachi Projectors to be re-branded Maxell
NEWS Hitachi Projectors to be re-branded Maxell Maxell and Hitachi Japan have announced that the current Hitachi branded projectors will be rebranded as Maxell. In Australia and New Zealand, the projector business will remain under the control of Hitachi Australia, and the company reassured that it would be business as usual, notwithstanding the transition of…
Read MorePortman Custom Lights P2 Hexaline
ROAD TEST Portman Custom Lights – P1 Retro Lamp and P2 Hexaline by Tim Beeston. Tim Beeston is the Managing Director of Melbourne’s Flashbang Productions which offers services ranging from entertainment lighting and design to production services and event logistics. Their creative community includes experts in lighting, set, and production design, as well as fabrication and…
Read MoreROAD TEST: ADJ PAR Z100 3K and 5K
ROAD TEST ADJ PAR Z100 3K and 5K by Jim Kumorek. Styled in the traditional Par Can format, the Z100 fixture from ADJ has a 100W COB (chip-on-board) LED light engine; beam angles of nine through 30 degrees with detents at nine, 15, 20, 25 and 30 degrees; five-pin DMX in and through; PowerCon AC…
Read MoreVuePix Infiled Cleans up at Spilt Milk
Elite Event Technology provided a complete AV production solution for the five stages and various activations at the Spilt Milk Festival, held mid November in Canberra. VuePix Infiled screens dominated the production with over 290 LED panels being used across the two main stages. This has been the third year that the Elite Event Technology team has provided production for Spilt Milk. The festival…
Read MoreThe P.A. People ShowMatch Sydney Kings
After almost 25 years Sydney’s The P.A. People have returned to their rental roots, purchasing a Bose ShowMatch Delta-Q array loudspeaker system for their Event Communications department. “We have been looking for the right opportunity and the right product for quite some time,” said Chris Dodds, Managing Director of The P.A. People. “I first heard…
Read Mored&b Soundscape installed in Australia, in stock to buy, as NAS delivers training
by Jason Allen NAS Solutions have hosted two days of d&b Soundscape training at their Melbourne headquarters, with a who’s who of consultants, integrators, and influential sound designers sitting in-depth design and specification training on Tuesday 20 November. Wednesday 21 November saw a more informal demonstration, which CX attended. NAS’s Thomas Kelly presented an expanded…
Read MoreMagical – L-ISA makes Southern Hemisphere debut with ASO and Harry Potter
by Jason Allen L-Acoustic’s L-ISA ‘Immersive Hyperreal Sound’ technology made its Australian live debut on Saturday November 10 with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra performing the score to ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ with the film at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Novatech Creative Event Technology provided the extensive L-Acoustics system, which comprised seven hangs…
Read MoreClear-Com Networking and Digital Partyline Systems
HOW TO Clear-Com Networking and Digital Partyline Systems proudly presented by The vast proliferation of IP-based data networks presents an opportunity for Clear-Com to offer an even more powerful, flexible partyline communications system by taking advantage of the available telecom/data-com infrastructures. HelixNet Partyline introduces the ability to connect stations directly or over a…
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