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LSC 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…
Read MoreLSC Lighting Systems making a DIN about DMX
LSC’s significant growth into the global installation market has provided the opportunity to develop a new range of professional DMX DINrail devices to better serve and protect the installer from cheap and inferior data distribution products that can cause significant on-site problems. The new MDR-DIN data distribution range is a new 4-way DINrail-mount version of…
Read MoreCheap Insurance For Sale
CONTROL Cheap Insurance For Sale by LSC Lighting’s Jeff Morgan. My wise old mother always used to say: “Never scrimp on paying for good insurance cover, if you go cheap, it will cost you!” The money invested in today’s A/V systems is huge – the latest audio console, speaker array, LED wall, video…
Read MoreCockpit Software
CONTROL Cockpit Software by Jason Grbevski, Product Channel Manager – Integrated Systems, Sennheiser Australia & New Zealand. Sennheiser’s Control Cockpit Software keeps everything under control, allowing you to digitise your AV management workflow for flawless daily business. It is the central software for easy handling, control and maintenance of the entire SpeechLine Digital…
Read MoreEnergy supply in all directions with the new igus e-spool standard from Treotham
Roll up 21 metres of cables and hoses safely without a motor Whether at lofty heights, flat on the ground or in depth. With the e-spool – the slip-ring-free cable drum – Treotham offers an energy supply for different application scenarios. The compact, spring-driven system can safely guide energy, media or fibre optic data cables.…
Read MoreSydney Theatre Company Switches to CORE by DPA
Better dynamic range and improved resilience to harsh treatment on and off stage is a key reason why STC is investing in d:screet CORE 4061 Miniature Microphones. Alleroed, Denmark. June 18th 2019: As a long-term user of DPA microphones, the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) has been quick to adopt the Danish manufacturer’s CORE by…
Read MoreAdamson installed at the MCEC, brings in the big guns for Hillsong
by Jason Allen Dramatically increasing its attractiveness for concert production, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre has invested in an Adamson S10 line array system, complemented by E119 subwoofers, and CS7p dual 7” loudspeakers for infill; the world’s first powered, Milan-ready dipole loudspeaker with network redundancy. Completing the package are lab.gruppen amps with Lake processing.…
Read MoreNightlife Music to soundtrack the Australian pavilion World Expo 2020 Dubai
Nightlife Music has been announced as the music content technology partner for the Australian Pavilion at World Expo 2020 in Dubai. Founder Mark Brownlee said working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and its other Expo affiliates, Nightlife will be the link between the creatives being spotlighted and the 2.5 million visitors…
Read MoreThe Empire Strips Back in America
Photos by Peter Rubie Hugely successful Australian burlesque Star Wars parody “The Empire Strips Back” has just completed its most extensive North American tour to date, also visiting Canada for the first time, complete with a suitably boisterous lightshow designed by Peter Rubie, featuring 30 x Robe Spiider LED wash beams as the core moving…
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