tm stagetec systems Announces Partnership with Plura

tm stagetec systems has announced that they have established a partnership with Plura. In furthering the objective of being industry-leading technology systems integrators, tm stagetec systems is now officially an Australian dealer of Plura products.   Plura is a leading global manufacturer of a wide range of high-performance, multi-function monitors including 4K and Timing/Synchronisation solutions…

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Vista Lighting Control Range Acquired by Chroma-Q

JANDS, manufacturer and designer of world-class lighting equipment and technologies, announces that Chroma-Q has acquired the Vista lighting control product range.   Jands has made a business decision to cease manufacturing the Vista lighting control product range. Recognising the potential for Vista lighting control systems in today’s market, Jands felt it was a logical move…

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Hog 4 Rocks The Roundhouse

The Roundhouse at The University of New South Wales Kensington campus has been hosting major rock gigs, corporate functions, and student parties for five decades. Recently re-opening after a major refurbishment, the heritage venue now sports an updated and refreshed lighting rig driven by High End System’s flagship Hog 4. Seasoned road dogs and freelancers…

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Adamson line arrays at Hillsong Colour, stocked in Melbourne

News Adamson line arrays at Hillsong Colour, stocked in Melbourne Adamson’s line arrays have made inroads with a couple of influential customers; Hillsong Church and corporate event company Microhire’s Melbourne branch. “Hillsong are a large Adamson user, and they are our preferred loudspeaker vendor for our installations,” explained Hillsong’s Ricki Cook. “We were presented with…

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Sennheiser launches evolution wireless G4

Annie Hamilton. Luke Liang, and Pete Covington

Sennheiser has launched their new evolution wireless G4 mic range in style in both Sydney and Melbourne, with events at Melbourne’s Paris Cat on May 21 and Sydney’s Zenith Theatre (conveniently located in the same building as Sennheiser HQ) on May 24. Product expert Eric Reese was flown in from the US to introduce the…

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Ayrton Demo Sessions

Please join Show Technology at their demo sessions to discover Ayrton’s latest range in ground-breaking LED technology and come and meet our special guest Michael Althaus directly from Ayrton Europe! Show Tech will be featuring effects and moving heads, including the newly released Mistral, Ghibli and Merak! Seats per session are limited so be sure…

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Bigger, brighter than ever: TDC shines at Vivid Sydney 2018

Vivid Sydney 2018 (photo credit Destination NSW)

Australian entertainment technology company TDC – Technical Direction Company – is providing large scale projection mapping and technology for this year’s Vivid Sydney, which takes place over 23 nights from 25 May – 16 June. This year Vivid Sydney celebrates its tenth anniversary.  Vivid Sydney is the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas.…

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Warm Audio WA-47 & WA73 recording chain

ROAD TEST Warm Audio WA-47 & WA73 recording chain By Andy Stewart. Two of the most highly prized, awesome sounding and prominently featured pieces of gear found in professional recording studios over the last half-century have been the legendary Neumann U47 tube condenser microphone and the Neve 80-series mic preamplifier. Everything that’s ever been said…

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How to: Mic speech on stage with headworn and miniature mics

How To Mic speech on stage with headworn and miniature mics Proudly presented by DPA University Head-Worn Mics for Speakers Auditoriums, churches, educational facilities, conference rooms, courtrooms and theatres are all places where one or more people speak to an audience. If that speaker is untrained, and/or doesn’t know to speak up in a clear…

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ETC Ion Xe Lighting Console

Road Test ETC Ion Xe Lighting Console By Jim Kumorek. Recently, Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) released the latest member of its Eos console line, the Ion Xe lighting console. There are two versions of the console: one with 20 hardware faders (the model we reviewed), and one without. The Ion series is in the middle…

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Pro Light & Sound 2018 Frankfurt still delivers

TRADESHOW REPORT Pro Light & Sound 2018 Frankfurt still delivers By Julius Grafton. While PL&S was once the eighth wonder of the trade-show world, it still packs a punch for hordes of tech-heads from everywhere. Including Australia and New Zealand, since I kept running into people I wanted to talk to, and some I did…

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Symetrix and Visionary Solutions Expand Strategic Alliance

Symetrix and Visionary Solutions are excited to announce native integration of Visionary Solutions’ PacketAV® Duet Dante™-enabled IP video encoder and decoder products into Symetrix’ Composer DSP programming and control software. The integration, co-developed by Symetrix and Visionary Solutions, enables PacketAV Duet and E/D4100 video encoders and decoders to appear as native units in Composer 7.1…

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