How To: Work with Timecode on an MA Lighting MA dot2

How To: Work with Timecode on an MA Lighting MA dot2 By Michael ‘Qincy’ Strathmann, MA Lighting “I need to do lighting to a very special song and I want to do it as precisely as possible” – anonymous Tips and Tricks Timecode is an external clock signal that cues lighting.  You have to connect it…

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QSC introduces Software Licenses

QSC has introduced advanced software features under optional licences for the rapidly developing Q-SYS audio video control platform. The inevitable separation of software and hardware will allow customers to select the software facilities they need for each individual application and purchase selectively to make system economies. At this stage QSC is introducing two licences one…

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New frequency check website from JTS enables optimal performance

Sound technicians installing wireless microphones and in-ear monitors in hospitality, conference halls and live entertainment venues, can now use the JTS frequency check website to select correct JTS products for minimal signal interference, in a specific geographical area. Wireless microphones and in-ear monitors share the radio frequency spectrum with TV transmitters, meaning interference can occur…

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ROAD TEST – Adamson S10

ROAD TEST Adamson S10 By Scott Mullane. Scott Mullane is the owner of Brisbane’s Aisle 6 Productions. His current touring clients include The Screaming Jets, Marina Prior, Darren Middleton and 7bit hero, and he has countless record production and recording credits to his name. Aisle 6 Productions own 16 elements of Adamson S10 and eight…

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CMI Audio Open Day May 4, 2018 at CMI Music & Audio HQ

To celebrate the launch of CMI’s new training facilities, we will be hosting an Open Day on May 4th from 10am 4pm at our Head Office in Melbourne. We will be demonstrating the class-leading Adamson S Series Line Array, as well as offering the opportunity to get hands on with the Soundcraft VI7000, plus other…

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Ayrton Mistral TC

Mistral™TC, is a fantastic new 14,000 lumen white LED spot fixture from Ayrton, and just one of the much-anticipated new developments in Ayrton’s Automated Luminaires range. Launched at Prolight+Sound 2018, Mistral-TC is the latest in Ayrton’s new range of fixtures, named both in honour of North African desert winds and some of the hottest performance…

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NEUTRIK intelligent NA2-IO-DLINE Interface

With the increasingly critical role of digital audio networks in simplifying the routing and distribution of audio signals for fixed, touring and event applications, the requirement to interface analogue signal devices within Dante™ based networks is ever present. The new NEUTRIK intelligent NA2-IO-DLINE Interface enables integration of analogue signal devices, within a Dante™ AoIP network,…

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Meyer Sound’s Australian Charm Offensive

FEATURES Meyer Sound’s Australian Charm Offensive By Jason Allen. With a new distributor in place, a major new product to show off, and a decent sale to brag about, Meyer Sound staff, including founders Helen and John Meyer, descended on Sydney en-masse in late March with a two-day system optimisation seminar followed by a product…

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Zactrack: How It Works

FEATURES Zactrack: How It Works   With a gig as globally prestigious as Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, and Opera Australia sizing up the tech for future use, Zactrack CEO Werner Petricek and Project Manager Paul Roch were on-hand in Sydney to make sure the OA’s techs had all the guidance they needed. We talked…

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Roland V-60HD Video Switcher

GEARBOX Roland V-60HD Video Switcher By Jim Kumorek First published in Church Production Magazine. With video becoming so prevalent in houses of worship, cost-effective video equipment is needed to support expansion. But cost effective sometimes means compromises on quality or capabilities. With this in mind, Roland introduces a new video switcher to the market: the…

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ETC: Our Fixtures Are Built to Last

L70 is a common rating system used throughout the LED fixture industry. There is, however, some confusion as to what the rating does and does not define. We’d like to clear up the misconceptions and explain how ETC is using L70 to test their LED fixtures to their limits. The following video includes interviews with…

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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 not. Strangely the hall managers don’t care if you hang…

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