Inside L-Acoustics: At a rural village in France

By juliusg | 24 Jan 2018

Inside L-Acoustics: At a rural village in France By Julius Grafton. When the company first located at the factory in Marcoussis, France, it was a rural site on a plateau above the village. Now it is a small industrial estate, dominated by four of the six factories that L-Acoustics occupy. I visited HQ, which is…

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Stereo is Obsolete: L-Acoustics L-ISA is Here

By juliusg | 23 Jan 2018

Stereo is Obsolete: L-Acoustics L-ISA is Here By Julius Grafton. At the L-Acoustics (inventors of V-Dosc) headquarters in France I heard something more wonderful, more startling, and more exciting than anything ever before. It is called L-ISA, and it is a new way to mix, deliver and to hear audio. What they have done is…

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Lumina Gigacore 26i Ethernet Switch

By juliusg | 28 Dec 2017

Luminex GigaCore 26i – Network Smarts for Production By Jason Allen. Belgian AV networking specialists Luminex are staunch live production people, with networking knowledge to boot. They pride themselves on making Ethernet switches that you don’t need any specialist IT knowledge to use, optimised for live production. Their range of ruggedised switches is packed with etherCONs,…

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HK Audio Linear 3 112FA Loudspeakers

By juliusg | 28 Dec 2017

HK Audio Linear 3 112FA – Simply Sonically Solid By Jason Allen. HK Audio’s new Linear 3 range of loudspeakers is designed to sit between their premium Linear 5 range and their Premium Pro range. Keeping the styling of the Linear 5, the Linear 3 range includes the L3112FA powered 12” with a 1” horn…

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PreSonus StudioLive 3 – From Stage to Studio

By juliusg | 28 Dec 2017

PreSonus StudioLive 3 – From Stage to Studio By Jason Allen. PreSonus have updated their StudioLive digital mixer series to generation three with three new consoles and three new stageboxes, which, surprisingly, are also digital mixers. In doing so they’ve created a digital ecosystem that can be used to create quite complex setups, all on an…

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The Ultimate Headphones For Robin Schulz Fans – Sennheiser Unveils A Limited-Edition White HD 25 With The Star DJ’s Signature

By admin | 20 Dec 2017

Sennheiser has launched the HD 25 Robin Schulz Edition, a white version of the legendary HD 25 monitoring headphones adorned with the signature of Germany’s star DJ. The professional headphones are limited to just a few hundred units and are exclusively available through Sennheiser’s online shops and at the Sennheiser flagship stores in Berlin, Singapore…

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Gearbox: Sennheiser HandMic Digital

By juliusg | 9 Nov 2017

Gearbox Sennheiser HandMic Digital – Dependable Dynamic for iOS By Jason Allen. Latest in a string of Sennheiser products for recording-on-the-go, the HandMic Digital offers a hand-held dynamic cardioid for those who want to record directly to their iOS devices. It joins the lavalier versions ClipMic Digital and MKE 2 Digital, and all models leverage…

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Barco Technology Day

By juliusg | 8 Nov 2017

Technology Barco Technology Day: Going Live The fine people at Barco bought their newest products for live production and three international product experts to Sydney and Melbourne this October for Barco Technology Day. Jason Allen dropped in to get their perspectives on the current directions in display and control for events. By Jason Allen. Barco…

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Gearbox: Spotlight CYC LED 300 RGBW DMX

By juliusg | 4 Nov 2017

Gearbox   Spotlight CYC LED 300 RGBW DMX Upstaged by LED By Jason Allen. High-end Milanese lighting company Spotlight work closely with many of Europe’s finest opera houses and theatres, often testing new products in-situ as part of their development process. As such, they’re closely attuned to the needs of the theatre lighting tech, and…

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Gearbox: Electro-Voice Evolve 50

By juliusg | 3 Nov 2017

Gearbox Electro-Voice Evolve 50: The portable column Evolves By Jason Allen. There’s a lot to choose from in the powered portable column system market these days. Corporate love them for their subtlety, musical duo love them for their portability, and dry-hire get to offer a simple package that fits a lot of bills. Sadly, most…

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Comment: If I Don’t Have This Product will I Die?

By juliusg | 3 Nov 2017

Tech Tools If I Don’t Have This Product will I Die? The live production industry is capital intensive and significant ongoing investment is required to stay current. It is complicated by the fact that most people in the business are there because they love it. That means the decision to buy the latest gear is…

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