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Sydney Turns Off the Lights – Election season proves there are no votes won on venues
by Julius Grafton While Melbourne is lauded as one of the most vibrant music venue cities, NSW faces the reality of a re-elected state government that fought an election partly defined by its ‘War on Festivals’ and standing firm on ‘lock-out laws’ that have crippled nightlife. Plus the chronic shortage of live theatre space, which…
Read MoreThe Rutledge Dynasty continues
Pic – Michael Rutledge by Julius Grafton The sale of Rutledge AV to giant USA integrator Diversified is no surprise, given Michael and Sandy Rutledge have been driving the operation since 1979. That’s a lot of soldering! I always admired these people. When industry issues arise one of them is on the phone; enquiring minds caring…
Read MoreDiversified Acquires Rutledge AV, Launches into Australian Market
Diversified, a leading global technology solutions provider, announces the acquisition of Rutledge AV. As a top integrator in Australia, Rutledge AV’s robust client-base and track record of exemplary service enables Diversified to provide local support to clients and the confidence to deliver the standards they’re known for in the Americas, EMEA and APAC. “I’m very…
Read MoreIn-Ear Monitoring
WIRELESS In-Ear Monitoring by Sennheiser’s Adam Karolewski. Put simply, the purpose of monitoring is to assist band members or performers by allowing them to hear themselves and others. Back in the day when I was still playing drums, I would have edited this to read, “allowing them to hear themselves”. End of story. Nothing…
Read MoreThe World Before Digital Pixels
PIXELS The World Before Digital Pixels by Simon Byrne. Before DVI, HDMI, SDI and Video over IP, we operated strictly in an analogue world. All video signals and displays were analogue. We didn’t talk pixels. We were more interested in “horizontal scan rate”, cable, distribution and amplifier bandwidth, as well as voltage loss…
Read MoreThis is a Pixel-Free Zone
Listen Here This is a Pixel-Free Zone by Andy Stewart. If you’re looking for info on pixels here, like: what is their relative size to an ant, what happens when you smash one in the Large Hadron Collider, or how large can a pixel get before it’s visible from space, and so on, please…
Read MoreImaging Science Foundation
PIXELS Imaging Science Foundation Australian Seminars 2019 AVPro and Audio Visual Distributors – AV Distributors are thrilled to be bringing the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) Level III Seminar to Australia in 2019. Since day one, the goal of the ISF has been to deliver the ultimate picture quality throughout any video system. Working alongside…
Read MoreSkills We Had, Skills You Have
LOUNGE BITES Skills We Had, Skills You Have A random series from a 70s veteran by Julius Grafton. Coming from the distant past there were skills we acquired and skills we needed, along with knowledge we gained. The same applies of working crew today – obviously – since if you can’t set up…
Read MoreMultiView- Multiple Users, Multiple Independent Viewpoints
PIXELS MultiView- Multiple Users, Multiple Independent Viewpoints What do we mean by “Multi-View”? We’ve all seen stereoscopic, “3D” images, where our left and right eyes see different views, the effect being that we get a perception of distance and depth. In these conventional 3D installations, everyone sees the same images, no matter where they…
Read MoreMiking & Mixing Jazz in a Small Venue – Part One
HOW TO Miking & Mixing Jazz in a Small Venue – Part One by Greg Simmons. The following pragmatic advice is based on mixing live gigs in an inner-city jazz club in Sydney, five nights per week, every week, for two years. The venue, Foundry 616, is a dinner club with relatively low ceilings…
Read MoreSight and Sound – Keep It Out Of Sync
TECH TALK Sight and Sound – Keep It Out Of Sync by Simon Byrne. That’s right, out of sync. At least from an audience perspective. There has been a lot of research done by the hearing aid industry to improve intelligibility for hearing aids. Some of that research can be applied to live events…
Read MoreShure reveal Twinplex. Mission: take on DPA
WIRELESS Shure reveal Twinplex. Mission: take on DPA by Julius Grafton. Shure revealed their new ultra-compact microphone line called TwinPlex at a media event in Chicago. It was a well-kept secret, despite its seven year gestation and a very, very large beta test campaign. The testers included Hillsong Church and Sydney Opera…
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