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Biz Talk: Contractor or Employee? It Makes a Difference
REGULARS Biz Talk: Contractor or Employee? It Makes a Difference By guest columnist Simon Byrne. As alluded to by CX Magazine in July last year, the government is getting serious about cracking down on compulsory superannuation avoidance and has provided money to the ATO to monitor and enforce non-compliance. A lot of our industry is…
Read MoreListen Here – Where Am I?
REGULARS Listen Here – Where Am I? By Andy Stewart. When you mix a song, does it ever occur to you to ask yourself where things appear in the pseudo-physical space between your speakers? If you can answer this question for every sound in your mix you’re well on the way to creating a cool,…
Read MoreWind – A Lesson From Sandstone Point
TECH TOOLS Wind – A Lesson From Sandstone Point By Simon Byrne. Last month the Red Hot Summer Tour was slammed by an unexpected and severe storm at Queensland’s Sandstone Point. According to weather reports, the wind gusts in the area reached 110 km/h. To the production team’s credit (Powa Productions and Regional Touring), the…
Read MoreScam Alert! Fake request for proforma from Victoria University!
Gareth Kays of GK Productions Australia down in Tas has alerted us to this fake request for proforma that appears to come from Victoria University. The sender is ‘purchasing@victoriauniversity.org‘ as opposed to an .edu.au domain. “Dear Sales, Please provide us a proforma invoice, quoting your best prices per item below for our institute: QTY: 40 Each…
Read MoreAdelaide soundguy lives up to tired stereotype, regrets it immediately, apologises.
As reported at themusic.com.au and on social media, a sound tech at Adelaide’s The Gov managed to insult a female band member with a sexist comment last Friday, moments before she was to take the stage. Reportedly asking ‘How’s the glass ceiling going for you?’ of said band member, the sound tech was consequently flayed…
Read MoreJulius Grafton says farewell, new editor-in-chief prepares to stoke the fire
Since 1990 I’ve enjoyed every deadline and presided over every word in this fine journal. It’s reflected my view of our industry and carried my values. That’s the great privilege and responsibility of publishing. Owning your own platform to spruik your own views is awesome. Using it properly means I got this far. After this…
Read MoreBiz Talk – Forget Failure, Fink Fortune!
Regulars – Biz Talk Forget Failure, Fink Fortune! After last months depressing rant I had many sympathetic calls and messages but that wasn’t the motivator behind chronicling my $1.5 million loss on the College dream. Indeed the article must have been noticed, because in the old snail mail came an envelope with a good old…
Read MoreACETA: The Survey that had to be Done
ACETA: The Survey that had to be Done And the consequence will surprise, excite and deliver for those truly invested Frank Hinton President, Australian and Commercial Entertainment Technologies Association In preparing this month’s editorial, I sensed that the impending narrative would deliver total surprise to most industry participants, who will instantly recognise the game-changing nature…
Read MoreEfficiency is King – Or Should Be
Efficiency is King – Or Should Be By Simon Byrne. The production business is a great way to waste money if you let it. The temptation is to spend more time and money so as to improve what we do. They key however, is to be efficient with the resources that you have, so you…
Read MoreThe Revolution has arrived: Spatial audio mixing
FEATURE: The live audio revolution The Revolution has arrived: Spatial audio mixing – 3D Sound for the Stage In October Julius Grafton visited L-Acoustics in France and d&b audiotechnik in Germany. He heard a demonstration of each Spatial Audio System. Last month he heard the Barco Iosono demonstration in Sydney. This month we explore all the…
Read MoreBarco Did This First – IOSONO Core is Ready Now
FEATURE: The live audio revolution Barco Did This First – IOSONO Core is Ready Now Researching S.A. (Spatial Audio) I came across the Barco IOSONO and immediately wondered why I had not heard of it earlier. On paper it does everything the new L-Acoustics and d&b products do. Plus, it has had various implementations on…
Read Mored&b audiotechnik: The d&b Soundscape
FEATURE: The live audio revolution d&b audiotechnik: The d&b Soundscape By Julius Grafton. “No machine runs without friction”, says designer Ralf Zuleeg. It is the start of my introduction session to The d&b Soundscape at their Backnang HQ near Stuttgart. This is a 3D sound system, where there are at least five speaker systems across…
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