Industry Issues
Design Quintessence take on Protos
NEWS Design Quintessence take on Protos Established in July 2018, PROTOS Load Monitoring Systems specialise in load and force monitoring systems for the entertainment industry. “The entertainment industry is constantly and quickly adapting to keep up with the latest developments. While the audience’s hunger for state of the art shows keeps growing, concerts, plays and…
Read MoreMix It Urgently, Can Ya Please?
LISTEN HERE Mix It Urgently, Can Ya Please? by Andy Stewart. Have you ever heard these words, or uttered them to an engineer? “I tell you what, I’ll do the bulk of the mixing; you can just come in at the end and tidy things up…” Whoever thinks this is the path to good…
Read MoreTales from the Road
THE GREAT OUTDOORS Tales from the Road Gigging and giggling alfresco by John O’Brien. Ahh, the great outdoors. Fresh air, wildlife, views, Mother Nature in all her glory – what’s not to love? Oh: sun, rain, wind, snow, mud, flies, snakes, spiders, dust, salt, bushfires, floods and all the other natural wonders. We might enjoy…
Read MoreRoady for Roadies raises $20K
THE GREAT OUTDOORS Giving Something Back To The Crew – Roady for Roadies raises $20K by Jenny Barrett. Photo Credits: Steve Dyke The recent death of Greg Boyed caused many to reflect on the issues of mental health and suicide in their own lives and the wider community, including two stalwarts of the entertainment technology…
Read MoreRisky Business
Risky Business by Simon Byrne. The live production industry carries significant risk. Large amounts of equipment, temporary engineering, big power in use, time pressures and audiences combine to make an environment primed for an incident. Whether an injury, an event cancellation, equipment damage or theft, they all represent risk. The riskiest of events are the outdoor…
Read MoreACETA Solves the Compliance Issue & $100K Other Reasons to Join
COMPLIANCE ACETA Solves the Compliance Issue & $100K Other Reasons to Join by Jason Allen. If you’ve been keeping up with the issue of electrical and product compliance for Australian technology importers [Pts 1, 2, 3], you’ll know that the most complimentary way to describe it is ‘complicated’. Our peak body, ACETA, have found a…
Read MorePilot intake for NZ Cert in Entertainment and Event Technology L4 announced
News Pilot intake for NZ Cert in Entertainment and Event Technology L4 announced Entertainment Technology New Zealand and Skills Active have announced the pilot-launch of the New Zealand Certificate in Entertainment and Event Technology (Level 4) and are offering a fee waiver for 10 candidates who may be open to becoming assessors in the near…
Read MoreRoady 4 Roadies- March 10th & 24th 2019
Roady4Roadies takes place nationally in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth on Sun 10th March and Adelaide on Sun 24th March. It is open to the public and industry alike, with all profits going to Support Act. Live production crew are the unseen but essential backbone of the music events that we all enjoy, but these roles can…
Read MoreListen Here – Five Reasons For, Five Against – Part II
LISTEN HERE Five Reasons For, Five Against – Part II by Andy Stewart. Some musicians just want to mix their own music… Following on from last issue’s rant, here are some more reasons for and against the vexing issue made famous by Shakespeare himself: to mix or not to mix your own music, that is…
Read MoreClear-Com Networking and Digital Partyline Systems
HOW TO Clear-Com Networking and Digital Partyline Systems proudly presented by The vast proliferation of IP-based data networks presents an opportunity for Clear-Com to offer an even more powerful, flexible partyline communications system by taking advantage of the available telecom/data-com infrastructures. HelixNet Partyline introduces the ability to connect stations directly or over a…
Read MoreComms – On Devices You Already Own
COMMUNICATIONS Comms – On Devices You Already Own by Simon Byrne. I love how the internet and networking protocols are having a dramatic, and in my view, a positive effect on our industry. We are moving to a point where all our lighting control, vision, and audio travel across a single network backbone. But a…
Read MorePlotting and Fixture Selection on a Budget
HOW TO Plotting and Fixture Selection on a Budget by John O’Brien. Got a gig to light and want to make the most of it? Where to start? Like the rest of life, you will have parameters to work within. The biggest limiting factor will usually be your budget. A multi-universe rig of the latest…
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