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West HQ’s Sydney Coliseum Theatre Reveals World-Class Hyperreal Sound System
West HQ’s Sydney Coliseum has announced a preferred supplier partnership with Jands and L-Acoustics to deliver the world-class L-ISA Hyperreal Sound System for the $100m theatrical development, which opened 12 December 2019. The ‘hyperreal’ frontal scene sound system includes a 65-speaker system that heightens a sense of proximity and connection between artist and audience creating…
Read MoreImmersive Live Sound – The Story So Far
AUDIO Immersive Live Sound – The Story So Far Two years ago Immersive Audio or Spatial Live Sound rolled out into the live audio market simultaneously from L-Acoustics (France) with L-ISA, and d&b audiotechnik (Germany) with Soundscape. CX travelled to both manufacturers to hear the systems and talk to the engineers in October 2017.…
Read MoreACME STAGE PARs
ROAD TEST ACME STAGE PAR BL-100 WW and BL-100 RGBW Ashley Salta Ashley Salta is a Supervisor of Production and Technical Services at Rockhampton Regional Council, a position that encompasses technical management of Rockhampton’s Pilbeam Theatre, a 1,000 seat proscenium arch theatre that is a major stop on the Queensland touring circuit. …
Read MoreLive streaming gigs from Blind Chihuahua’s remote studio
RECORDING Live streaming gigs from Blind Chihuahua’s remote studio Audio, video, live bands, 4G, paying customers, Internet, live Internet. What could go wrong? Yeah – Blind Chihuahua decided to take on this daunting task. There’s a lot of moving parts to all this so let’s dig in shall we? Paula Jones is an…
Read MoreSticky Fingers
ROAD SKILLS Sticky Fingers The lighting for Sticky Fingers’ recent tour was big, bold, obnoxious and threatened to cut power to the host city! In a big step up from previous tours Sticky Fingers, the Sydney band that are a ‘melting pot of psych, rock, and reggae’, completed an arena run around the…
Read MoreSydney Coliseum Theatre tech revealed to media
Pic: Four of the five hangs of the L-Acoustics Kara plus subs system that enable the Coliseum to run L-ISA immersive audio The $100m, 2,000 seat Sydney Coliseum Theatre was revealed today to media, after builders handed the keys to West HQ last Friday afternoon. It officially opens tomorrow with a performance by David Campbell…
Read MoreFiasco Opens Service Centre in LA
Set to conquer the US – Fiasco Opens Service Centre in LA Six years since quitting their jobs to work fulltime on their dream of making the life of a roadie sweeter, Matt Waterhouse and Joe Bradford, founders of New Zealand road case manufacturer Fiasco have opened the first service centre in the USA.…
Read MoreDiversity and Inclusion in AV – it’s our responsibility
DIVERSITY Diversity and Inclusion in AV – it’s our responsibility by Toni McAllister. “It’s not that we don’t want to employ women, it’s just that none are applying.” “If you know of any women, send them our way.” “We love having women on our crew, it really balances things out.” I’ve spent…
Read MoreYamaha’s AFC3 – from Acoustic Enhancement to Spatial Audio
AUDIO Yamaha’s AFC3 – from Acoustic Enhancement to Spatial Audio by Jason Allen. DSP innovator Yamaha released their first digital acoustic enhancement system back in 1985. Over the years, they’ve constantly improved their technology, with AFC3 (Active Field Control) the latest in the range. Tantalisingly, at ISE in Feb 2019, they teased AFC4, which adds…
Read MoreADJ for ULA Group
Pic L-R: Elation’s Chuck Green, ULA’s Con Biviano, and ADJ’s Toby Velazquez ULA Group have taken distribution of ADJ (Amercian DJ) lighting products, and used the LDI 2019 show to introduce their customers to the range. ADJ launched a large range of products at the show, including the Hydro Series IP65-rated moving head wash, and…
Read MoreGreat Scott! More from LDI 2019
by Cat Strom. This is an abridged version of the full LDI Show Report, which is only available in the December issue of CX Magazine. Subscribe now! Robe drew large crowds to their over-the-top live show. The ground-breaking ESPRITE LED profile moving light is the first in a new series of Robe luminaires that will…
Read MoreLPA Sums Up Industry
by Julius Grafton Peak employer association Live Performance Australia briefed arts industry leaders in Sydney on November 28, reporting on difficult progress with the NSW Government, and on ticket sales nationally. The live performance industry continued to drive Australia’s cultural economy in 2018 with more than 26 million attendances generating almost $2.2 billion in ticket…
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