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Road Test: Claypaky Axcor Profile 600
ROAD TEST Road Test: Claypaky Axcor Profile 600 by Ben Morris and Ian Fynney. Ben Morris is the Executive Manager – Technology, at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre has a lot of flexible spaces and only limited opportunities to install equipment, so we operate as a…
Read MoreHow To: Moving The Stage Without Drama
HOW TO Moving The Stage Without Drama: Reliable energy supply for stage technology With moving energy supply systems such as the igus e-spool and the zig-zag system, complicated stage applications can be implemented even in confined spaces and with high loads. The challenge for every ‘stage builder’ is to create the perfect stage. Every…
Read MoreTauranga’s About to Blow its Own Trumpet
NEW ZEALAND Tauranga’s About to Blow its Own Trumpet New Manager at Baycourt Theatre by Jenny Barrett. ‘Ten dollar’ Tauranga is leaving behind its dubious reputation for stinginess, swathes of retirees, and its designation as a cultural wasteland following a 60% vote against a museum. A fresh face has landed at Tauranga’s Baycourt Community…
Read MoreChameleon orchestrate lighting mayhem for The Prodigy
Carefully orchestrated lighting mayhem may sound contradictory but is probably the best way to describe lighting a show by The Prodigy! The full on assault of lights was designed by Tim Fawkes who ran the entire show manually on a Hog 4 console with absolutely no time code. The idea for the set came from…
Read MoreSydney’s event spaces shrink again
By Julius Grafton. Since the current NSW state government took power almost eight years ago Sydney’s venue stock has shrunk considerably, despite the addition of the new International Convention Centre. Now charity Ozharvest face losing their main fundraiser, the CEO Cookoff, a gourmet dinner for more than 1,400 vulnerable Australians that will raise $3 million…
Read Moreavt growth continues with addition of four new Audio specialists
Leading audio visual value-added distributor avt has expanded its existing audio strength with the recent employment of no less than four dedicated audio experts. “In February 2018 we were honoured to have been selected by HARMAN Professional Solutions to take on distribution of their suite of professional brands including JBL Professional, BSS, Crown and AKG…
Read MoreBring a Group to ENTECH Roadshow
Do you have a Group? Invite your Facebook Group or mates to meet up at the new ENTECH CAFE on the show floor, and enjoy free barista coffee or a hot beverage on us. First trialled at ENTECH NZ, the Cafe quickly became a hang spot, and there’s nothing we like more than getting industry…
Read MorePaul Kelly’s Making Gravy
ROADSKILLS Paul Kelly’s Making Gravy by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Ashley Mar Next time there’s a drought anywhere, just book Paul Kelly for an outdoor concert. Many of us saw the footage on social media of the Melbourne leg of Paul Kelly’s Making Gravy tour where extreme flooding resulted in the ground stacked speakers…
Read MoreTour Smartly – Get Out There
TOURING Tour Smartly – Get Out There by Simon Byrne. Touring is different to one-off gigs in that when you are on a tour, you roll out the same production repeatedly. Therefore it pays to do it an efficient way. Efficiency gives you the gift of time which gives you the opportunity to refine your…
Read MoreNSW Government ‘reviewing’ noxious Music Festival Guidelines
By Julius Grafton. After widespread industry uproar peaked on Monday with Bluesfest director Peter Noble’s threat that Bluesfest would relocate after this year, the NSW Government has pulled the ‘Interim Guidelines for Music Festival Event Organisers: Music Festival Harm Reduction’ document offline ‘for review’. Hastily created by several bureaucrats in the NSW Health Department, the…
Read MoreDPA d:vote CORE 4099 Instrument Microphone
ROAD TEST DPA d:vote CORE 4099 Instrument Microphone by Jimmy Den-Ouden. DPA makes premium level condenser microphones. Before leaving the factory, each mic capsule they make is measured on and off axis to verify it performs to spec. They’re the kind of company who wanted to make a wind-screen for handheld mics which better rejected…
Read MoreLive Venue Crisis
INDUSTRY NEWS Live Venue Crisis CX Media has established a new group on Facebook called Live Venue Crisis. Performance venues such as festivals, clubs, pubs and theatres face increasing pressures of cost and regulations while some governments are seemingly hostile at worst or indifferent at best to the sector. This is not a politically aligned…
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