Life on the road with the 21st century circus

FEATURE Life on the road with the 21st century circus by Jenny Barrett. Everyone’s heard the old joke about running away and joining the circus. But it still happens. Someone in Invercargill recently jacked in their job, bought a caravan and joined Weber Bros Circus. That’s Invercargill, you may say. But if you are missing…

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Magical – L-ISA makes Southern Hemisphere debut with ASO and Harry Potter

by Jason Allen L-Acoustic’s L-ISA ‘Immersive Hyperreal Sound’ technology made its Australian live debut on Saturday November 10 with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra performing the score to ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ with the film at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Novatech Creative Event Technology provided the extensive L-Acoustics system, which comprised seven hangs…

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D2N Next Generation Communications

COMMUNICATIONS Jason Owen’s D2N Next Generation Communications by Jason Allen. Jason Owen is the owner of D2N, a specialist communications and audio company working out of north-western Sydney. With clients from the diverse worlds of sporting federations, broadcasters, defence, institutional, and worship, D2N pride themselves on providing integrated comms solutions incorporating multiple technologies. CX spoke…

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How To: Sennheiser Control Cockpit

HOW TO Get the most from Sennheiser’s Control Cockpit proudly presented by Sennheiser Sennheiser’s Control Cockpit management platform provides a way for facilities to easily control and monitor SpeechLine Digital Wireless devices across their entire installed environments, on any device. But how can you get the most from this powerful platform? Here is a guide…

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Comms – 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…

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Cautech Invests in Acme Lighting

Cautech – a fairly new production company based in Melbourne – have made their first investment into Acme lighting. Adding 32 Acme fixtures into their lighting inventory was a decision Tony Lamplough, the owner of Cautech, made based on a shoot-out against some of the other main brand fixtures available on the market in the…

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ENTECH Australia 2019 registration open!

ENTECH registration is open at our new website, www.entech-roadshow.com as ENTECH Australia is set to stage the largest tour so far next March. Expect new enhancements including the ENTECH Cafe, serving free barista coffee all day, and ENTECH TV showing on Vuepix Infiled screens around the show floor. With five months to go, ENTECH has…

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LSC Lighting Systems Welcomes Jeff Morgan as New Regional Sales Manager

LSC Lighting Systems have announced the appointment of Jeff Morgan as its new Regional Sales Manager (Australia). Jeff joins LSC with over 25 years’ experience in the lighting and entertainment industries. In addition to working as a lighting systems technician, electrician and technical support officer, Jeff has significant experience in sales and installation roles. For…

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Court troubles at ELB

By Julius Grafton. Sydney based global integrator ELB, formerly Electroboard, is not a happy ship. Numerous ex staff have contacted CX over the past several years to allege staff were treated ‘harshly’ and now the firm has several judgements against it. Where there is smoke there is fire, as ELB managing director Marie Kaliviotis (formerly Bolton)…

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Plotting 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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Ruel

ROADSKILLS Ruel by Cat Strom. Photos by Troy Constable In 2017 he caught the attention of Grammy-nominated Khalid, who invited him on the road as main support on his Australian/New Zealand tour, and the legendary Elton John proclaimed on his Beats1 radio show that he had the “most amazing voice that I’ve ever heard from…

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