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Integration – Software Defined Control and Networked Video
Integration Integration’s Two Hottest Topics – Software Defined Control and Networked Video by avt’s Head of Strategic Partnerships & Innovation, Graham Barrett. With over 30 years’ experience in the AV industry, Graham Barrett stands in a unique position at avt. As distributors for software defined control suite Utelogy, and mature networked video technology in Harman’s…
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Roadskills Pnau by Cat Strom. Images by Gabrielle Clement Mandylights created an immersive live performance spectacle for Australian dance trio Pnau, transforming the Enmore Theatre into a pumping, pulsating club environment. The band got in touch with Mandylights in order to put together a whole new show including visuals, lighting, and stage layout for their…
Read MoreHow To: Sennheiser Ambeo VR Microphone
How To AMBEO VR Microphone Proudly presented by Especially designed for 360° spatial audio recording, the easy-to-use AMBEO® VR Mic is an ambisonic microphone fitted with four matched KE 14 capsules in a tetrahedral arrangement. The AMBEO VR MIC uses Ambisonics. Ambisonics is a technology for sound field recording and playback at a single point…
Read MoreHow to get Super for gigs you invoiced
By Julius Grafton. We’ve been reporting for quite a while that almost anyone invoicing a gig using an Australian Business Number (ABN) is entitled to 9.5% superannuation on top. There are a few loopholes, such as the minimum amount earned must be $450 over one month, and if you are invoicing via your own Pty…
Read MoreENTECH expands to the USA
By Julius Grafton. The late and very missed Caroline Fitzmaurice-Grafton would be stoked. She lived and breathed ENTECH for the first decade and now the Australian Roadshow for the Audio, Video and Lighting biz is set to stretch out all over many of the United States. We have two tours, each of four cities, on…
Read MoreGaining a Career in the AV Industry
Careers Gaining a Career in the AV Industry Meet Dominic Jones from the P.A. People I’ve been at Sydney’s The P.A. People for four years, having joined in October 2014 as the junior showroom assistant, with some Event Communications work thrown in. I moved to Event Comms full-time about 18 months ago. I didn’t have…
Read MoreGavan Swift designs MAMMA MIA! The Musical
MAMMA MIA! The Musical has been playing to packed houses around Australia for most of this year. It is currently playing in Melbourne until 30 September before travelling to Adelaide for six weeks only. The show is a brand new production with new direction, choreography, scenery, costumes, lighting and sound. The lighting design is by…
Read MoreChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium
Road Test ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium by Adam Volz. Adam Volz is the Creative Director of TLD Creative; event concept, lighting design, programming, and operation specialists based between Brisbane and The Gold Coast. Operating largely on high-end corporate events, TLD work on unique events around Australia. Adam’s background in the industry includes global experience with…
Read MoreLexair Brings DMXking to Australia
Lexair Entertainment is pleased to announce that they are the new Australian distributor for DMXking. Designed and Manufactured in New Zealand, DMXking focusses solely on DMX512 products, with high quality and high specification being their calling card. “We first used DMXking products for LED pixel control projects as a solution with Green Hippo Media Servers” said…
Read MoreMacau City’s Dazzling ‘House Of Dancing Water’ Expands Comms
News Macau City’s Dazzling ‘House Of Dancing Water’ Expands Comms The House of Dancing Water, a breathtaking in-the-round water show created by the Franco Dragone Entertainment Group for Macau’s City of Dreams entertainment complex, has extended its in-house communications capabilities with Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercoms. Bolero provides comprehensive, reliable, and integrated wireless capabilities that leverage…
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Feature Aida by Cat Strom Photo Credits: Prudence Upton Opera Australia’s new production shatters the limits of traditional stagecraft. The most epic opera of all time, Verdi’s mighty Aida returned to the Sydney Opera House this winter with an Australian premiere production by celebrated Italian director and designer Davide Livermore. This new interpretation of Verdi’s…
Read MoreCompliance Part Two. EMC: Electromagnetic Compatibility
Compliance Compliance Part Two. EMC: Electromagnetic Compatibility by Steve Devine. Do you ever wonder why you are asked to turn off mobile phones and electronic games in an aircraft or hospital, where there are other electrical and electronic systems upon which many people’s lives may depend? Is your favourite radio programme interrupted by interference or…
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