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20 Questions with Tony Bryan
Roadskills 20 Questions with Tony Bryan by Cat Strom. For over 20 years, front of house sound engineer Tony Bryan has worked with iconic Australian acts including Grinspoon, Jimmy Barnes, Birds Of Tokyo, and Parkway Drive. What are the three best things about your job? I get to operate some fantastic audio equipment. I get…
Read MoreTourPro Zoom Par Jnr
Road Test TourPro Zoom Par Jnr By Jeremy Nolan. Jeremy Nolan is the director of Melbourne’s Above and Beyond Production Services, founded in 2013. Having worked with some of the most iconic bands, events, and festivals nationally and internationally over 20 years, Jeremy drew on this experience to create a company that is rapidly gaining…
Read MoreReamp for a Perfect Tone
How To Reamp for a Perfect Tone Getting a good guitar tone is easy; settling on the perfect tone is impossible until you can hear it in the context of the mix. A popular adage with recording is “garbage in – garbage out”, implying that you’re doomed if you mess up the tracking process –…
Read MoreFull Boar 4 helps map Central AV’s future
Central Audio Visual are headquartered in Thebarton, a stone’s throw from Adelaide’s CBD. A family owned and operated AV company, they work in many major venues in SA, and pride themselves on providing the best gear, technicians and customer service to the corporate, events, exhibitions, broadcast, and sporting markets. Being the in-house AV providers at…
Read MoreNeed lamps for traditional fixtures? Clearlight Shows keeps the lights on
As major venues and production companies transition to all-LED lighting inventories, big manufacturers are ceasing to make replacement lamps for traditional fixtures, and many distributors are no longer sourcing and importing them. This could be a financial catastrophe for small venues, community organisations, houses of worship, and educational institutions across Australia, many of whom are…
Read MoreVale Richard Pacholski
We were very saddened to hear about the untimely passing of Richard Pacholski – universally known as R2 – over the weekend, after a short battle with cancer. R2 was a highly respected member of the lighting community, as a lighting designer, associate designer or production electrician. After starting his lighting career at the Adelaide…
Read MoreWhy do (almost) all convention centre staff read the same script? And how it’s wasting money
By Julius Grafton. ‘How may I direct your call’? After emailing countless convention centres across the USA and Canada we are reduced to a phone call since often we get no response. The call usually runs the same way. ‘What kind of event are you running?’ Then: ‘When is the event?’ That’s hard to know…
Read MorePorsche Cayenne Launch
Feature Porsche Cayenne Launch By Cat Strom. IKONIX utilise Avolites Ai for prestigious car launch; “NDI is the future for media servers.” Based on the Gold Coast, IKONIX are highly skilled and experienced across multiple facets of any event or installation, including design and operation of audio, video, lighting, rigging, automation, power management, staging, and…
Read MoreHow to establish a good relationship with your lighting hire company
How To Establish a good relationship with your lighting hire company By Marcus Pugh. So you’ve just landed your first lighting design and the venue doesn’t have everything (or anything) you need to make your design a reality, what are you going to do? You’re going to need to hire some or all of your…
Read More2018 The Sun-Herald City 2 Surf presented by Westpac
…The P.A. People delivers sound control and event management systems Moving 80,000 runners and spectators in and out of Sydney’s CBD and the iconic Bondi Beach tourist location, has its logistical issues and again this year, The Sun-Herald City2Surf presented by Westpac, the world’s largest fun run, was an event with some interesting challenges. The…
Read MoreGreen Hippo Maps Vector Lights on the Auckland Harbour Bridge
News Green Hippo Maps Vector Lights on the Auckland Harbour Bridge Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour has been transformed by a unique, decade-long artistic project, ‘Vector Lights on the Auckland Harbour Bridge’. Powered by a mix of solar, battery, and peer-to-peer systems, over 90,000 mappable LED pixels and other fixtures provide a vast, animated canvas for traditional…
Read MoreVuePix Screens for Inglis Riverside Stables
Inglis’ Riverside Stables complex in Warwick Farm is a world-class horse auction facility, accompanied by the five Star William Inglis Hotel. The newly developed $140m precinct features more than 800 stables, extensive parade space for horses, 5 star hotel with 144 rooms, state-of-the-art conferencing facilities and all-day dining, leisure and retail complex with over 1000…
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