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Clipped Music Video Festival
PROJECTION Clipped Music Video Festival presented by Digital Projection. Clipped.TV hosted its annual Clipped Music Video Festival in June as part of Vivid Festival, Sydney. This Festival showcases music videos produced by local talent with screenings, talks, exhibitions and a trade show for the industry, along with an awards evening. To create an outstanding, visually…
Read MoreAllen & Heath Launches Avantis
Allen & Heath has revealed a new 96kHz digital mixer, Avantis, the third to be based on the company’s XCVI FPGA engine. Avantis is a 64 channel/42 configurable bus console, with twin Full HD touchscreens, extensive I/O options and processing from the company’s flagship dLive mixing system. Encased in its alloy shell and tubular frame,…
Read MoreClearlight Highlite Infinity – The new standard in LED for Theatre
There’s a new standard in high-quality LED lighting fixtures for theatre – The Infinity Signature Series from Highlite International. Developed in collaboration with Robert Juliat, the Infinity Series not only provide the uncompromising performance that theatre LDs demand, they deliver it at a lower cost than their well-known competitors. Clearlight Shows is therefore excited to…
Read MoreHilltop Hoods
ROADSKILLS by Cat Strom.Photo Credits: Troy Constable Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods formed in 1994 in Adelaide, South Australia, and over two and a half decades later they are one of the country’s most popular live acts. In support of the release of their eighth studio album The Great Expanse, which debuted at #1…
Read MoreOmega Tech Stage Boxes
ROAD TEST Omega Tech Stage Boxes – Stopping the Show Stoppers by Simon Byrne. Omega Tech is a small West Australian manufacturer specialising primarily in power distribution products for the live event production industry. Their Stage Box series power products have been designed as a robust distribution system for stage power and getting power into…
Read MoreENTECH Adds Education – All Day
ENTECH tours Australia in March 2020 with newly added AV reach starting with the AV HOUR of POWER at 10am. A tightly presented one hour presentation sets the scene, detailing new and exciting tech ahead of the tradeshow opening at 11am. CX Magazine’s Jason Allen is the presenter. Then every half hour attend TRAINING and…
Read MoreThe Electric Canvas opens Melbourne branch
Architectural and large-scale projection specialists, The Electric Canvas, have announced the opening of a new office and workshop in Melbourne. It’s been a busy winter season for the award-winning projection company, who officially opened their Tullamarine premises this past August. Specialising in architectural mapping, stadium field of play, and other large-scale projection applications, the company…
Read MoreRiver of Light
PROJECTION by Cat Strom. A highlight of last month’s Brisbane Festival was the free illumination spectacle River of Light held on the Brisbane River. The 10-minute show ran three times a night for the duration of the Festival and included dynamic jets, giant spirals of water, full-colour lighting, rainbow-coloured lasers and incredible story telling via…
Read MoreAveo Systems Appoints Jands as Distributor
NEWS Aveo Systems has announced the appointment of Jands Pty Ltd as its exclusive distributor in the Australia-New Zealand region. Aveo Systems’ Mira Connect provides an intuitive and simple user experience for rooms of all sizes. Mira Connect manages all of the equipment in the room including audio and video conferencing solutions and Zoom Rooms,…
Read MoreClear-Com Freespeak II
ROAD TEST Anthony Skerman Anthony Skerman is a Technical Director at CMS Australasia, a customer-driven, bespoke event production company with offices in Melbourne and Brisbane, and presence in Sydney and Perth. CMS provide servvies in media and content creation, theming, live streaming, and sports pres, in addition to the core technical backbone of AV and…
Read MoreHere today… and tomorrow… and the next day
INSTALLATION by John O’Brien. Shows and live productions are pretty transitory affairs. Huge efforts go into the logistics and budgeting for just one show and then, save for a few faded flyers and fanboy clips on the internet, the next day it’s all but a memory. Permanent installations are just that – permanent. They will…
Read MoreThe Fine Art (-Net) of Lighting Network Node Selection
HOW TO by Alex Hughes. Selecting core equipment in any area of the entertainment industry can be a difficult process for any business, big or small. The world of transmitting and receiving basic DMX universes shouldn’t be that tough, but the plethora of devices range in price from suspiciously cheap to those that must be…
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