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Building Automation and Control
CONTROL Building Automation and Control by John O’Brien. Show control. AV control. Command and control. Control flow. Controlled burn. There are many aspects to the word ‘control’ and these are just some that I’ve been involved with. However, I’d like to concentrate on the niche that became my forte after showtime –…
Read MoreIntegration Control – Don’t Make Me Think
CX JULY THEME: CONTROL Integration Control – Don’t Make Me Think by Simon Byrne. Some of you would have read my piece about the incomprehensible state of house light controls in last month’s edition of CX. I see a lot of the same problems in the installed control systems as part of installations. That…
Read MoreItalian powerhouse emerges – New phase for dBTechnologies
Pic: NAS’s Shane Bailey and Stage & Audio’s Tim Buchholz at the dBTechnologies launch by Julius Grafton dBTechnologies have been around for decades but over the last five years have really hit their stride. Recently they were joined with EAW, RCF, and DPA, and say these brands will remain independent businesses that share technology. With…
Read MoreOver 350 Acme Fixtures & New Astera Wireless Tubes – Elite Event Technology Gears Up!
Elite Event Technology (EET) – a major rental production specialist based in Canberra and operating nationwide – have recently invested in more Acme Lighting fixtures and introduced Astera Wireless technology into their high profile productions. With over three decades of Audio Visual expertise, Darren Russell, MD of EET, doesn’t compromise, when it comes to technology…
Read MoreRoad Test: Allen & Heath CDM32 + C1500
ROAD TEST Allen & Heath CDM32 and C1500 by Daniel Lee Munns. Daniel Lee Munns is a Sydney-based freelance sound engineer, backline tech and tour manager. His career has included church production as a teenager, house and touring audio in his 20s, and venue production management in his 30s. I took the…
Read MorePost Malone
ROADSKILLS Post Malone by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Troy Constable. Post Malone is lauded as being the voice of a generation. Ask anyone over 40 years of age if they know him and you’d probably get a negative. They wouldn’t know that last year’s album Beerbongs & Bentleys swiftly became one of…
Read MoreBowie Does Brecht – Lighting ‘Lazarus’
THEATRE Bowie Does Brecht Lighting ‘Lazarus’ by Jason Allen. Photo Credit: Jeff Busby. One of David Bowie’s final creative projects, the musical ‘Lazarus’ came to Melbourne’s Playhouse in May for its first Australian production. Multi-award winning lighting designer Paul Jackson worked with The Production Company and director Michael Kantor to bring the enigmatic…
Read MoreScene Change Sydney invests in VuePix Infiled ER2
Scene Change – Australia’s most awarded AV hire and production company – has recently expanded on its AV rental inventory in Sydney, investing in yet more 160 ER Series panels. This is the third major investment into VuePix Infiled technology from Scene Change. The initial purchase of 90x ER3.9 panels was for their Melbourne branch, followed by an additional 90x…
Read MorePower Over Ethernet
TECH TALK Power Over Ethernet by Simon Byrne. Show control systems are merging and moving onto data networks. Loosely speaking, audio, lighting and certainly video rely on TCP/IP networks of some sort. This means the devices on both ends of a link require power. This is delivered by an external power source, usually a…
Read MoreCrew ‘don’t ask for help’, says Support Act
Crew are a key focus for Support Act, a charity that supports artists, roadies and others working in the music industry, and their families. Over the past few years, more and more crew have been reaching out to Support Act for help, but they are keen to ensure that they are reaching everyone in need.…
Read MoreSydney’s DJW Projects Sold
David Coxon talks about his time in tech By Julius Grafton Marrickville firm Buzz AV Projects Pty Ltd have taken over DJW Projects, a successful mid-scale integrator that delivered large turn-key systems for hospitality venues across Sydney. A few days after stepping down, DJW principal David Coxon sat with Julius to talk about how it…
Read MoreThe Weekly Julius (July 10)
Jason Allen is finishing his Apache Kafka accreditation this week, so again he threw open the chance to edit this news and again Julius jumped in. Must be all that relevance depravation, and the inherent dullness of Julius Partners Advisory which is, let’s face it, more about helping businesses with the mundane and the unexpected…
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