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Sennheiser’s Digital 6000 takes Guy Sebastian’s performance to the next level
Guy Sebastian, one of Australia’s most popular performers, recently switched to Sennheiser’s Digital 6000 system for his ‘Conscious Tour’, showcasing music from his 10th studio album, ‘Conscious’, including his new single ‘Bloodstone’. The tour is filled with soulful, heartfelt singing and brilliant live musicianship, supported by Sennheiser’s Digital 6000, which is designed for demanding live…
Read MoreRobe Pointes create Sensory Overload for Transliminal
As part of Hobart’s annual Dark Mofo festival, the Red Bull Music Academy returned to present an industrial-scale, transcendental warehouse rave titled Transliminal. Held in Hobart City Hall, the event showcased the dark, electronic underbelly of the subterranean club scene, and featured a stunning light show by audio-visual artist Robin Fox. Known for his mesmeric,…
Read MoreRumours, Bits and Bytes. 29 November 2017
Not all Zen and Acceptance at Cat Stevens …. we hear the L.D. has departed. Trudy Dalgleish and Jason Fripp have stepped in. Jands will distribute QSC M.I. in Australia (not NZ) which includes powered and passive loudspeakers, amplifiers and small mixing systems. The QSC Q-Sys platform remains with TAG, as do some install lines.…
Read MoreSafety Guide Goes Live: AESRG brings industry together
The rational world will standardize on entertainment rigging – with the release of the International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging otherwise known as ICOPER. Now Australia has a unified guide to Entertainment Safety with the launch of the Australian Entertainment Safety Resource Guide – AESRG. The Guide is a subscription website containing 21 Chapters…
Read MoreStereo is obsolete. L-Acoustics L-ISA is here
By Julius Grafton. At the L-Acoustics (inventors of V-Dosc) headquarters in France I heard something more wonderful, more startling, and more exciting than anything ever before. It is called L-ISA, and it is a new way to mix, deliver and to hear audio. What they have done is pull down the left and right (and…
Read MoreThe Revolution has arrived: Spatial audio mixing – 3D sound for the stage
The Revolution has arrived: Spatial audio mixing – 3D sound for the stage In 1999 Adelaide Festival Theatre installed a Lares system. It was the first local implantation of an acoustic enhancement system, where 156 loudspeakers were installed to bring concert hall reproduction of an orchestra. Each speaker was fed by an amplifier, and the…
Read MoreSydney’s new 2,000 seat theatre – build underway
Who knew? We sure didn’t, but then again we don’t hang around Rooty Hill – 45 minutes west of the Sydney CBD where the local club (NSW’s largest) is remarkably investing 100 million to build the Western Sydney Performing Arts Centre. With unprecedented scale, design and facilities, in close proximity to Sydney’s new airport and positioned…
Read MoreRumours, Bits & Bytes. Wed 22 November
Well known industry guy, Thomas Kelly joins NAS in Sydney as of next Monday, departing Midwich. Prior that he was at Hills, enjoying some of Ted Pretty’s guidance. The (former) supreme leader of Hills is currently at a listed startup called Covata – which he says ‘listed too early, promised too much, delivered too little’. He…
Read MoreBic Runga Drives JBL VTX A12 on Anniversary Tour
New Zealand’s most awarded individual artist Bic Runga has celebrated the 20th anniversary since the release of her debut album with a New Zealand tour. Regarded as one of the most iconic albums in New Zealand history, her first album Drive was released in August 1997. It achieved platinum status seven times and won the…
Read MoreOpera on the Beach
Features Opera on the Beach The idea of transforming the sands of Coolangatta Beach into the Egyptian shoreline for an alfresco production of Aida looked good on paper. Unfortunately Queensland turned on some rather unseasonable weather which resulted in a lot of sand, wind, more sand plus some rain and more sand. It also resulted…
Read MoreArt From Science: The FFT
Tech Tools Art From Science: The FFT By Simon Byrne. The progress of loudspeaker development has benefited greatly from computers. Once manufacturers had access to enough processing grunt, it meant they could develop their designs dramatically, both acoustically and electronically. For example, the concept of a line array has been around since 1957 when Harry…
Read MoreListen Here – The Bleeding Obvious
REGULARS If you’re at a show and the mix is clearly up a certain creek without a paddle, are you someone who finally says “enough!” and storms the FOH position, or do you suffer in silence? Listen Here – The Bleeding Obvious By Andy Stewart. Last Saturday night I went to a gig straight after…
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