PL+S 2019: The ‘Vintage Concert Audio Show’

Retro-sound and analogue warmth: at the coming Prolight + Sound and Musikmesse (Frankfurt from 2 to 5 April 2019), visitors will have the opportunity to see and hear milestones of four decades of concert PA systems at the first ever ‘Vintage Concert Audio Show’. Over 200 exhibits on a special-show area in Forum.0 will present…

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Pilot intake for NZ Cert in Entertainment and Event Technology L4 announced

News Pilot intake for NZ Cert in Entertainment and Event Technology L4 announced Entertainment Technology New Zealand and Skills Active have announced the pilot-launch of the New Zealand Certificate in Entertainment and Event Technology (Level 4) and are offering a fee waiver for 10 candidates who may be open to becoming assessors in the near…

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RCF Group Announces The Acquisition Of DPA Microphones

RCF Group, one of the fastest growing organizations in the Pro Audio market, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of DPA Microphones A/S (“DPA”) from The Riverside Company. DPA, based in Allerod, Denmark, is the #1 premium brand in the high-end professional audio microphone market for the live, broadcast, theatre…

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VuePix Infiled LED Screen for METRO Church

METRO Church, located on the Gold Coast, has scored a brand new VuePix Infiled screen, which they actively use now during their worship sessions. METRO Church is a fresh and ‘ultra-relevant’ Pentecostal church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches, with four campuses across south east Queensland. The HQ is run by senior pastors Garry and Kasey McDonald,…

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Goin’ to The RØDE House, gonna have a real good time!

L-R Mrs. Melissa Babbage, Mr. Peter Freedman AM, Ms. Alice Walton, Australian Ambassador to the United States, The Hon. Joe Hockey

L-R Mrs. Melissa Babbage, Mr. Peter Freedman AM, Ms. Alice Walton, Australian Ambassador to the United States, The Hon. Joe Hockey Australia’s premier pro audio company, RØDE Microphones, is delighted to announce that it is opening The RØDE House, a state-of-the-art live music and art space in the Momentary – a contemporary arts satellite to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville,…

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Roady 4 Roadies- March 10th & 24th 2019

Roady4Roadies takes place nationally in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth on Sun 10th March and Adelaide on Sun 24th March. It is open to the public and industry alike, with all profits going to Support Act. Live production crew are the unseen but essential backbone of the music events that we all enjoy, but these roles can…

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LDI 2018

TRADESHOWS LDI 2018 by Cat Strom. LDI 2018 celebrated its 30th anniversary with the best-attended October show in its history with over 14,000 registered to attend and over 360 exhibitors. While the core of the show remains entertainment lighting, LDI 2018 showed attendance growth from key segments including audio engineers, video and projection designers, and…

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d&b audiotechnik opens China subsidiary

d&b audiotechnik reaffirms commitment to growth in APAC with new venture in China. German audio technology company d&b audiotechnik has made a further commitment to its Asia Pacific customers by establishing a new subsidiary in China. d&b audiotechnik and its previous partner in China, d&b China, are realigning their successful partnership by establishing a new…

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Pretty Woman – Broadway goes point source with KV2

Pretty Woman The Musical. Pictured Center L to R, Samantha Barks, Andy Karl, and Company, Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2018

Pic: Pretty Woman The Musical, Pictured Center L to R, Samantha Barks, Andy Karl, and Company, Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2018 by Julius Grafton Like many visitors to New York, CX seeks out new musicals and attempts not to read up on them beforehand. Thus recently we’ve seen ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ which has also had…

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Chiayo moves to Hills

Hills Limited (ASX: HIL) announced on 5 December it has broadened its product offering and strengthened its position as a complete solution provider for the professional AV market with the signing of a distribution agreement with Chiayo Electronics Co.,Ltd (Chiayo) to supply their portable public-address products exclusively across Australia from 1 January 2019. Taiwan based…

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Soundwave liquidators pay out – at less than 1%

by Jason Allen The cheques have started arriving in the mailboxes of those who lost out when Soundwave went under. After all is said and done, there isn’t much left for the creditors. CX has been sent confidential copies of some cheques and the accompanying letters from the liquidator. They were not even able to…

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