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CMG Audio Visual launch new Meyer Sound Rental Division
L to R – John Mc Mahon (Meyer), Don Mc Connell (Audio Brands Aust), Tobi Pinazza (CMG AV), Steve Biermann (CMG AV), Helen and John Meyer, Ben Wright (CMG AV), Antonio Zacarias (Meyer), Aaron Taylor (CMG AV), Chris D’bais (Meyer). Australia’s first Meyer Sound LYON and 1100-LFC System has been confirmed for local arrival in…
Read MoreICC Sydney gets $1m AV top-up – after design falls short
By Julius Grafton. Sydney’s International Convention Centre (ICC) has just spent over $1 million on additional AV equipment, barely 18 months after opening as a fully equipped venue. The centre comprises trade show halls, a convention centre, and a theatre venue to replace the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The NSW Government shocked the events industry in…
Read MoreKiwi Performing Arts worth $2.058B
ETNZ drew our attention to the Skills Active Workforce Scan earlier this year, showing the overall contribution to the NZ economy of the broader performing arts industry at almost 1% of GDP. The report is structured different to anything available in Australia, where Live Performance Australia most recently reported Creative and Performing Arts added A$3.818B…
Read MoreACETA: Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018
REGULARS Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018: A Year of Development and Opportunity for the Committed If you aren’t across the relationship re-alignments currently taking place in our industry you must have just woken from a long coma, and there is every indication the landscape is far from settled. Maybe the current experience is a…
Read MoreThe Basement to close. AMP agree to end lease
By Julius Grafton Sydney music club The Basement is set to close in late March, after negotiations to sell the venue failed. Landlord AMP Capital said they had agreed to end the lease early. The Basement faced trading difficulties. Saddled with an astronomic rent north of ten grand a week, the venue needed a lot…
Read MoreHearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law
INSTALLATION Hearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law Hearing Augmentation Systems are a vital public service, and a legal requirement in many public spaces as defined in the Building Code of Australia. Their provision is mandatory in many public spaces that have installed PA systems, including educational institutions, places of business, auditoria, rooms used for legal…
Read MoreLouise is breathless on back hinged rack panels
By Julius. “It’s geekily innovative”, enthused esteemed UK publicist Loo Stickland. The avalanche of great, adequate and most often puerile press releases that bombard the CX Network sometimes produces a nugget. And as we know, a nugget can be categorised into subsets: edible, digestible, or like what a rabbit makes on its rounds. Today’s product that…
Read MoreLSC Lighting Systems MDRR DMX Splitter vs. Diamond Carbide Concrete Drill
Who’s your money on? The LSC Lighting Systems MDRR is a five-way, 19” inch rack-mounted DMX splitter, not the sort of thing that usually gets in the way of a diamond carbide concrete drill. But, alas, at an install in Melbourne, this is exactly what happened. An unreasonably ‘enthusiastic’ worker was tasked with creating some…
Read MoreAdamson to deliver Applied Certification Training in Melbourne
Following the November 2017 sell-out of the Sydney Adamson System Engineering Applied Certification course, CMI Audio is pleased to announce that places are open for the Melbourne course to be held at CMI on the 2 and 3 May 2018. The Adamson System Engineering Applied Certification course is designed to instil the foundations required to…
Read MoreUNSW Roundhouse re-opens
The Roundhouse UNSW is a multifunction venue that has featured some of the largest musical acts, conferences, theatre performances and private parties for over 50 years. The 2200 capacity venue has recently undergone an extensive refurbishment to ensure a spectacular experience for patrons into the future. The P.A. People Installed Systems team delivered the audio,…
Read MoreTelevic Plixus – Clever Conferencing
GEARBOX Televic Plixus – Clever Conferencing By Jason Allen. Belgium’s Televic make, amongst other things, high-end conferencing systems, the kind of thing you find installed in 200 delegate seats at the UN, which is in fact one of Televic’s customers. Their slick panels with built-in touchscreens, cameras, speakers, and microphones mount beautifully into custom made furniture,…
Read MoreJPJ Audio on the road with Robbie Williams
Global pop phenomenon, Robbie Williams toured his mammoth Heavy Entertainment Show World Tour around the country with JPJ Audio once again supporting audio needs. JPJ Audio supplied an L-Acoustics K1/K2 PA and amplifiers for the tour as well as PA’s for the A Day On The Green shows. “We have fourteen L-Acoustics K1 with four…
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