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Entertainment Technology Australia have upgraded the City of Adelaide’s Christmas tree lighting, and when turned on can be seen at night for kilometres in each direction. The foliage of the 10 story high (30 metre) tree is covered with 13,336 RGB LED pixels that are individually controllable, allowing a myriad of coloured moving animations to be programmed and…

SIA’s Nostalgic for the Present tour delivered three stadium shows: Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. FOH engineer Jon Lemon has known SIA for most of her life and has been doing gigs for her on and off since 2002. When he wasn’t out on tour with the big name acts he works for, he would do…

By Julius Grafton. Starting a little later than previously, on Tuesday 20th February at Brisbane, ENTECH then rolls direct to Melbourne. Sydney follows, as the trucks backtrack, no thanks to management at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse who announced the originally booked (and deposited) date was no longer available due to a larger event taking the space.…

The inaugural AESRG Conference follows the 2018 Entech Roadshow in February and March across Australia. AESRG is an industry backed alliance of committed members who put show safety first. The conference is open to members and non members. The conferences will be held in each city the day following the Roadshow.  That way if you are…

Pro audio brands move in February. By Julius Grafton. HARMAN partner’s AV Technology Pty Ltd (avt) and CMI Music & Audio Pty Ltd (CMI) will take over distribution of JBL Professional, AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, Lexicon and Soundcraft solutions in Australia from February 1st. Jands have represented JBL since 1984, and most of the rest…

• We’ve missed Dr. Tom Misner since he sold out of School of Audio Education and flogged the luxury spread at Byron. But wait: he (or someone pretending to be he) just emailed! “I just came across you article – once again wrong but keep going. For your information I am the owner of Studios…

Biz Talk, By Julius Grafton. After last months depressing rant I had many sympathetic calls and messages but that wasn’t the motivator behind chronicling my $1.5 million loss on the College dream. Indeed the article must have been noticed, because in the old snail mail came an envelope with a good old fashioned cheque inside.…

Last week cxnetwork.com.au revealed the L-Acoustics L-ISA system, one of several implementations of spatial audio mixing – and a very significant product for the French company. L-Acoustic share leadership in the global loudspeaker system market with German competitor d&b audiotechnik, who likewise have a rollout in this space called The d&b Soundscape. While d&b are…

“No machine runs without friction”, says designer Ralf Zuleeg. It is the start of my introduction session to The d&b Soundscape at their Backnang HQ near Stuttgart. This is a 3D sound system, where there are at least five speaker systems across the top of the stage, making stereo completely redundant. This development has been…

Sydney Adventist Hospital’s Integrated Cancer Centre conference room, dubbed the “cancer war room” is a purpose built facility where clinical multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) meet to discuss cancer patients’ cases. Each meeting is focused on a certain cancer or tumor stream and normally lasts an hour. Often an MDT meeting will work through some 20 cases…

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…

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,…