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NovaStar MBOX600
NEW GEAR NovaStar MBOX600 The MBOX600 is a standalone multimedia player and LED controller which includes a built-in LED sending card for a HD screen, ports for a brightness sensor, temperature sensor and GSM option, and is made for applications that require custom software to run media on an LED screen. Running on either Windows…
Read MoreAllen & Heath Avantis
NEW GEAR Allen & Heath Avantis The third mixer based on Allen & Heath’s 96kHz XCVI FPGA engine, Avantis is a 64 channel / 42 configurable bus console, with dual Full HD touchscreens, a super-flexible workflow with Continuity UI, extensive I/O options, add-on processing from their dLive mixing system, and a rugged full metal chassis.…
Read MoreLuminex GigaCore Switches & LumiNode DMX Nodes
ROADTEST Luminex GigaCore Switches & LumiNode DMX Nodes by Ash Nuendorf, High Impact Lighting. Ash Nuendorf has been in professional lighting for more than 14 years, and established High Impact Lighting in 2015. High Impact Lighting work on a wide range of shows, from classical to rock concerts, the worship sector, and have recently covered…
Read MoreRoad Crew – What to do with your skills?
by John O’Brien. If nothing else, life in the high intensity, prolonged stress environment of live production is character building. Prosper at this and you’re good for anything. However, it can be difficult to sell this as a virtue if you transition to another career or industry. I’ve just finished Stuart Coupe’s excellent book “Roadies”…
Read MoreShure Axient Digital
ROADTEST Shure Axient Digital by Marcello Lo Ricco. Marcello Lo Ricco is the director of LSS productions. LSS was formed in early 2000 to service the musical theatre market, with a range of clients across independent theatre companies, school performing arts as well as community theatre groups. When LSS was engaged for a touring production…
Read MoreDrones in Drag
Drones are not just busy conducting military strikes, spying on far off countries or, on good days, transporting medicine to isolated populations. They are also firmly establishing themselves in live entertainment. And we’re not talking capturing footage. These days drones are getting in on the act itself. Katie Cullen Montgomerie, Kiwi born and bred, is…
Read MoreThe Fine Art (-Net) of Lighting Network Node Selection
HOW TO by Alex Hughes. Selecting core equipment in any area of the entertainment industry can be a difficult process for any business, big or small. The world of transmitting and receiving basic DMX universes shouldn’t be that tough, but the plethora of devices range in price from suspiciously cheap to those that must be…
Read MoreInternational Flavour at the ETNZ Conference
TRADESHOWS International Flavour at the ETNZ Conference by Jenny Barrett. In response to requests from membership to bring what’s happening around the rest of the world to New Zealand, ETNZ served up an array of workshops and keynote speakers with a strong international flavour, laced with a smattering of issues of local concern: health and…
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