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Clockaudio TIM-1000 Tracking Intelligent Microphone
INSTALLATION Clockaudio Ltd, a global leader in pro-AV microphone technologies, have introduced their latest product innovation the TIM-1000 Tracking Intelligent Microphone. Streamlining huddle rooms, conference rooms and videoconferencing facilities, the TIM-1000 tracks the person in the space that is speaking, and follows that person anywhere in the room. The concept behind TIM-1000 is simplicity; ease…
Read MoreAvid S6L 32D and E6L-192
ROADTEST Avid S6L 32D and E6L-192 by Tony Bryan. Tony Bryan is a prominent Australian FOH audio engineer. Over 20 years of live touring, Tony has pushed faders for Grinspoon, Hoodoo Gurus, Jimmy Barnes, and Parkway Drive, among others. When not on tour, Tony can be found working for WA production company Audio Technik as…
Read MoreBose Professional – Daydream Island Resort
INSTALLATION First opened to guests back in 1939 and counted as one of 74 islands that make up The Whitsundays, Daydream Island Resort is a private hideaway that stretches about a mile long and is dotted with secluded coves for that total castaway feel. In April this year the iconic space officially reopened with a…
Read MoreThe Bille Brown Theatre
INSTALLATION The Bille Brown Theatre, where “great and amazing things are found.” The late Australian actor William Gerard ‘Bille’ Brown was a proud Queenslander, and like many from that vast Australian state, a larrikin. He once told a newspaper reporter that schoolteachers should teach their students that theatre is a bad influence. “They’d be lining…
Read MoreFCTN Nightclub
INSTALLATION FCTN is a multi-purpose entertainment venue in the heart of Canberra that can host anything from concerts to club nights, exhibitions, theatre, live art, and innovative performances. Housed in an old renovated movie cinema with charismatic industrial décor, FCTN is a two-tiered basement venue that can cater for up to 1000 people. The name…
Read MoreANZAC Hall Prince Alfred College, Adelaide
INSTALLATION Adelaide’s Prince Alfred College (PAC), one of Australia’s leading private boys’ colleges, celebrated 150 years since its foundation this year. As part of the festivities, the college has upgraded it 800 seat theatre, ANZAC Hall, with new audio, lighting and control systems installed by integrator Andy J Sound. PAC sought an audio consultant’s recommendation…
Read MoreLord of the Flies
THEATRE by Cat Strom.Photo Credits: Zan Wimberley At first sight, Sydney Theatre Company’s latest production of Lord of the Flies offers a naked rehearsal stage under harsh fluorescent light, but then stagecraft takes over and the stage is transformed. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a 20th century masterpiece, as relevant today as it…
Read MoreCollarts – Reference Monitoring and Immersive Mixing
INSTALLATION by Jason Allen. Collarts (Australian College of the Arts Pty Ltd) is an independent tertiary college specialising in degrees and diplomas in the creative industries, including audio engineering and music production. With four campuses all in the Melbourne hipster havens of Collingwood and Fitzroy, Collarts starts their audio students’ careers right with groundings in…
Read MoreFortitude Music Hall
INSTALLATION Fortitude Music Hall Brisbane’s new Fortitude Music Hall is the largest ballroom/theatre styled venue in Australia, with 3,000 person standing and 1,100 seated capacity. The venue is inspired by some of the world’s most loved live music venues, from classic art deco theatres to larger clubs, while still paying homage to the iconic venues…
Read MoreAcme Dotline 360
ROAD TEST Acme Dotline 360 by Adam Volz and Darren Russell. Darren Russell Darren Russel is the owner and Managing Director of Canberra’s Elite Event Technology, one of the foremost production companies on Australia’s East coast. Elite supply venues, large scale touring, and events, with a comprehensive and top-shelf inventory of hire stock. The Acme…
Read MorePrincess Cruises Welcomes L-ISA Onboard
INSTALLATION Princess Cruises Welcomes L-ISA Onboard Two Princess Cruises ships – Diamond Princess and Sun Princess – have undergone a major upgrade to their entertainment offerings with a new approach to live sound, bringing L-ISA Hyperreal Sound and Immersive Hyperreal Sound experiences to their guests. Princess Cruises decided to raise the on-board sound reinforcement to…
Read MoreChildish Gambino
ROADSKILLS Childish Gambino by Cat Strom.Photo Credits: Troy Constable With shows that are as immersive, interactive, and mesmerising as they are entertaining, Childish Gambino lights up the stage like very few artists can. In Australia to headline Splendour in the Grass, Childish Gambino played a handful of arena shows for those not lucky enough to…
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