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Princess 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…
Read MorePoor Man’s Video
LISTEN HERE Poor Man’s Video by Andy Stewart. What is that exactly – poor man’s video? Well, audio of course. In the same time period as video resolutions have increased exponentially, and consumer products have advanced like rockets off a launch pad (my 4K TV is already old news, and as for my 42-inch ‘Full…
Read MoreArkaos Video Content Management
Video Arkaos Video Content Management by Simon Pentz, ULA Group. MediaMaster uses a library system of folders and files to help organize your content and allow for quick selection of media as required. The Library is made up of 256 folders, each of which can contain up to 255 media clips or visual effects, although…
Read MoreAvid reimagines Media Composer
VIDEO Avid reimagines it’s flagship Media Composer The Avid flagship video editing system, Media Composer, has been redesigned and reimagined for today’s — and tomorrow’s — generation of media makers. With the new Media Composer 2019, aspiring and professional editors, freelancers and journalists will be inspired to work more creatively by taking advantage of a…
Read MoreAudio Logistics appointed as Australian distributor for UNiKA
Melbourne-based Audio Logistics has been appointed as the exclusive Australian distributor for Taiwanese pro audio brand UNiKA. Established in 1985, UNiKA manufacture a range of Dante network audio products, DI boxes, audio isolators and contractor tools, which complement existing audio solutions offered by Audio Logistics. “I am extremely impressed with the quality, features and value…
Read MoreComms plus ‘silent’ and live PA for 6,000
NEWS The P.A. People deliver full comms plus ‘silent’ and live PA for 6,000 seat conference At a recent international conference held in Sydney, The P.A. People provided an intricate Clear-Com system, incorporating over 30 desktop panels, 85 FreeSpeak II wireless belt packs and 20 IP transceivers supported by the venue’s fibre network, to provide…
Read MoreVideo File Formats, Containers and Codecs
VIDEO Video File Formats, Containers and Codecs. Yes… it’s complicated by Simon Byrne. Video is a huge part of events, so reliable playback of video files is essential. Enter Formats, Containers and Codecs. High definition, high quality uncompressed video file sizes are massive, about 650 gigabytes per hour. That is more than 10 gigabytes a…
Read MoreSkegss
ROADSKILLS Skegss by Cat Strom.Photo Credit: Troy Constable After a triumphant showing in this year’s triple j Hottest 100 and a stint touring the country this summer with Laneway Festival, Skegss hit the road once more in support of their debut ARIA #2 album My Own Mess. Skegss are an Australian surf music and garage…
Read MoreThe Unofficial Lighting Programmer’s Golden Rules
HOW TO The Unofficial Lighting Programmer’s Golden Rules by Alex Hughes. There seems to be some misguided ideas around what makes a well-programmed lighting show. In recent history, we have seen a rapid jump forward in the way we interact with lights in general. This has meant some of the key features introduced and designed…
Read MoreArkaos Kling-Net
VIDEO Arkaos Kling-Net by Simon Pentz, ULA Group. The Kling-Net protocol was developed and introduced by Arkaos in 2011 to provide a quick and easy way to distribute video information to lighting fixtures over Ethernet. The protocol was specifically developed to be auto configurable so that little to no knowledge of networking protocols, and no…
Read MoreHow To Shoot On A Submarine
VIDEO How To Shoot On A Submarine by Simon Davies, Director of Photography at SDDP. Step 1: Watch ‘Das Boot’. Step 2: Haze. Step 3: Thank Astera for making Titan Tubes! I recently wrapped on a short film, part of which was set on a submarine. We shot on the HMAS Otama, built in 1978…
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