Jim Seretis, Brand Development for Xilica, show off their new collabrotion tool, RoomHub. It’s got AI-driven deployment on board, making installation and integration faster and easier then ever. RoomHub instantly maps your network, discovering ceiling microphones, PTZ cameras, amplifiers and peripherals. Link devices to rooms with a single click. Then AI AutoDeploy takes over —…

At Integrate 2024, Auracast was the big news – unlimited Bluetooth receivers able to connect to a transmitter, revolutionising hearing augmentation. Now in 2025, the gear is here, and it’s already been installed in major culutral institutions and sporting venues. It’s also being used by people without hearing loss, including the neroudiverse. Andrew Attard, Business…

Paul Mulholland was there when Jands signed a contract on the back of a beer coaster with Flying Pig Systems to build the early Hog lighting desks. Decades later, Hog has come home, now distributed again in Australia by Jands. Paul gives us the whole story…

The Powersoft NOTA 142 is a ridiculously small amplifier (115mm x 25.4mm x 31.4mm) outputting two channels and 140W. It’s powered via PoE and takes AES67 from the same cable, and can also take a USB-C input, which means it’s also USB-C/AES67 bridge and on/off ramp. It’s utterly ridiculous, and was powering a decent sub…

The WAMS RF revolution is here. Sennheiser’s Spectera has made its first Australian trade show outing at Integrate 2025. In 1RU, Spectera gives you 32 in and 32 out, and the beltbacks are both transmitters and receivers. Brock Whitton, Technical Application Engineer at Sennheiser, gives us the low-down…

More from the WMAS RF revolution! Shure’s Axient Digital PSM: four tramsitters, each capable of sending out four stereo channels. ShowLink remote control, networkable monitoring with Wireless Workbench, analog and digital (AES3, AES67, Dante) inputs, internal antenna combining, and CueMode, allowing engineers to easily monitor up to 64 encrypted stage mixes from a single ADXR…

ULA Group’s Paul Rumble intorduces us to a new addition to their stable – Follow-Me, a performer tracking solution for followspots and audio and video system automation.

ULA Group’s Mike Davies introduces us to the Hive media server ecosystem, an innovative new modular framework that uses Intel’s SDM card framework to distribute video across a system. ULA have recently taken distribution of the English brand, and cool things are afoot…

VuePix’s Black Widow has taken off in the US and Europe, and now it’s been upgraded to fit Antipodean standards. Both solid and mesh modules can be used in the same screen! Australia’s own Harry the hirer had a lot of input into the desgin…

A deep look at Yealink’s unified communications solutions, with extensive new AI capabilities, and close integration with Microsoft’s Copilot AI

Yestech’s Zoe Zhou demonstrates the rental-focussed LED manufacturer’s products for eye-catching new shapes, rugged dance floors, and fine pitched displays

Managing Director of The P.A. People Chris Dodds spoke to us about the company’s massive expansion in venue engineering over the last 12 months, some recent projects, and their vast new premises in Greenacre and its new capabilities