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M F Lights – The world’s shortest lighting career
The downside of having a nice big truck to drive the PA around in was that bands always wanted you to go and pick up the lights from the lighting company for them, and take them to the gig in your nice big truck. And then, of course, take them back the following morning.…
Read MoreReview: PR Lighting XR1000 Framing
Moving head with framing shutters At the time of writing, the PR Lighting XR Series comprised no less than 17 models, ranging from the tiny little XR130 units right up to the XR1000 models. One of which we’re reviewing today – specifically the framing model. The XR1000 Framing has a feature set which is comparable…
Read MoreVale Eric Robinson. Live Production Pioneer
JPJ Audio chief Eric Robinson died on November 11 from complications with cancer. He had just turned 67 and had retired to Port Douglas. Eric was the best known pioneer of Australian live production, having taken control of Jands in 1970 from its founders. Eric and the Mulholland brothers Paul and David drove Jands hard,…
Read MoreTHE MILL REPORT: GRADUATE OF THE INDUSTRY – QUALIFICATION ZERO
What do you say to someone who values your work at zero? Do you laugh them off and tell a dismissive joke to avoid confrontation? Do you calmly explain that your work is as valuable as that of any other professional or do you chuck a wobbly? If you haven’t experienced this insult first-hand you’re…
Read MoreThe West Building – A new era for the Adelaide Convention Centre
The Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) is Australia’s first purpose- built convention centre, and is currently into the final stage of a $400 million dollar expansion. The redevelopment of the Centre’s expansion has been staged to ensure it can continue to operate throughout. The West Building, stage one of the expansion, officially opened in March 2015.…
Read MoreRoadskills: Maroon 5
After touring North America, Europe and South-East Asia with their V tour, Maroon 5 finally arrived in Australia for a whirlwind three gig tour. The multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award winning rock band is mixed by Jim Ebdon whose CV includes Aerosmith, Annie Lennox, Sting and Matchbox Twenty. Jim has been mixing Maroon 5 for…
Read MoreReview: EAW Redline series
Raising the bar The past few years have seen EAW come up with some very interesting releases with Anya and Otto in their adaptive technology line. Not only do those products sound great and have a lot of internal smarts, they look really cool too. Of course not every application requires systems of such…
Read MoreNovatech – Connect with Riedel Mediornet
Novatech Creative Event Technology have become the first Australian production company to add Riedel’s Mediornet, the leading signal distribution system, to their hire inventory. Mediornet revolutionises the way video, audio, control and communications are distributed at an event, with its dual redundant fibre optic cabling system radically cutting down on complexity, set-up-time and costs, while providing more…
Read MoreStudios 301 to move – Abbey Road race for accreditation
Confusion surrounds the future of Australia’s largest recording studio complex, Studios 301 in Sydney, after the facility was sold in August to Abbey Road Institute. Now a development application has been lodged to rebuild the site as residential units. Owned by former SAE chief Tom Misner since 1998, the studio was sold to GBC Europe…
Read MoreReview: Soundcraft Si Impact
More for less We first saw the Si series as we know it in the Compact, then Performer and Expression ranges. The Impact is not so much the latest iteration of the console, but the latest addition to the line. An important distinction is that whereas models such as the Si Compact are available in several…
Read MorePEACE UPON YOU [from a great height]
LL, the drummer for the Harris Tweed band popped into the factory the other day, and over a coffee we started reminiscing over funny things that have happened in the course of earning a living. Mine have been well documented [some might say ad nauseam!]in this column but he has had no-one to write his down…
Read MoreRoadskills: Gurrumul Yunupingu
Indigenous Australian musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, known simply as Gurrumul, sings in both English and his native Yolngu language. Born blind, Gurrumul plays the drums, keyboards, guitar (a right-hand-strung guitar played left- handed) and didgeridoo, but it is the clarity of his singing voice that stuns audiences worldwide. In July this year, he released his…
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