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ROAD TEST: Chainmaster BGV-D8
ROAD TEST Chainmaster BGV-D8 by James Pavey and Tim Missenden. James Pavey is National Manager – Exhibitions at Clifton Productions, a family owned, nationally operating production company specialising in staging, rigging, and exhibitions with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. I manage sales and operations of Clifton’s exhibitions business, which includes rigging and lighting…
Read MoreAVD Give it a Big Bash with EAW’S Radius
NEWS AVD Give it a Big Bash with EAW’S Radius by Fraser Walker. EAW created a stir in the live audio market in 2013 with the release of its flagship adaptive Anya system. Picking up where Martin’s MLA left off, Anya was completely electronically steered thanks to its 22 individual transducers fed from 22 channels…
Read MoreAmber Technology new distributor of Apogee
News Apogee Electronics partner exclusively with Amber Technology for Australian distribution Apogee Electronics has partnered with Amber Technology as a sole distributor of a range of Apogee audio recording products. Apogee, an American audio interface provider, allows musicians and music professionals to record studio-quality audio from anywhere in the world. Apogee has a diverse product…
Read MoreJBL A8 launch – it’s JBL, but not as you know it
News JBL A8 launch – it’s JBL, but not as you know it by Jason Allen. The great and the good of the audio community gathered at CMI’s Melbourne HQ on Wednesday 27 Feb to hear the new, fresh-off-the-plane JBL A8 line array. Hosted by Harman’s George Georgalis (Product Manager – Tour Sound Amps,…
Read MoreVuePix Infiled for wine exhibit space & Audio Plus rental inventory
News VuePix Infiled Adds Spark for the Finest Australian Bubbles… Domaine Chandon – flying the flag as the only Australian sparkling specialist with genuine French heritage – has recently undergone a major upgrade of their facilities, which included a brand new VuePix Infiled LED wall installed in their wine exhibit space. In June of…
Read MoreBose Showmatch
ROADTEST Bose Showmatch by Anatole Day. Anatole Day is a FOH and monitor engineer entering his 20th year in the game. He graduated Sydney’s Australian Institute of Music back in 1998 and went into studio recording. He soon discovered the rich vein of work in the world of live sound engineering, and never looked back.…
Read MoreThe Riverside Stables
NETWORKING The Riverside Stables William Inglis & Son embrace both heritage and high-tech with The P.A. People After 101 years at their Randwick premises, Australian bloodstock auctioneers and horse racing institution William Inglis & Son Ltd have moved to a vast new purpose-built premises, The Riverside Stables Complex at Warwick Farm 40km north-west of…
Read MoreEntech 2019 – Show News and Announcements
ENTECH ROADSHOW 2019! Here are some news and announcements for each capital city exhibition… Entech Roadshow – March 5 – 19 in most capital cities Website | Facebook Check-out some feature products on show at Entech here And you could win one of these prizes just by attending … ENTECH PERTH – Tuesday March…
Read MoreISE 2019: Choose Your Own Adventure
ISE 2019 ISE 2019: Choose Your Own Adventure by Jason Allen. Amsterdam’s ISE is a huge, unwieldy beast of a show. Cramming it into 15 halls in the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre is quite a feat, especially when you consider that it only has 11 halls to begin with. Jason Allen got lost in…
Read MoreLED Mapping using the LED Blade CRE:ON controller
HOW TO LED Mapping using the LED Blade CRE:ON controller presented by TLC – The Lighting Collective. LED Blade’s new CRE:ON controllers are extremely easy to configure and can be used via direct RGB control from a lighting console, or be pixel mapped and processed through a media server. In this article, we will…
Read MoreShowtools acquire TLC
Showtools International Pty Ltd, leading Australian distributor and wholesaler of some of the world’s foremost professional lighting, staging and truss brands, has entered into an agreement to acquire The Lighting Collective (TLC). TLC is an Australian based distributor and manufacturer of leading entertainment lighting and lighting console brands, some of which include GLP, Minuit Une,…
Read MoreEntech Roadshow 2019 – Prizes for You!
There are plenty of great prizes up for grabs at ENTECH 2019 but to be in the running to win, you must pre-register!! You could win … DIO (Dante Input/Output) (pic above) RRP $1,111 ex GST The DIO (Dante Input/Output) from tm stagetec systems is known for its quality design, functionality and reliability. This…
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