Tech Talk
The Barber of Seville lights up New Zealand
OPERA The Barber of Seville lights up New Zealand by Jenny Barrett. “From Betty Crocker to Rocky Horror, with a dash of Meatloaf and McEnroe, a splash of Split Enz and a quiff of Elvis” (Michael Hooper, Theatre Review) wouldn’t be the description that you would expect for a 200 year old…
Read MoreLuminex Lumisplit 2.10
ROAD TEST Luminex Lumisplit 2.10 by Reuben Morrison. Reuben Morrison is the Director of Lux De Lux (www.luxdelux.co.nz), a provider of lighting control infrastructure and lighting console operation for movie studios in Wellington, New Zealand, specialising in large feature films. Since its first job supplying Avatar in 2007, Lux De Lux has…
Read MoreBuilding Automation and Control
CONTROL Building Automation and Control by John O’Brien. Show control. AV control. Command and control. Control flow. Controlled burn. There are many aspects to the word ‘control’ and these are just some that I’ve been involved with. However, I’d like to concentrate on the niche that became my forte after showtime –…
Read MoreRoad Test: Allen & Heath CDM32 + C1500
ROAD TEST Allen & Heath CDM32 and C1500 by Daniel Lee Munns. Daniel Lee Munns is a Sydney-based freelance sound engineer, backline tech and tour manager. His career has included church production as a teenager, house and touring audio in his 20s, and venue production management in his 30s. I took the…
Read MorePost Malone
ROADSKILLS Post Malone by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Troy Constable. Post Malone is lauded as being the voice of a generation. Ask anyone over 40 years of age if they know him and you’d probably get a negative. They wouldn’t know that last year’s album Beerbongs & Bentleys swiftly became one of…
Read MoreBowie Does Brecht – Lighting ‘Lazarus’
THEATRE Bowie Does Brecht Lighting ‘Lazarus’ by Jason Allen. Photo Credit: Jeff Busby. One of David Bowie’s final creative projects, the musical ‘Lazarus’ came to Melbourne’s Playhouse in May for its first Australian production. Multi-award winning lighting designer Paul Jackson worked with The Production Company and director Michael Kantor to bring the enigmatic…
Read MorePower Over Ethernet
TECH TALK Power Over Ethernet by Simon Byrne. Show control systems are merging and moving onto data networks. Loosely speaking, audio, lighting and certainly video rely on TCP/IP networks of some sort. This means the devices on both ends of a link require power. This is delivered by an external power source, usually a…
Read MoreCheap Insurance For Sale
CONTROL Cheap Insurance For Sale by LSC Lighting’s Jeff Morgan. My wise old mother always used to say: “Never scrimp on paying for good insurance cover, if you go cheap, it will cost you!” The money invested in today’s A/V systems is huge – the latest audio console, speaker array, LED wall, video…
Read MoreHuman Nature
ROADSKILLS Human Nature by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Troy Constable. Australia’s most popular vocal group, Human Nature, celebrated 30 years of making music with a national tour entitled Little More Love Tour: A 30-Year Celebration Tour 2019. In their 30-year career, Human Nature have sold more than 2.5 million albums, earned 27…
Read MoreCockpit Software
CONTROL Cockpit Software by Jason Grbevski, Product Channel Manager – Integrated Systems, Sennheiser Australia & New Zealand. Sennheiser’s Control Cockpit Software keeps everything under control, allowing you to digitise your AV management workflow for flawless daily business. It is the central software for easy handling, control and maintenance of the entire SpeechLine Digital…
Read MoreSydney Theatre Company Switches to CORE by DPA
Better dynamic range and improved resilience to harsh treatment on and off stage is a key reason why STC is investing in d:screet CORE 4061 Miniature Microphones. Alleroed, Denmark. June 18th 2019: As a long-term user of DPA microphones, the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) has been quick to adopt the Danish manufacturer’s CORE by…
Read MoreCan I Have Full House Lights Please?
TECH TALK Can I Have Full House Lights Please? Simon Byrne. This should be an easily answered question but as I travel from venue to venue, I’m constantly amazed how good house event IT infrastructure is thwarted by terrible design and implementation. Let me give you a few examples: Example One I’m…
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