The Producer – Tim Whitten

In February 1998 Connections Magazine began a series of profiles on producers, starting with Tim Whitten who has produced Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus, and Augie March among others.

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Crew connections at ENTECH

TechSisters, CrewCare, Support Act all on the road in March The Tech Sisters have joined ENTECH and will take space at every city alongside CrewCare and Support Act to help build better workplaces and lives for entertainment crew. ‘Well-being’ has become more crucial as tech crew battle erratic casual work, harsh climate, rising living costs…

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Say Hello to S-Play

For their 20th anniversary ENTTEC have been hard at work on S-Play, a programmable LX controller for recording and playback. VJ Suriya steps through some of the unit’s key features.

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The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers’ reputation for delivering an awe-inspiring live show precedes them – CX discovered why in this production profile.

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Opera House Lighting: Catherine O’Shea

Article from The Archive: Connections Magazine, September 1998. Women in Lighting Opera House Lighting: Catherine O’Shea When Catherine O’Shea was 20, she decided she was bored, and dropped out of her third year of a mathematics degree. Eight years later, she is a Lighting Super­visor at the Opera House.Of all the supervi­sors in all the departments,…

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The Look

Performance events are about more than just gadgets. For nearly 25 years, Sydney’s The Look has provided drapes and rigging for all manner of functions.

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Immersive Live Sound – The Story So Far

AUDIO Immersive Live Sound – The Story So Far   Two years ago Immersive Audio or Spatial Live Sound rolled out into the live audio market simultaneously from L-Acoustics  (France) with L-ISA, and d&b audiotechnik (Germany) with Soundscape. CX travelled to both manufacturers to hear the systems and talk to the engineers in October 2017.…

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ACME STAGE PARs

ROAD TEST   ACME STAGE PAR BL-100 WW and BL-100 RGBW   Ashley Salta Ashley Salta is a Supervisor of Production and Technical Services at Rockhampton Regional Council, a position that encompasses technical management of Rockhampton’s Pilbeam Theatre, a 1,000 seat proscenium arch theatre that is a major stop on the Queensland touring circuit.  …

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Live streaming gigs from Blind Chihuahua’s remote studio

RECORDING   Live streaming gigs from Blind Chihuahua’s remote studio   Audio, video, live bands, 4G, paying customers, Internet, live Internet. What could go wrong? Yeah – Blind Chihuahua decided to take on this daunting task. There’s a lot of moving parts to all this so let’s dig in shall we?   Paula Jones is an…

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