Posts by DanGr
Sticky Fingers
ROAD SKILLS Sticky Fingers The lighting for Sticky Fingers’ recent tour was big, bold, obnoxious and threatened to cut power to the host city! In a big step up from previous tours Sticky Fingers, the Sydney band that are a ‘melting pot of psych, rock, and reggae’, completed an arena run around the…
Read MoreFiasco Opens Service Centre in LA
Set to conquer the US – Fiasco Opens Service Centre in LA Six years since quitting their jobs to work fulltime on their dream of making the life of a roadie sweeter, Matt Waterhouse and Joe Bradford, founders of New Zealand road case manufacturer Fiasco have opened the first service centre in the USA.…
Read MoreHush on Tour: Exploit the Crew
A recently unearthed ABC documentary from 1977 about life as a roadie for Australian glam rock band Hush brings back memories – Phil Eastick was one of the crew.
Read MoreDiversity and Inclusion in AV – it’s our responsibility
DIVERSITY Diversity and Inclusion in AV – it’s our responsibility by Toni McAllister. “It’s not that we don’t want to employ women, it’s just that none are applying.” “If you know of any women, send them our way.” “We love having women on our crew, it really balances things out.” I’ve spent…
Read MoreTrending in Production Lighting – Weatherproof Fixtures
TECH TALK Trending in Production Lighting – Weatherproof Fixtures by ULA Group’s Simon Pentz. While IP65 rated fixtures are nothing new, they have usually only been used in Architectural lighting applications. But over the last few years, the live production industry has started to adopt the use of IP65 fixtures as the…
Read MoreYamaha’s AFC3 – from Acoustic Enhancement to Spatial Audio
AUDIO Yamaha’s AFC3 – from Acoustic Enhancement to Spatial Audio by Jason Allen. DSP innovator Yamaha released their first digital acoustic enhancement system back in 1985. Over the years, they’ve constantly improved their technology, with AFC3 (Active Field Control) the latest in the range. Tantalisingly, at ISE in Feb 2019, they teased AFC4, which adds…
Read MoreTASCAM MZ-123BT
NEW GEAR TASCAM MZ-123BT The TASCAM MZ-123BT is a compact 1U multi-channel, multi-zone professional installation mixer that provides versatile routing, mixing and distribution of up to three channels of music and announcements for a wide range of commercial applications. Input Channel sources can be easily assigned to each of the individual 3 Zone Outputs, and…
Read MoreTASCAM BD-MP1
NEW GEAR TASCAM BD-MP1 The TASCAM BD-MP1 is a professional-grade 1RU Blu-ray player that expands the legacy of TASCAM’s popular play back devices. The BD-MP1 is the perfect choice for a wide range of commercial installations. It supports external control via LAN/RS-232C, includes a Power on Play function, and is capable of 7.1 Audio playback.…
Read MoreUniversal Audio Apollo Twin X DUO and QUAD
NEW GEAR Universal Audio Apollo Twin X DUO and QUAD The Apollo Twin X Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interfaces allow musicians and producers to easily track, overdub, and mix with elite-class A/D and D/A conversion, two or four Unison-enabled preamps, and DUO or QUAD Core real-time UAD plug-in processing, for Mac or PC. The Unison-enabled preamps…
Read MorePioneer DJ XDJ-XZ
NEW GEAR Pioneer DJ XDJ-XZ The XDJ-XZ is a professional all-in-one DJ system. Animate your sets with 14 professional Beat FX and 6 Sound Colour FX, and trigger software-specific features using the 16 multicoloured Performance Pads. It includes 3 USB inputs (2 top-loading for USB devices and 1 laptop connection), track playback directly from your…
Read MorePanasonic Offset Lens Range
NEW GEAR Panasonic Offset Lens Range Panasonic’s new zero offset lenses for its range of 1-Chip and 3-Chip DLP projectors include the ET-DLE020 0.28–0.30:1 ultra-short throw zoom lens for all Panasonic 1-Chip DLP projectors, and the ET-D3LEW200 short-throw zoom lens and ET-D3LEU100 ultra-short throw lens suitable for 20,000 and 30,000-lumen, WUXGA and 4K+ projectors. The…
Read MoreEpson EB-1485Fi
NEW GEAR Epson EB-1485Fi The Epson EB-1485Fi is a 1080p 3LCD Interactive Laser Projector. Its multi-touch display is scalable up to 100 inches (16:9 standalone), 120 inches (16:6 standalone), or 155 inches using Epson’s DuoLink feature, which combines two interactive displays using built-in Edge Blending. The intuitive UI, touch home screen, and interactive OSD menu…
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