Kylie

ROADSKILLS   Kylie by Cat Strom. Photos: Andrew Whitton / Jasin Boland Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue bought her Golden Tour to Australia, performing a string of headline shows at arenas and some very soggy outdoor venues across the country.   The tour hasn’t been a long one, with three weeks in the UK followed…

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How To: grandMA2 – That Blank Screen

HOW TO grandMA2  – That Blank Screen by Alex Hughes.   Malcolm Gladwell once said “Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.” That is especially true when we discuss the rapid mental transition required when going from a basic digital lighting control system…

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In-Ear Monitoring

WIRELESS In-Ear Monitoring by Sennheiser’s Adam Karolewski.   Put simply, the purpose of monitoring is to assist band members or performers by allowing them to hear themselves and others.  Back in the day when I was still playing drums, I would have edited this to read, “allowing them to hear themselves”.  End of story.  Nothing…

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Elation DARTZ for KISS “End of the Road” World Tour

NEWS Elation DARTZ for KISS “End of the Road” World Tour Photos: Todd Kaplan Legendary rockers KISS launched their farewell “End of the Road” world tour in Vancouver in late January and use a multitude of Elation DARTZ 360 effects as key visuals in the dynamic, multi-sensory show.   More than 40 years on and…

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A Traveller’s Tale: Flying High on the A380

DUNK”S WORLD A Traveller’s Tale: Flying High on the A380 by Duncan Fry.   I see on the news that Airbus is ceasing production of its jumbo-riffic giant of the skies – the A380, citing changing tastes in passenger’s plane requirements. It turns out it’s a bit thirsty, and needs to be full of passengers…

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The World Before Digital Pixels

PIXELS The World Before Digital Pixels by Simon Byrne.   Before DVI, HDMI, SDI and Video over IP, we operated strictly in an analogue world.   All video signals and displays were analogue. We didn’t talk pixels. We were more interested in “horizontal scan rate”, cable, distribution and amplifier bandwidth, as well as voltage loss…

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This is a Pixel-Free Zone

Listen Here This is a Pixel-Free Zone by Andy Stewart.   If you’re looking for info on pixels here, like: what is their relative size to an ant, what happens when you smash one in the Large Hadron Collider, or how large can a pixel get before it’s visible from space, and so on, please…

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ROAD TEST: Listen Everywhere

ROAD TEST Listen Everywhere by Jason Owen. Jason Owen is the Managing Director of D2N, an Australian owned company specialising in wired and wireless communications and audio solutions, RF over fibre, ACMA licence planning, and RF engineering.    Listen Everywhere audio servers can stream from two to 16 different channels of audio over WiFi to…

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Imaging Science Foundation

PIXELS Imaging Science Foundation Australian Seminars 2019   AVPro and Audio Visual Distributors – AV Distributors are thrilled to be bringing the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) Level III Seminar to Australia in 2019. Since day one, the goal of the ISF has been to deliver the ultimate picture quality throughout any video system. Working alongside…

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Skills We Had, Skills You Have

LOUNGE BITES   Skills We Had, Skills You Have A random series from a 70s veteran by Julius Grafton.   Coming from the distant past there were skills we acquired and skills we needed, along with knowledge we gained. The same applies of working crew today – obviously – since if you can’t set up…

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RÜFÜS DU SOL

ROADSKILLS RÜFÜS DU SOL by Cat Strom. Photos – Derek Rickert   RÜFÜS DU SOL’s years of intensive touring has helped pave the way for the Solace live show, crafted through years of varied live experience for the band.   Sydney three-piece band RÜFÜS DU SOL are back on the road in Australia with their ‘Solace’…

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MultiView- Multiple Users, Multiple Independent Viewpoints

PIXELS MultiView- Multiple Users, Multiple Independent Viewpoints   What do we mean by “Multi-View”?  We’ve all seen stereoscopic, “3D” images, where our left and right eyes see different views, the effect being that we get a perception of distance and depth. In these conventional 3D installations, everyone sees the same images, no matter where they…

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