Backwards Thinking

LISTEN HERE Backwards Thinking by Andy Stewart. Next time you make an album, do yourself a giant favour during the tracking phase (if you haven’t already) and reverse some, or all, the files on the multi-track timeline (if it’s a digital recording), or flip the tape upside down (if it’s on analogue tape). Now listen…

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Thinking Outside the Square

CONTROL Thinking Outside the Square by ENTTEC’s VJ Suriya. At ENTTEC we make lighting controllers. It’s something we have been doing since we started out 20 years ago. We’re used to the idea of using our controllers to operate everything to do with lighting, whether it’s stage shows, nightclubs, architectural installs or everything in between.…

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Simple AV control systems by Neets

CONTROL Simple AV control systems by Neets presented by Amber Technology. There are several multinational suppliers of enormously competent, all-encompassing AV control systems such as Crestron, Extron, AMX and Control 4. Products from these companies can be assembled into sophisticated control systems, which extend beyond the realms of AV into lighting, climate control, security and…

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Qlab and Applescript Show Control

CONTROL Qlab and Applescript Show Control by Jamie Taylor Managing Director Australian Event Productions. The Ten Tenors audio brief is very simple: perfect sound in every venue, always. Having been with The Tenors for four years before getting a chance to mix their 2018 ‘Home For The Holidays’ Christmas tour in the USA, I knew…

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Everything But The Fader

CONTROL Everything But The Fader by Fraser Walker. A few years ago I saw the first iteration of a touchscreen console side of stage. There wasn’t a tactile fader in sight. I was baffled – how could you claim to mix audio without a fader? There are stories of Pink Floyd huddled around the EMI…

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Vivid Live Studio Parties

ROADSKILLS Vivid Live Studio Parties by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Jordan Munns.   Vivid Sydney commissioned Sam Whiteside, a visual art designer behind the massively successful Soft Centre Festival, to design a site-specific lighting rig for a run of shows at The Studio, a key venue in this year’s annual festival.   The Studio lies…

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How gaming accidentally created an industry-leading product

CONTROL How gaming accidentally created an industry-leading product by Alex Hughes.   While this may only be my second article for CX, I am confident when I make the following statement; “Online gaming streamers gave us the best tool this industry has seen in the last ten years.” The best part is most people never…

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Extending Media Server Control Beyond Projectors and LED Walls

CONTROL Extending Media Server Control Beyond Projectors and LED Walls by Clint Dulieu, Technical Sales QLD, Show Technology.   The humble Media Server has come a long way since we were first introduced to Catalyst back in 2000. What was once somewhat of a niche product, a cute gimmick that allowed the lighting op to…

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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…

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Luminex 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…

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Building 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 –…

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Integration Control – Don’t Make Me Think

CX JULY THEME: CONTROL Integration Control – Don’t Make Me Think by Simon Byrne.   Some of you would have read my piece about the incomprehensible state of house light controls in last month’s edition of CX. I see a lot of the same problems in the installed control systems as part of installations. That…

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