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Meyer Sound’s Australian Charm Offensive
FEATURES Meyer Sound’s Australian Charm Offensive By Jason Allen. With a new distributor in place, a major new product to show off, and a decent sale to brag about, Meyer Sound staff, including founders Helen and John Meyer, descended on Sydney en-masse in late March with a two-day system optimisation seminar followed by a product…
Read MoreTrack The Light Fantastic: Radio Tracking on La Boheme
FEATURE Track The Light Fantastic: Radio Tracking on La Boheme By Jason Allen. Opera Australia’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour is always breathtaking, and it takes an army of technicians to handle the complex lighting, sound, and effects infrastructure it needs. In a trial of a new system for OA, this year they employed a…
Read MoreAll aboard! Sennheiser supplies wireless Digital 6000 microphones to Eurovision Song Contest
Sydney/Lisbon, 24 April, 2018 – As a technical supplier to the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, audio specialist Sennheiser has supplied Digital 6000 wireless microphones and 2000 series wireless monitors to the world’s largest live music event, hosted by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). With rehearsals ongoing since 22 April, the equipment is…
Read MoreEskimo Joe
ROADSKILLS Eskimo Joe By Cat Strom Photos: Peter Rubie Eskimo Joe are the latest act to team up with an orchestra. Before relocating to Sydney, lighting designer Peter Rubie worked for many years in Perth across different production companies and venues. One of the venues was Perth Concert Hall where he eventually became Head of…
Read MoreRoland V-60HD Video Switcher
GEARBOX Roland V-60HD Video Switcher By Jim Kumorek First published in Church Production Magazine. With video becoming so prevalent in houses of worship, cost-effective video equipment is needed to support expansion. But cost effective sometimes means compromises on quality or capabilities. With this in mind, Roland introduces a new video switcher to the market: the…
Read MoreEd Sheeran
ROAD SKILLS Ed Sheeran By Cat Strom Photos: David Youdell Checking your Facebook feed through March seemed like every other friend was at an Ed Sheeran concert. Over one million people snapped up tickets to the singer’s stadium trek through Australia and New Zealand, breaking Dire Straits’ 1986 record for most tickets sold on a…
Read More1330 Reasons for DiGiCo
CHURCH@1330 – MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Church @ 1330 in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia is a vibrant, growing church with a multipurpose centre that is also utilised by the surrounding community for varied functions and events. 1330 Associate Pastor Trent Young approached Forefront for assistance in choosing an audio console upgrade solution that would suit…
Read MoreETC: Our Fixtures Are Built to Last
L70 is a common rating system used throughout the LED fixture industry. There is, however, some confusion as to what the rating does and does not define. We’d like to clear up the misconceptions and explain how ETC is using L70 to test their LED fixtures to their limits. The following video includes interviews with…
Read MoreWin An All-Expenses-Paid Job at RØDE HQ in Sydney!
RØDE Microphones, the proudly Australian-made pro audio giant, launched the 5th year of My RØDE Reel – the world’s largest short film competition – on April 1st. In 2018, RØDE has upped the ante. First, the competition this year offers the world’s largest short film prize pool – $1 MILLION – and more film categories…
Read MorePro Light & Sound 2018 – Frankfurt still delivers
By Julius Grafton. While PL&S was once the eighth wonder of the trade-show world, it still packs a punch for hordes of tech-heads from everywhere. Including Australia and New Zealand, since I kept running into people I wanted to talk to, and some I did not. Strangely the hall managers don’t care if you hang…
Read MoreM50x BLUE/BLACK
Audio-Technica released a metallic silver version of its M50 studio headphones to help celebrate the company’s 50th Anniversary in 2012. Proving hugely popular a limited-edition colour has become an annual event and a most sought-after headphone. The striking 2018 limited edition features an electric blue chassis coupled with black trim. Regardless of colour the critically…
Read MoreNew truck laws affect us all: COC
By Julius Grafton. Roderick Van Gelder’s AESRG website reports that new laws will shorty come into effect. In mid-2018, the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) will be amended to provide that every party in the heavy vehicle transport supply chain has a duty to ensure the safety of their transport activities – Chain of Responsibility…
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