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Honey I Shrunk It- I really Did
REGULARS Honey I Shrunk It – I really Did We reprise a piece from CX Magazine, February 2013 where Duncan Fry ponders a smaller PA system… Since it’s the start of a new year, I’ve made a new year’s resolution to shrink the size of my current system to still keep the same output level…
Read MoreQu Price Drop
Paying it forward, Allen & Heath is passing on the benefits of volume production efficiencies for its hugely popular Qu Series digital mixers. The results are serious cost savings on all model in the Qu range highlighted by a huge 25% reduction on the benchmark Qu-16C – now listed at $2999RRP. With digital mixers increasingly…
Read MoreBiz Talk: Contractor or Employee? It Makes a Difference
REGULARS Biz Talk: Contractor or Employee? It Makes a Difference By guest columnist Simon Byrne. As alluded to by CX Magazine in July last year, the government is getting serious about cracking down on compulsory superannuation avoidance and has provided money to the ATO to monitor and enforce non-compliance. A lot of our industry is…
Read MoreCMG Audio Visual launch new Meyer Sound Rental Division
L to R – John Mc Mahon (Meyer), Don Mc Connell (Audio Brands Aust), Tobi Pinazza (CMG AV), Steve Biermann (CMG AV), Helen and John Meyer, Ben Wright (CMG AV), Antonio Zacarias (Meyer), Aaron Taylor (CMG AV), Chris D’bais (Meyer). Australia’s first Meyer Sound LYON and 1100-LFC System has been confirmed for local arrival in…
Read MoreICC Sydney gets $1m AV top-up – after design falls short
By Julius Grafton. Sydney’s International Convention Centre (ICC) has just spent over $1 million on additional AV equipment, barely 18 months after opening as a fully equipped venue. The centre comprises trade show halls, a convention centre, and a theatre venue to replace the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The NSW Government shocked the events industry in…
Read MoreKiwi Performing Arts worth $2.058B
ETNZ drew our attention to the Skills Active Workforce Scan earlier this year, showing the overall contribution to the NZ economy of the broader performing arts industry at almost 1% of GDP. The report is structured different to anything available in Australia, where Live Performance Australia most recently reported Creative and Performing Arts added A$3.818B…
Read MoreACETA: Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018
REGULARS Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018: A Year of Development and Opportunity for the Committed If you aren’t across the relationship re-alignments currently taking place in our industry you must have just woken from a long coma, and there is every indication the landscape is far from settled. Maybe the current experience is a…
Read MoreQSC Speakers Stack Up
QSC has added a range of column surface-mount loudspeakers to its AcousticDesign (AD) Series. Idea for a wide variety of foreground and background applications the new columns are particularly suited to difficult acoustic environments with reverberation issues or high-ceiling spaces. The new AD-S802T has eight 2.5” vertically-oriented drivers while the AD-S162T has sixteen 2.5” vertically-oriented drivers, both are high quality, 70/100V…
Read MoreThe Basement to close. AMP agree to end lease
By Julius Grafton Sydney music club The Basement is set to close in late March, after negotiations to sell the venue failed. Landlord AMP Capital said they had agreed to end the lease early. The Basement faced trading difficulties. Saddled with an astronomic rent north of ten grand a week, the venue needed a lot…
Read MoreListen Here – Where Am I?
REGULARS Listen Here – Where Am I? By Andy Stewart. When you mix a song, does it ever occur to you to ask yourself where things appear in the pseudo-physical space between your speakers? If you can answer this question for every sound in your mix you’re well on the way to creating a cool,…
Read MoreHearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law
INSTALLATION Hearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law Hearing Augmentation Systems are a vital public service, and a legal requirement in many public spaces as defined in the Building Code of Australia. Their provision is mandatory in many public spaces that have installed PA systems, including educational institutions, places of business, auditoria, rooms used for legal…
Read MoreANT Live – Bringing Australian Theatre to Your Local Cinema
THEATRE ANT Live – Bringing Australian Theatre to Your Local Cinema Australian National Theatre Live films Australian stage works and presents them on the silver screen in regional Australia, bringing our stories and culture to those outside the Big Smoke. Nine productions into their mission, they’ve hit their stride, creatively and technically. Formed by Logie…
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