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Harry The Hirer Goes To The Show
News Harry The Hirer Goes To The Show Sydney Showground and the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) have appointed Harry the Hirer Productions as a preferred partner for all in-house audio visual requirements. The announcement follows a four-month review and tender process, in which Harry the Hirer showcased its ability to help lead…
Read MoreVuePix Infiled for wine exhibit space & Audio Plus rental inventory
News VuePix Infiled Adds Spark for the Finest Australian Bubbles… Domaine Chandon – flying the flag as the only Australian sparkling specialist with genuine French heritage – has recently undergone a major upgrade of their facilities, which included a brand new VuePix Infiled LED wall installed in their wine exhibit space. In June of…
Read MoreBig Picture supply complete solution around Sydney Harbour for Australia Day
January 26th is Australia Day and every year the nation celebrates in spectacular style. The flagship event is Australia Day Live held at Sydney Opera House and in 2019 it was bigger and better than ever. Australia’s musical stars, including Kate Cebrano, Jon Stevens and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, took to the stage in an…
Read MoreNetworking – the Cables
NETWORKING Networking – the Cables by Simon Byrne. In this piece we’ll discuss the cabling for a robust IP network in a show environment. If you want to get geeky with IP addresses, subnets, DHCP servers and the like, check out my previous article “Mission Critical Show Networks” in CX118 (Sept 2016). It is…
Read MoreUnilumin Unano Design Awarded “Best of the Best”
Unano – Unilumin’s premium 1mm rental & fine pitch LED display – has just won the top design award “Red Dot Award 2019: best of the best”. With its aesthetic and practical design, Unano’s superb visual effect, highly protective features, and conveniences power the demanding video solutions in premium rental events & broadcast applications. Unano…
Read MoreRoadtest: QSC CP Series Loudspeakers
ROADTEST QSC CP Series Loudspeakers by Loren Alldrin. Though it seems counterintuitive, self-powered loudspeakers have dropped in price even as they’ve grown more powerful and flexible. As a leader in self-powered speakers, QSC has helped this dynamic play out over the last few decades. QSC’s new CP Series speakers are designed to give this…
Read MorePhil Collins
ROADSKILLS Phil Collins by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Mhvogel.de Cheekily entitled I’m Not Dead Yet, Phil Collins’ current tour proves just that! With production and lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, the show has been touring the world for almost two years with associate lighting designer Roland Greil at the helm of the MA2 console. “It’s…
Read MoreWSPAC, the best lyric theatre you never heard of
TUESDAY 26 MARCH: By Julius Grafton. CX today had an unofficial visit to the building site that is the Western Sydney Performing Arts Centre, and we can confirm that the rumours are true and untrue. The volume of chatter around this project has become loud in recent weeks, leading us to go and have a…
Read MoreBose Showmatch
ROADTEST Bose Showmatch by Anatole Day. Anatole Day is a FOH and monitor engineer entering his 20th year in the game. He graduated Sydney’s Australian Institute of Music back in 1998 and went into studio recording. He soon discovered the rich vein of work in the world of live sound engineering, and never looked back.…
Read MoreNetworking – Not Just 1s & 0s
NETWORKING Networking – Not Just 1s & 0s by John O’Brien. My dictionary defines ‘networking’ as “a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest.” No routers, no switchers, and no RJ-45s. This is a tech magazine targeted at an industry that is in transition from…
Read MoreLSC Lighting Systems Back at Prolight + Sound 2019
LSC Lighting Systems will once again be exhibiting at the forthcoming 2019 Prolight + Sound show in Germany, Hall 12.1/C67. This show will see the official release of the new DINrail range of LSC products including LED drivers, MDR DMX RDM splitters and a preview of the new Mantra Mini DINrail playback unit and Houston…
Read MoreHOW TO: Get the Best out of Your Zero 88 FLX S Lighting Console
HOW TO Get the Best out of Your Zero 88 FLX S Lighting Console. presented by Clearlight Shows. Recognising that programming time continues to become ever-tighter and more precious, Zero 88 has streamlined key elements of FLX S to assist with all the prep work, getting the user ready to operate even quicker. “RigSync”…
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