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37 million reasons Theatre Royal will stay dark
SYDNEY’S THEATRE CRISIS EXCLUSIVE, By Julius Grafton Australia’s oldest theatrical institution is the star of a political play with major international operators converging on Sydney’s Theatre Royal on April 11 for a briefing. Theatre Royal itself is up for grabs, but the long-term lease on offer may well be a Trojan Horse. The original 1827…
Read MoreWhat is a Pixel, Anyway?
PIXELS What is a Pixel, Anyway? by John O’Brien. Most of us now live our lives in front of screens. Each of those screens (phones, tablets, monitors, projectors) comprise an array of picture elements, or pixels, that combine to make a full image (whether static or moving). There are: • Pixels printed on a…
Read MoreVideo Playback and Projection at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
PIXELS Video Playback and Projection Systems Delivery at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games welcomed more than 6,600 athletes and officials from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories to the Gold Coast. The largest sporting event to be staged in Australia this decade, GC2018 also featured the biggest integrated sports program in…
Read MoreIndustry Hits Half a Billion – Manufacturers Survey Update
ACETA Industry Hits Half a Billion – Manufacturers Survey Update In October 2017 we published a comprehensive survey revealing the size and nature of entertainment technology creation in Australia which offered many never-before known insights. We have taken the time to update this information and are please to advise, the manufacturing sector in Australia,…
Read MoreSix60 get NZ to come to them
NEW ZEALAND Six60 get NZ to come to them – Both Audience and Production by Jenny Barrett. Photo Credits: Dexter Cheng. Six60 opted out of the traditional Summer circuit of vineyards and iconic pub backyards and stunned a nation by getting 50,000 Kiwis to travel to Auckland to see a home grown band. They…
Read MoreAn Introduction to Pixels
PIXELS An Introduction to Pixels VJ Suriya from Australian lighting control experts ENTTEC takes us through what you need to know in order to get started with LED pixels. What does pixel mean? We get asked a lot about pixel strips (sometimes known as ‘smart strips’, ‘intelligent strips’, addressable strips, media strips/flex and a multitude of…
Read MoreAvid Customer Alpha Audio Leads Australia and New Zealand with First New Avid VENUE | S6L-24C Live Sound System
Melbourne, VIC, – Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID), the leading technology provider that powers the media and entertainment industry, announced today that Melbourne-based Alpha Audiosuppliers of high end audio equipment, solutions and services, is the first company within the Australia and New Zealand region to take delivery of the new Avid VENUE™ S6L-24C control surface. Forming part of…
Read MoreAcme lighting Reflects the Traverse Art at Melbourne International Airport
ULA Group is proud to be a part of Britt Salt’s brilliant new artwork – Traverse, which has been revealed at the Melbourne International Airport earlier this month. Our team worked closely with Ramus Illumination, who specified LED lighting technology for this project, to highlight the unique artistic features of Britt Salt’s masterpiece. Britt Salt…
Read MoreROAD TEST: Chainmaster BGV-D8
ROAD TEST Chainmaster BGV-D8 by James Pavey and Tim Missenden. James Pavey is National Manager – Exhibitions at Clifton Productions, a family owned, nationally operating production company specialising in staging, rigging, and exhibitions with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. I manage sales and operations of Clifton’s exhibitions business, which includes rigging and lighting…
Read MoreMaroon 5
ROADSKILLS Maroon 5 by Cat Strom. Maroon 5’s audio engineer Vince Casamatta learnt his trade mixing bands in small Chicago dives, eventually expanding to going on the road. At the same time he had his own studio and truthfully, he always wanted to be a studio mixer. “But this is just what ended…
Read MoreAVD Give it a Big Bash with EAW’S Radius
NEWS AVD Give it a Big Bash with EAW’S Radius by Fraser Walker. EAW created a stir in the live audio market in 2013 with the release of its flagship adaptive Anya system. Picking up where Martin’s MLA left off, Anya was completely electronically steered thanks to its 22 individual transducers fed from 22 channels…
Read MoreAmber Technology new distributor of Apogee
News Apogee Electronics partner exclusively with Amber Technology for Australian distribution Apogee Electronics has partnered with Amber Technology as a sole distributor of a range of Apogee audio recording products. Apogee, an American audio interface provider, allows musicians and music professionals to record studio-quality audio from anywhere in the world. Apogee has a diverse product…
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