Tash Sultana – One Woman Orchestra

Roadskills Tash Sultana – One Woman Orchestra Text and Photos by Cat Strom. Close your eyes and you’d think there’s a full band onstage, however Tash Sultana layers and loops to create a multi-instrumental sound on a solo stage. Over the past twelve months, Tash Sultana has become one very talked about Australian artist having…

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alt-J Worldwide Tour

Roadskills alt-J Worldwide Tour alt-j took to a stage lit with Sceptrons that segregated the performers and dazzled the eye. By Cat Strom / Photos: David Youdell Three years of worldwide touring have forged alt-J’s reputation as a fierce live act. alt-J have headlined festivals across the globe, including Australia’s very own Falls Music and…

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Muse

Roadskills MUSE Hailed as one of the best live bands in the world, muse did not disappoint with crystal clear audio clarity. By Cat Strom / Photos: David Yodel. Marc Carolan has been Muse’s sound engineer for sixteen years, faithfully sticking with an analogue console because quite simply, it’s the best option for the band.…

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L-Acoustics L-ISA in Abu Dhabi

LIVE SOUND L-Acoustics L-ISA in Abu Dhabi – Auditoria’s Scott Willsallen goes Spatial The UAE’s 46th National Day was celebrated in Abu Dhabi on December 2 with a host of special events, including a ceremony held for 1800 in a temporary outdoor venue. Auditoria’s Scott Willsallen was Audio Director and Sound Designer for the event,…

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SysFlex Dante Endpoints – Guiding You In and Out of AV Network Hell

Gearbox SysFlex Dante Endpoints – Guiding You In and Out of AV Network Hell By Jason Allen. Ah, Dante. Australian wonder invention and the most successful AoIP product in history. We love Dante; on our consoles, desks, processors, amplifiers, stageboxes and now even our microphones. But with all the serious bits of the system taken…

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Disaster averted. A good news story!

Wind – A Lesson from Sandstone Point. By Simon Byrne. Over the weekend the Red Hot Summer Tour was slammed by an unexpected and severe storm at Queensland’s Sandstone Point. According to weather reports, the wind gusts in the area reached 110 km/h. To the production team’s credit (Powa Productions and Regional Touring), the stage structure…

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ENTECH 2019 MOVES – NEW DATA RELEASED

Australia’s one day touring AV roadshow will move out of February and run wholly during March 2019. The move helps distributor staff attending the now enormous ISE show in Amsterdam which runs across the start of February; and also some production industry trade who are very busy. Despite ENTECH expanding internationally, the Australian flagship roadshow…

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dBTechnologies ES1203 – Giving it Some Stick

GEARBOX dBTechnologies ES1203 – Giving it some stick By Jason Allen. The ES1203 is the new two-top box, one sub, portable stick PA from dBTechnologies. It was with some trepidation that I approached it as I was not a huge fan of its predecessor, the ES503. The previous model was plastic, the top boxes clipped…

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More Industry Chaos – LSC distribution to remain with – LSC !

Despite the uncertainty currently whirling around distribution agreements in the Australian entertainment technology sector, LSC Lighting Systems have, despite all rumours to the contrary, retained exclusive distribution of their own products, worldwide. In a shock move, bucking industry trends, LSC Lighting will continue to manufacture, distribute, and support their range of dimmers, power control, lighting…

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Meyer Sound IntelligentDC Hits the Ceiling with New Ashby Series

Meyer Sound has announced the introduction of the Ashby™ Series self-powered ceiling loudspeakers, the latest addition to a growing family of installation products incorporating the company’s exclusive IntelligentDC™ technology. The two new Ashby loudspeakers join seven surface mount models in the existing IntelligentDC line, all of which offer the inherent sonic advantages of self-powered systems…

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Hills faces windup application

WITH REVISIONS made on 14 February 2018. Hills Limited, the public listed technology company which contains the remnants of Audio Telex Communications and Audio Products Group, faces a wind up application in the Supreme Court of Queensland, on February 28th. (Revised: The same week this story was written Hills unveiled their new consolidated warehouse at Seven…

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AO – a story behind the logo continues in 2018…

…The P.A. People deliver iconic logo device for the Australian Open The iconic logo device created by The P.A. People for the Australian Open again took pride of place during the 2018 event.  The logo, designed and created for the 2017 Australian Open launch of the new look was this year located outside Margaret Court…

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