Rants
Listen Here: Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It
Andy Stewart deatils his journey to upgrade his studio computer from Mac to The Dark Side: PC. “While the switch might seem brave, or even foolhardy beforehand, in truth it’s an economically rational, technically superior choice that you won’t regret.”
Read MoreThe Gaffa Tapes: Support act to the meat raffle
Every musician and technician has at least one support act disaster story, but you know you’ve hit rock bottom when you’ve become the support act to the meat raffle
Read MoreThe Gaffa Tapes: A Dag on the Green
Call me a late bloomer, but I was still winding film onto camera sprockets in the early 2000s, and I didn’t shoot my first digital concert for CX until 2011—one year before Kodak filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
Read MoreWhen government reports make the reading list
My greatest hope is that we can find some common ground and organise for our own good. I know efforts have been made in the past but what better time to try than now?
Read MoreWhat’s In A Name?
I’ve often wondered if it is the industry that attracts such outsized characters, or that it just makes them weirder. Maybe it is part of the road life that scars our souls, and leaves names inked like a nominal tattoo, as titular legacies for later folklore
Read MoreCommunicating with our inverter
I’ve just come from 8 years professionally supporting and trouble-shooting much bigger kinds of mess for many other electronics manufacturers, agents, and installers. I’d talked to hundreds of devices via USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, RS-232, RS-485, RS-422, 0-9V, low voltage relays and IOs. Surely this would qualify me as a power user….
Read MoreTech Talk: Uninterruptible Power Supplies on Gigs
To me, it seems they cause more problems on the days you don’t need them (which is 99.9999% of the time) than on that day you actually need them
Read MoreDunk’s World: I want my, I want my Mac G3
I’ve always liked the look of the old Mac G3 series computers, so my personal machine is the outer shell of a Bondi Blue one, with the internals of a fairly up-to-date Intel i9 PC inside
Read MoreListen Here: The Creative Process
How, as a producer or engineer, can you involve yourself with such an elusive monster? You embrace it, or go get a job in a bank
Read MoreForgotten again! But is it our fault?
Gary Fitz-Roy, MD of Expertise Events, vents his frustration about the lack of government support for the events industry
Read MoreHelp and Hope. A short essay
Believe this. If you’re needy now it isn’t your fault or your failure – you’re in good company.
Read MoreNSW’s ‘Great Southern Nights’ a fizzer for our industry
Announced with great hype a month ago, NSW’s vaunted ‘Great Southern Nights’ programme is a let-down for live production
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