CX 30 Sept-Oct 2007
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EDITORIAL
6 Currency freefall; what we can publish; Wheatley and tax; sound engineers hearing what ain’t there; hearing and cheap earbuds; people in production industry amazing.
NEWS
8 This Was Not Showbiz: Career Showcase Crashes and Burns at Acer Arena
8 Premier Technology Group Pty Ltd in liquidation
12 Yamaha drop prices for PM5D V2 and DSP5D Mixing System
12 Deluxe Audio chose JBL Vertec 4888 Line Array
12 Murray T opens in Brisbane
16 EAW shipping UX8800
16 Hills SVL Roadshow
16 Better Blinder…Twenty-four of i-Pix’ new mega-bright BB wash-lights
18 TCS Compact for Multipurpose Venue
18 Bose launches L1 Model 2
18 Pulse debut LED screen systems
18 Crazy Events Industry
21 Turbo ad TA-500t
22 The Lincoln – A venue where only the best will do
22 Clifton spin off movers
24 ANSI E1. 11-2004 Revision Project Started
25 RODE build a Babs special
26 Staging Connections Equip Studio 3
26 The Sky’s The Limit for Rooftop Cinema
28 The Police reunion tour
28 Glastonbury goes digital
30 Sydney Town Hall Lights up with Vista and ETC
30 New PixelDrive
30 Wow! Martin Launches LC Series of LED Video Screens
31 MBO Signals New Push Ahead for DiGiCo
32 WAM thanks locked in productions
32 Coca-Cola Live‘n’LocaI Unsigned
32 High End Systems launch hot new mover!
32 Sennheiser Advanced Mic Clinic
34 Scene Change opens in Sydney
36 JTS lower cost I.E.M.
36 All upside for Hills SVL, where the hoist still rules. Julius Grafton meets the guy in charge
FEATURES
40 Shrinking Recording Biz Meet at Iconic Conference
46 2007 Helpmann Awards
50 PA Trouble
52 What’s So Tough About Awards Shows? CX at the Urban Music Awards
66 The Secure Listener Sounds-off: Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefanie
70 Make Poverty History. Make Projection History,
71 Planning for the big gig… A show about audio. lights and video. With dwarfs.
REGULARS
38 PEOPLE: Sean Humphries
50 PEOPLE: Staging Rentals Meri Took
56 Duncan Fry – Budget CDs
58 Ask the CXPERT: Incandescent Moving lights
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