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Northern Health: Teaching & Training Research Precinct
Converged AV brings Health to Life Northern Health is one of Victoria’s busiest public health services, covering a local community of approximately 728,000 people. Already operating across several sites in the northern suburbs, Northern Health have recently opened a hi-tech teaching and training facility in Epping, partnering with The University of Melbourne and LaTrobe University to…
Read MoreReview: Vari*Lite VL4000 Spot
Proof that everything’s bigger in Texas The VL4000 is a mawkish brute of a thing, weighing over 40kg and requiring a minimum of 52 DMX channels to control. The VL4000 uses a 1200W Philips MSR Gold lamp to achieve an output of 33,000 lumens in standard mode. ‘Standard’ mode sees the 1200W lamp run at…
Read MoreRoad Skills: Human Nature
Celebrating 25 successful years since founding their iconic group, Human Nature travelled the country with their ‘The Jukebox Tour – A 25th Anniversary Celebration’ performing an eclectic mix of feel-good vocal songs from the 50s and 60s. The show also featured performances from all the albums Human Nature have released over their 20-year recording career with…
Read MoreReview: CTP Systems dBbox 2
Portable audio testing convenience Some people get oddly enthused by test equipment – typically they’re the kind of people who rely on such equipment to make their working days easier. dBbox 2 from CTP Systems is a test device and it’s clearly been designed with audio professionals in mind. The dBbox 2 is a fairly…
Read MoreTHE MILL REPORT: HALF BAKED IS HALF ARSED
When a song production leaves half its musical potential on the shelf, everyone gets disappointed. “If only they’d added X, Y and Z” people say… “the song would have been amazing!” Some musicians don’t have this problem, of course. They throw every conceivable overdub at a song, hoping something will stick… and sometimes things do……
Read MoreListen Here: Distance Equals Depth
Ever wondered why the real estate between your speakers gets so crowded so quickly? It’s not just because there are too many instruments jockeying for position. It’s because everyone is standing shoulder to shoulder at the front of the mix. Ever thought to let a few people stand back a bit? Whether you’re recording or…
Read MoreReview: Luminex GigaCore
Connecting the bits… We often take for granted how multiplexing has changed the way we do things. Now instead of running lots of analogue audio multicore, we can run a data cable. Instead of running lots of lighting control multicore, we can run a data cable. Instead of running a bunch of video cabling, we…
Read MoreAmazing Expenses: Car Guy Clocks Up Costs
Fiat Chrysler Australia’s former boss misused more than $30 million in company funds, the firm alleges. Now the car company (FCA) is taking action in the Federal Court against former CEO Clyde Campbell. Amazingly the guy lifted sales fairly significantly and presumably the 30 mill was all counted as cost of sales – until they…
Read MoreRoad Skills: Spandau Ballet
One of the most successful and influential British bands of the 1980s, Spandau Ballet, brought their ‘Soul Boys of the Western World Live’ Tour to Australia in May. Spandau Ballet’s ongoing revival as a live touring band continues with this elegant arena production designed by Woodroffe Bassett Design. A series of stacked rectangular lighting grids…
Read MoreReview: Martin MAC Quantum Profile
Raising the bar for LED I ran an LED lighting demo early this year – it wasn’t a shootout because I had a number of very different types of fixtures. The Mac Quantum Profile was one of them, and because it’s been quite a busy year, I’d forgotten just how much it impressed me at…
Read MoreSuits & Tech Collide – Don’t Buy A Business You Don’t Understand
The ructions at Hills Limited last month, and the proposed sale of Staging Connections are symptoms of the chaos when big business goes where it should not. Guitar Centre in the USA is a golden example. Raped and pillaged by vulture fund Bain Capital, the massive US music store chain will never make a return…
Read MoreMargaret Court Arena – Outside In
Margaret Court Arena, in Melbourne Park, started life in 1988 as an open air tennis court known as Show Court One. Thanks to the $700 million Melbourne Park Masterplan, the outdoor court was bought inside with a retractable roof, just in time for the 2015 Australian Open, and renamed after the legendary Margaret Court, winner…
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