Live Audio Revolution: Spatial Audio Mixing: 3 Systems Reviewed - How 3D Live Sound Will Change EVERYTHING!
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LIGHTS • VIDEO • STAGING • INTEGRATION MONTHLY TECH NEWS CX132 DECEMBER 2017 $7.50 AU Live Audio Revolution: Spatial Audio Mixing: 3 systems reviewed - How 3D live sound will change EVERYTHING! Brisbane’s Aisle6 Productions NEWS: ROADSKILLS: REGULARS: GEARBOX: • Safety Guide goes live • Drake • New Gear • Acme 400Z IP • Western Sydney • RNB Fridays Live • Listen Here • PreSonus StudioLive 3 Performing Arts Centre • Stevie Nicks • Biz Talk • HK Audio Linear 3 • QSC for Jands • History • Luminex Gigacore 26i • Malcolm Young • Tech Tools • ENTECH shapes up • Duncan Fry 480MHz 490MHz 500MHz 510MHz 520MHz 530MHz 540MHz 550MHz INTRODUCING AXIENT ® DIGITAL S OLVE THE SPECTRUM SQUEEZE. Don’t let the limits of the spectrum define the size of the sound. Axient Digital delivers 184MHz of tuning bandwidth, Quadversity™ antenna diversity, and up to 47 active channels per 6-MHz TV band, for impeccable audio every time. 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Roadskills Company Profile Brisbane’s Aisle6 RNB Fridays Productions Live 14 Features The Revolution has arrived Spatial audio mixing 36 Roadskills Stevie Nicks sound for the stage 45 48 NEWS 32 History FEATURES 59 Tech Tools Safety Guide goes live 08 62 ACETA 14 Live Audio Revolution: Entertainment teacher Spatial Audio Mixing 08 65 Duncan Fry awarded 16 The d&b Soundscape 09 Western Sydney Performing ROADSKILLS Arts Centre 20 Barco did it first 09 QSC for Jands 38 Drake 22 Stereo is Obsolete 09 Malcolm Young 45 RNB Fridays Live 26 Inside L-Acoustics 10 ENTECH shapes up 48 Stevie Nicks 27 Inside d&b Audiotechnik 10 Rumours GEARBOX 36 Brisbane’s Aisle6 Productions REGULARS 52 Acme 400Z IP 11 New Gear 53 PreSonus StudioLive 3 28 Listen Here 56 HK Audio Linear 3 30 Biz Talk 59 Luminex Gigacore 26i Published by Juliusmedia Group Pty ltd ACN Editor and publisher: Julius Grafton All contents COPYRIGHT CX Network Pty Ltd 2017. 134170460 under licence from CX Network Business development and sales: Steve James Nothing herein to be reproduced in any format Pty Ltd ACN 153165167. 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