Pro Audio Asia Magazine - January/February Issue 2010
Brisbane-based Acoustic Technologies are the largest manufacturer of pro audio equipment in Australia, and also the longest established, having just clocked up 37 years in business.
Specialists in line array loudspeaker systems and speaker enclosures, Acoustic Technologies recently expanded its product range to include dual and multi channel amplifiers with onboard DSP, and line array modelling and prediction software.
With an ever-increasing domestic client list, a growing export operation to Europe and Asia, an ENTECH Best New Sound Reinforcement award locked away in the trophy cabinet and an expanding product range, this Brisbane manufacturing success story is certainly on the move.
Paul Kelly is a legendary Australian singer/songwriter, having captured the essence of the nation’s cultural landscape over the past 30 years with hits including Before Too Long, Too Her Door and Dumb Things.
With such a vast body of work, the upcoming Kelly A-Z project to make his catalogue free for download from his website, required a complete remastering of 100 or more songs.
Sydney-based Damien Gerard studio’s The Red Stairs mastering suite is currently undertaking this long-term project with Andrew Beck at the helm, and are currently up to the letter ‘T’.
“Andrew has been doing a great job on this long term mastering project,” said Kelly. “Every month I send him a batch of live recordings from different sources to master for download from my website. I plan to release most of them on CD to accompany a book I’m writing which will be published late in 2010.”
The 23rd annual Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) music awards will be held Thursday, November 26 at Acer Arena in Sydney. Established in 1987, the ARIAs have 28 award categories to honour excellence and innovation across all genres of Australian music.
For this year’s Engineer of the Year award nominees Steven Schram (Little Birdy – Confetti) and Jimi Maroudas (Eskimo Joe – Inshalla pictured above), being nominated is an honour, a dream, and recognition from the industry for their respective audio production skills, hard work, dedication and professionalism. Schram photographs in article courtesy of Griffin Rocks.
Producers and artists across Australia and New Zealand can now access high-quality and affordable mastering through Matthew Gray Mastering’s new online service.
Clients simply upload their music to a secure server at www.matthewgraymastering.com, have their songs mastered, andAs Brisbane’s only dedicated mastering suite, and with a client list including producers/engineers Caleb James (Rhubarb and Alex Lloyd), Lachlan ‘Magoo’ Gould (Midnight Oil, Regurgitator, Spiderbait and Jebediah) and Powderfinger guitarist Ian Haug (Powderfinger, Pete Murray and The Grates), it is now easier than ever to have Matthew Gray Mastering take your final mix to the next level.
A Guinness World Record attempt in non-stop recording and performance was recently undertaken at the Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) new Brisbane-based recording studio QUT Gasworks Studio (QUT is still waiting for official confirmation from Guinness).
Located in Newstead near an old gasworks tower, the studio hosted the QUT Big Jam, which involved a roster of 900 musicians improvising across a number of genres, performing and recording non-stop for 150 hours.
With such a unique and creative launch and led by a highly respected international team of academics/music producers and musicians (including one mentored by Beatles’ producer George Martin), the new studio is an impressive set up featuring both analogue and digital recording options that closely models ‘real world’ practice.
Producers and artists across Asia can now access high-quality and affordable mastering through Matthew Gray Mastering’s new online service.
Clients can simply upload their music to a secure server at www.matthewgraymastering.com, have their songs mastered, and then download the finished product.
As Brisbane’s only dedicated mastering suite, and with a client list including Singapore-based producer Leonard Soosay (John Lennon, Kylie Minogue, West Grand Boulevard, Inch Chua and Jon Chan) and Australian bands Powderfinger, Jet and Butterfingers, it is now easier than ever to have Matthew Gray Mastering take your final mix to the next level.
Pro Audio Asia Magazine - September/October Issue 2009
The first Australian feature film to be entirely shot in India is set for release in early 2010. The Waiting City, starring Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland, Pitch Black) and Joel Edgerton (Star Wars: Episode II & III), is a mystical-infused love story set against the intoxicating, epic backdrop of Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
Incorporating location and music recording in India, with the music production completed and the final film mix done in Sydney, Australia, this film is truly an international film.
Based in Melbourne, Bertha Brown is a funky new bar with a state-of-the-art sound system designed to meet the rigorous demands of a diverse clientele. Located below the newly developed Melbourne Cental YHA at 562 Flinders Street in the heart of the CBD, the bar is a popular place to hang out for international backpackers, suits from nearby office blocks and everyone in between.
For bar owners Dan Sheehan and Tash Colangelo, the aim was to get the right sound system in place from the start. Partners in life as well as business, with previous joint ventures including the Nash Hotel in Richmond and the Hotel Bedford in North Melbourne, this invaluable experience has driven home the importance of using quality systems from the get go.
Audio By Numbers is a new Melbourne-based manufacturing and consultancy business specialising in acoustic treatment and design. Although still in its infancy, the business has attracted customers from film and music production studios, hi-fi and home-theatre installations and live venues with its Acoustic Horizon range of wall modules and bass traps.
Business owner Keijo Sandvik developed the company to provide high performance, mass-produced affordable acoustic trap systems for the local market, with a view to export in the future. With previous installations including Austereo, ABC Radio, the Melbourne Cricket Ground radio broadcast booths, Audio Lifestyle and Acoustic Images demonstration rooms, and with plans in place for the yet to be completed Psi-Funk Studios, Audio By Numbers draws on the vast experience of its owner.
Australia has a long and proud history associated with professional audio and entertainment technology and produced the world’s first feature length film in 1906. Based on the notorious ‘bushranger’ (outlaw) Ned Kelly, The Story of the Kelly Gang was an unprecedented 70 minutes in length.
According to Australia Screen, audiences had never seen anything so bold. The film stayed in distribution for ten years after production (in various forms) and was presented with live sound effects and narration, so it was anything but silent. Several fortunes were made on the basis of its receipts. Visual effects were also used with scenes tinted for dramatic effect, as in the red colour used to enhance the effect of the burning of the hotel.
Brisbane-based Acoustic Technologies are the largest manufacturer of pro audio equipment in Australia, and also the longest established, having just clocked up 37 years in business.
Paul Kelly is a legendary Australian singer/songwriter, having captured the essence of the nation’s cultural landscape over the past 30 years with hits including Before Too Long
Producers and artists across Australia and New Zealand can now access high-quality and affordable mastering through Matthew Gray Mastering’s new online service. 
Producers and artists across Asia can now access high-quality and affordable mastering through Matthew Gray Mastering’s new online service.
The first Australian feature film to be entirely shot in India is set for release in early 2010. The Waiting City, starring Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland, Pitch Black) and Joel Edgerton (Star Wars: Episode II & III), is a mystical-infused love story set against the intoxicating, epic backdrop of Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
Based in Melbourne, Bertha Brown is a funky new bar with a state-of-the-art sound system designed to meet the rigorous demands of a diverse clientele. Located below the newly developed Melbourne Cental YHA at 562 Flinders Street in the heart of the CBD, the bar is a popular place to hang out for international backpackers, suits from nearby office blocks and everyone in between.
Audio By Numbers is a new Melbourne-based manufacturing and consultancy business specialising in acoustic treatment and design. Although still in its infancy, the business has attracted customers from film and music production studios, hi-fi and home-theatre installations and live venues with its Acoustic Horizon range of wall modules and bass traps. 
Australia has a long and proud history associated with professional audio and entertainment technology and produced the world’s first feature length film in 1906. Based on the notorious ‘bushranger’ (outlaw) Ned Kelly, The Story of the Kelly Gang was an unprecedented 70 minutes in length.
