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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Steely Dan Live with Vertec

Steely Dan

Writing in Audio Technology magazine Mark Davie interviews the team responsible for Steely Dan’s audio on their Australian tour.

Tour Dates: September 8 – 24, 2008
Excerpt:
“Steely Dan has probably played through more PAs than any other band. Well, maybe that should read been played. Walter Becker and Donald Fagens back catalogue can be heard echoing in empty concert halls and arenas across the globe Steely Dan has for some time been the discerning engineer’s recording artists of choice for tuning PAs. Given a Steely Dan gig is a rare occasion, even rarer in Australia it’s sometimes difficult to imagine Steely Dan the band coming out of the PA, and not just Steely Dan the CD. Sure enough, Walter and Donald have entrusted their live sound to one man and he’s known simply as JR.”

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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Bob Dylan 2007

Bob Dylan continued his Never Ending Tour which began in the late 1980s with dates in Australia and New Zealand in August 2007.

The tour, his first trip down under in more than four years, included five Australian and three New Zealand shows and followed the release of Dylan’s 32nd album, Modern Times.

The Australian run of dates included the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on August 13, Sydney Entertainment Centre on August 15, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on August 17, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on August 21 and the Burswood Dome in Perth on August 23.

Dylan’s tour follows a string of North American dates in June and July and performances earlier this year in Europe, where the legendary folk and rock songwriter has drawn on his rich back catalogue and new material.

Dates August 13 – 23, 2007
Audio Crew Colin Burrell, Scott Barry, Peter O’Leary
Speaker System L-Acoustics
24 x V-Dosc Element
6 x DV-Dosc Element
16 x Kudo Cabinets
8 x ARCS
8 x Wayloud Sub Low Cabinets
32 x Lab Gruppen 4000 Amplifiers
12 x Crown V2500 Amplifiers
FOH Control System
1 x Digico DS 112
6 x Dolby Lake Contour
1 x IBM PC Tablet wireless system
2 x Focusrite 422 pre-amp
1 x Waves Max
1 x TC 4000
Monitor Control System
1 x Midas H3000 44+4 console
TC EQ Station 16ch system
Wayloud and Nexo wedges
Crown Amplifiers
1 x Clair ML 18 Sub Bass
L-Acoustics ARCS and DV Sub Sidefill

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Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Live Earth

Live Earth took place on Saturday July 7 in Sydney with a monumental line-up
of Australian talent including Crowded House, Missy Higgins, Eskimo Joe,
Wolfmother and more at Aussie Stadium, Moore Park.
Live Earth

Date July 7 2007
Sound crew
  Michael Waters
  Paul Schofield
  Nick Giameos
  Garry Hall
  Matt Debien
  Dean Lovell
  John Blois
  Richard Vass
  Randell Casey
  Adam Williams
FOH Speaker System
  54 x JBL Vertec 4889 Enclousers
  24 x JBL Vertec 4888 Enclousers
  48 x JPS JBL Loaded 18″ subwoofers
Amplifiers 60 x Crown MA5002VZ Amplifiers
FOH Drive system
  4 x Dolby Lake DLP4D12 Processors
  4 x BSS Omni Drive FDS-366
  1 x Gateway Motion 1200 Tablet PC
  1 x Motion 1200 Docking Station
  1 x Cisco 350 Wireless Access Point
  1 x Midas XL-88 Mixer
FOH Control System
  1 x Digi-Design D-Show Venue 96Ch Console System
  1 x Yamaha PM-5D RH Console
  4 x DBX-566 Compressors
  2 x Eventide H-3000 SE Harmonisers
  2 x TC-M5000 reverbs
  2 x TC-Electronics D-Two Delay
  2 x L-Acoustics 108P Near Field Monitors
Monitor System
  2 x Yamaha PM5D-RH Digital Console
  24 x Clair Bros 12AM Wedges
  5 x Dolby Lake CDLP Processors
  8 x Shure PSM700 Receivers
  8 x Shure PSM700 Transmitters
  4 x Sennheiser EW-300 IEM G2 Systems
  8 x L-Acoustics Arcs
  4 x L-Acoustics dV-Subs
Microphones
  10 x Shure UHF MA Radio Mic systems
  6 x Shure UHF MA Hand Held Mics
  4 x Shure SM 81
  4 x KSM 32′s
  3 x Shure SM 91′s
  10 x Shure SM 98′s
  12 x Shure SM 57′s
  17 x Shure SM 58′s
  4 x Shure Beta 52A’s
  4 x Shure Beta 56A’s
  3 x Beyer M-88′s
  20 x Countryman Type 85 DI’s

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Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Priscilla

Based on the 1994 Stephan Elliott film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical, tells the story of drag queens traveling through the Australian desert to put on a cabaret show.

Priscilla had its World Premiere at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney in 2006, and is now headed for the Regent Theatre, Melbourne.
Priscilla

Tour dates 2006 – 2009
Sound Designer Michael Waters
Head of Sound Andrew Foster
Radio Mic Technician James Kohler
Sound Technician Rachelle Holowko
FOH Speaker System
  24 x L-Acoustics dV-Dosc
  8 x L-acoustics dV-Subs
  4 x L-Acoustics Arcs
  4 x L-Acoustics SB-218 Subwoofers
  3 x L-Acoustics MTB-112b Enclosures
Amplifiers 16 x Crown MA5002VZ Amplifiers
FOH Drive system
  4 x BSS Varicurve FCS-926
  4 x BSS Omni Drive FDS-366
  1 x BSS Stereo Eq FCS-960
  1 x BSS Varicurve remote FPC-900r
Effects Speaker System
  12 x Meyer UPM2
  7 x JBL Eons 15″
  2 x JBL Eons 10″
FOH Control
  1 x Yamaha PM5D-RH Digital Console
  1 x Yamaha O3D 16Ch Console
  1 x Midas XL-88
  2 x 360 Systems Instant Replay units
  3 x Klark Technik DN-728 Delays
  1 x Roland SDE3000 Delay
  1 x TC Electronic 2290 Delay
Monitor Equipment
  1 x 9 Station Aviom Personal Monitoring System
  2 x Shure PSM 700 In Ear Monitor Systems
  1 x Yamaha 3210 Monitor Console
Radio Mics/Mics
  16 x Shure UHF-MA Radio Mic Systems
  16 x Sennheiser 1046 Radio Mic Systems
  32 x DPA 4066 Headset Microphones
  2 x Neumann KM-841
  2 x Neumann U-89i
  4 x AT4050
  4 x AT4050
  2 x Shure Beta 57
  1 x Shure Beta 52
  3 x Shure 565
  1 x Sennheiser BF-509
  12 x Countryman Type 85 DI Box

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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

Human Nature – Dancing In The Street

In a new production, directed by Dein Perry of Tap Dog fame, Human Nature performed in the round on their 2007 tour.
Human Nature 2007

Photo – Josh Neufeld

Tour dates June 22 – July 7 2007
System Designer Pat Richardson
FOH Engineer David Rudder
Monitor Engineer Phil Kesby
Audio Crew Brendan Keane, Simon Farrel, Matt Owsnett
Speaker System L-Acoustics VDOSC system
  30 x V-Dosc Elements
  36 x dV-Dosc Elements
  12 x SB-218 Subs
Amplifiers 48 x Crown MA-5002-VZ Amplifiers
Monitor System
  10 x Clair 12AM Monitor Speaker
  2 x Dolby Lake CDLP Processors
  11 x Shure PSM600 Personal Monitor Systems
  10 x Shure PSM700 Personal Monitor Systems
Consoles and control
F.O.H. 1 x Midas H3000 Heritage Console
  7 x BSS 402 Compressors
  1 x DBX 160 SL Compressor
  2 x Drawmer DS201 Noise Gates
  1 x Lexicon PCM90 Reverb
  1 x Eventide H-3000 SE Harmoniser
  1 x TC-Electronics D-Two Delay
  1 x KT 728 Delay
  3 x Yamaha SPX 990 Multi effects units
  1 x KT 728 Delay
  2 x L-Acoustics 108P Near Field Monitors
Monitor 1 x Yamaha PM5D-RH
Radio Mics
  16ch Shure U-Series Radio mic

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