Here's the August e-news from Sound Techniques and four weeks notice of the Pro Audio Showcase 2017Thursday September 7th and Friday September 8th at the Victory Church Convention Centre, Beaumont St, Auckland.
Exhibitors confirmed thus far are Sound Techniques, Protel, Oceania Audio, Live Sound, Musicworks, Murray Tregonning and Associates, Showtechnix. More are close to confirming. I'll leave them to contact you.
The Pro Audio Showcase celebrates its 10th anniversary and the core exhibitors have been involved since the first show was held in the old Film Facilities building in Freemans Bay in 2007. It occurs every 2 years and it's solely about professional audio.
Entry is free, pre-registration essential.
Aimed at industry professionals, take the opportunity to find out about new gear, meet old friends and perhaps score a t-shirt or a goodie bag
Click the links or contact Sound Techniques if you'd like more information on any of the articles. Stephen Buckland, Sound Techniques
It's Showtime, Pro Audio Showcase, September 7th and 8th
Every 2 years since 2007 the Pro Audio Showcase has been staged in Auckland.
It brings together major professional audio equipment suppliers for two days to show their wares.
Expect hands-on opportunities to try equipment in a neutral environment, a chance to network with other professionals, giveaways, experts and more.
The Victory Church Convention Centre has ample free parking in a handy downtown location. Register your interest here now.
N.B. Sound Techniques' store will be closed for the duration of the Showcase.
At the Showcase We'll Be Demonstrating
Lectrosonics Venue 2, WM, SMQV, IFB, Wireless Designer in action
Sound Devices; 633, 688 mixers with automix and the MixPre-3 and MixPre-6 recorders
Rycote with plenty of different methods of wind protection for microphones
Ursa Straps, body belts and lavalier microphone accessories
Timecode Systems; a complete system in action including the tiny UltraSync One
Adam Audio monitors for the discerning professional
Sonosax; Swiss audio engineering at its best
Sanken; microphones
Rentals: our rentals inventory is always increasing
Countryman lapel microphones and headsets
Hide-a-Mic, the best way to attach a Sanken COS-11
Panamic carbon fibre boom poles
Meet Our New Guy, Ozan Turan
We welcome Ozan Turan to Sound Techniques.
Ozan manages the rentals department and inwards and outwards goods as well as help with sales and supporting customers..
He’s “obsessively passionate about sound”. He’s a musician with his own studio and band and he enjoys finding and restoring old and classic equipment.
Ozan recently completed his education in Audio Engineering and Music Production at MAINZ and graduated with distinction.
He also has a professional background in management in a corporate environment with degrees in business and economics.
When you call or visit Sound Techniques please introduce yourself and help Ozan ease into the job.
More IFB/IEM's in Rentals
Productions keep demanding more IFB equipment so we've boosted the stock with the addition of several Sennheiser IEM300 receivers in the B band.
The transmitters can either be mains powered 2-channel or portable body pack single channel. Other brand transmitters can emulate the Sennheiser transmitters too so we are able to boost our stock of usable receivers by adding the IEM300s
Now in stock at Sound Techniques, the Hide-a-mic for COS11 is a new and innovative tool especially designed to easily hide a Sanken COS11 lavalier microphone under any piece of clothing. The set contains 4 different holders each with its own application. Unlike conventional microphone holders, Hide-a-mic holders are very easy to apply. You just pick the right holder, put in place and you are ready to roll. There 4 different holders in a set. Bra-holder
The bra is generally a good place to hide a microphone, but it's always a hassle to place it. Just give the mic in the holder to the talent and the wearer can apply it easily without damaging the bra. Shirt-holder
This holder is placed just above the button under a shirt. With the special design and strain relief the mic will stay in its place and the sound will be perfect. Tie-holder
The Tie-holder is the original Hide-a-mic. After watching the hit series 'Suits' the designer thought a special tool to hide microphones in the knot of a tie could be very useful. You run the microphone from the back of the tie down through the knot. Then apply the holder and push it back in the knot easily and neatly. T-shirt-holder
This is the most versatile of them all. The very small design that can be placed behind a seam of a t-shirt It is also usable as a small Tie-holder, in a scarf, with a Stickie in a coat, etc, etc. You can even put it in a small windjammer to protect it against wind. The T-shirt-holder is easy to apply and delivers good sound quality.
The Hide-a-Mic is designed and developed by Eric Leek, a Dutch sound engineer with 20 years of experience in field recording. After years of hiding microphones for series, feature film and numerous documentaries he got the idea for this handy set. So Hide-a-mic is made for sound engineers by sound engineers.
Have a talk with us about ways of applying lapel mics at the Pro Audio Showcase.
606-622 MHz now in use (part of Lectrosonics Block 23, 24)
The frequencies between 606 MHz and 622 MHz, for many years a usable block of spectrum for radio microphones, though officially out of bounds since March 2015, is now in active use in Auckland. Management rights (MR 369 – Te Pūtahi Paoho) were conferred for Maori language purposes under Maori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Maori) Act 2003 and are now being used.
Radio microphone users are advised to avoid the block of spectrum to minimise the risk of interference from Digital Terrestrial Television and to ensure compliance with the regulations.
Shout out to:
Wayne Alexander
Auckland City Libraries
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Black Inc Media Ltd
Tim Brott
MI6
Fred Enholmer
Matua Houltham
Grant Finlay
Rex Potier
David (DR) Green
Steven Harris
Hungry City Ltd: Chris Hiles, Joel Anscombe Smith
Islington Productions, Myk and Shona Farmer
Murray Job
Nathaniel Leith
Marshall Day Acoustics Ltd; Daniel Protheroe.
Adam Martin
Massey University
MediaWorks TV; Shane Lee and co.
Gabriel Muller
New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre
New Zealand Racing Board; Mike Chesnutt, Rob Teo
Nick Otway
Outside Broadcasting Ltd: Nick Haines
Pantagruel Adrift Services, LLC Fiji
Craig Perry
Plant and Food Research
Rocket Rentals
Sky Network Television Ltd; Haresh and co.
Sami Tuomisalo
Victoria University of Wellington
Wilhelm Voigt
Carl Win
We encourage you to "try before you buy"
Rent a piece of equipment and buy your own within 2 weeks of the rental. Sound Techniques will rebate 1 week's rental towards the cost of the same equipment.
...and when you need help with the funds
FlexiRent will finance new kit for you over 12-48 month periods.
When the big job comes in and you need new gear but are strapped for cash, Sound Techniques can organise finance through a FlexiRent Operating Lease or Lease to Own plan. With an operating lease all payments are fully tax deductible and you can replace the gear after 3 years. With Lease to Own you pay the GST as a deposit then monthly payments until the equipment is paid off.
Try out the FlexiRent online calculator to work out the payments.
New deals are added to Soundfondue every week. Check out the range of products and offers changing weekly. Range includes selected Beachtek adaptors, ADAM Audio monitors and more.
Terms of trade
Sound Techniques terms of trade have been revised recently. The full version is available here Our principal terms of trade are:
1. All invoices are to be paid COD unless agreed in writing.
2. Claims arising from invoices must be made within 5 working days of invoice.
3. All goods remain the property of Sound Techniques Ltd until paid in full.
4. All overdue invoices bear interest at 20% per annum (or maximum allowed by law) on unpaid balance. There is also a $30 returned payment fee for any declined cheques/automatic withdrawals.
5. In the event of default of payment when due, all costs of collection, including legal fees and court costs, shall be paid by the debtor.
Contacts: Email Us: Stephen Buckland,
General Manager stephenb@soundtq.co.nz Diana Byrami,
Customer Relationship Manager dianab@soundtq.co.nz Ozan Turan
Pro Audio Customer Support ozant@soundtq.co.nz
Open: Monday to Friday at 08:30.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday we close at 17:00.
On Wednesday we close at 16:00, except for pickups, to allow us time for training.
We only open on weekends, public holidays and for unforeseen disasters by prior arrangement.
www.soundtq.co.nz; phone 09 366 1750; fax 09 366 1749 "we listen and give sound advice"
