“This new i4 system is amazing. For years and years we used the Clair S4 system, which was great in its own way. It had a lot of punch but the highs didn’t project like they could have. Meanwhile, the bottom end of the i4 is much cleaner, much tighter than the S4. It’s quite amazing how the high end projects – everyone in the house is getting top quality sound.”
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No giant polyurethane walls to knock down, no huge inflatable animals and no pyrotechnics to rival Vesuvius…
But the music Roger Waters wrote for Pink Floyd has an inherent grandiose scale despite the lack of side-show shenanigans. Not to say that Roger embarked on the tour with only a Transit van full of gear, a six pack of beer and a couple of mates – this is a serious production involving a 10-piece band, large crew, and a JPS-supplied Clair Bros i4 PA system. Also of interest was the use of a ‘quad’ PA system.
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Face-painting, glam rock, mega band Kiss gave their fans one last guitar smokin’, fire-breathing, pyrotechnic tour of Australia during April. When they first cranked out ‘Rock And Roll All Night’ to Australian fans twenty years ago, their sound quality could not have hoped to match the clarity and coverage of this tour.
Jands Production Services provided the JBL VERTEC Line Array System for the first time for a full nationwide tour of major entertainment venues, including the Burswood Dome in Perth on April 1 and concluded on the Gold Coast on April 13.
The 36, 4889 VERTEC cabinets were flown in two columns, 18 deep on either side of the stage and they were powered by Crown MA 5002 VZ amps.
Although the Opening of the ‘Australian National Museum’ in Canberra took place on March 2001, ESS (Edwin Shirley Staging) came across these photos in their archives and have kindly allowed us to display them on our site.
JPS’s JBL VerTec System made its outdoor debut in Australia for the Event which featured Midnight Oil as the headlining act.
Revolutionary line source array technology has been used at outdoor events for the first time in Australia. The new V-DOSC system performed flawlessly to huge crowds at the recent Jazz in the Domain performance, the Olympics closing concert featuring Savage Garden, and at the Olympic Volunteers concert.
The V-DOSC system was supplied by Jands Production Services, the newly appointed network partner for V-DOSC rentals. Part owner and head of sound operations, Peter Ratcliffe, says he was amazed at its performance.
“We were stunned with the near-field response of the system over the entire 180 metre coverage area,” he says. “We were able to achieve a uniform coverage with stable imaging back to the performance area and a coherent full frequency response to crowds of up to 40,000.”
The system comprised 34 V-DOSC and six dV-DOSC elements with 20 SB218 subwoofers and four ARCS cabinets, all powered by Crown MA5000 amplifiers and flown 17 metres off the ground from two support towers
Manufactured by Paris-based L-Acoustics, V-DOSC is gaining rapid acceptance throughout the world due to its unique features and superior performance. The system represents an enormous improvement over conventional systems in terms of size, power, pattern control, near-field response and fast set-up time
Artists from Pavarotti to Van Halen, Supertramp, Rod Stewart and Metallica are currently touring with V-DOSC speaker systems while other uses include the most recent Grammys, Superbowl, Academy Awards, and the current London productions of Mamma Mia and The Witches of Eastwick.
Jands Production Services, Australia’s leading supplier of sound, lighting and rigging systems, joined forces with L-Acoustics earlier this year for all V-DOSC rentals in Australia and New Zealand.
Crowded House’s Farewell to the World concert was held on the outside footsteps of the Sydney Opera House on the night of the 24 November 1996, The concert was originally scheduled for the night before but was delayed by rain. Despite the change of date the concert attracted a crowd of more than 100,000 people, […]
The Living in the U.S.A. Tour included concerts played in the U.S. as well as Australia and Japan. Jands Concert Productions supplied the sound, lighting and stage roof for the Australian leg of the tour. Dates: 16 February 1979 Sydney Showground 24 February 1979 Melbourne Cricket Grounds Band: Linda Ronstadt – Vocals Waddy Wachtel – […]
1978 was the peak of Electric Light Orchestra’s popularity with Out Of The Blue as their best selling album yet, a wildly popular stage show, and general high respect from radio and music critics. ELO brought their symphonic rock and laser lighting show to Australia in February 1978. Nothing on this scale had been seen […]
Rockarena was promoted as the biggest outdoor concert ever staged in Australia, with headliners Fleetwood Mac supported by, Santana, Little River Band, Kevin Borich Express and Creation. Dates – 1977 Nov 11 RAS Showgrounds, Sydney Nov 13 Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne Sound System – Clair Brothers 32 x Clair S4 Speaker Cabinets, each containing: 2 […]
Rumours was released on the 4th of February 1977 and on 28 February, after rehearsing at SIR Studios in Los Angeles, Fleetwood Mac started a seven month-long promotional tour of America. In late 1977 they arrived in Australia and headlined the massive outdoor “Rockarena” shows in Sydney and Melbourne. They also played smaller indoor shows […]
