Amber Technology Blog

A number of brands distributed by Amber Technology in Australia and New Zealand have been making an appearance on legendary UK singer-songwriter Sam Smith's world tour. Smith rose to instantaneous world fame following the release of his debut album Lay Me Down in 2013. In 2018, he's enjoying a cool 2.3 million sales off the back of his second album titled The Thrill of it All and continues to smash the charts while performing on the world stage for his ongoing album titled concert tour for 2018.

In a world first, DLP projector manufacturer Digital Projection have launched the INSIGHT Laser 8K - the highest resolution projector on the global market - at the CEDIA expo this month in San Diego. Boasting 25,000 lumens of laser illumination, the company’s flagship projector is in a league of its own, offering up unrivalled brightness and 33 million pixels to marvel at.

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has a vast fan base. Their televised races draw eyes and ears from around the world but they’re not alone when it comes to the challenge of mimicking the highly ear-splitting, earth-shaking racetrack experience on-screen for their viewers. Although the Association broadcasts races in Dolby Atmos, the bottlenecked technology didn’t have the accompanying microphone that could reproduce the low-frequency component of the sound of 11,000 horsepower cars launching from the starting line. Mike Rokosa, technology executive at the NHRA, went for the d:dicate™ 4007 Omnidirectional Microphone from DPA Microphones.

The annual Golden Horse Awards in Taipei has long been a magnet for prestigious film directors and producers in the Chinese language cinema realm. Last November, the movie-making industry stood still to celebrate the magic of Chinese cinema and those who make it what it is today.

The state of the art System T by Solid State Logic has been installed at the renowned The Hospital Club Studios in London UK. The project for the broadcast audio production facility was undertaken by EB Broadcast.

Onkyo has released a firmware update to add Deezer support to a range of its AV receivers and network audio devices. Deezer is one of the most popular subscription-based, streaming music services, with access to a library of more than 53 million songs.

Last week, Amber Technology exhibited at the tenth annual Integrate exhibition in Sydney - a three-day event showcasing the latest in AV technology from around the world.

It takes more than aesthetics to impress top FOH Engineers in the music industry. Karl “Snake” Newton has worked on projects with Robbie Williams, Pet Shop Boys and Craig David and knows and appreciates the level of skill and expertise that goes into great live audio. Just recently, he worked with Harry Styles for his world tour production and relied on DPA Microphones to mic up the entire drum kit, as they dotted their way across Europe before landing in Australia in April 2018.

Last weekend, Amber Technology exhibited at the Melbourne Guitar Show where we sampled some exciting new product launches and demos from Warwick, TC Electronic, Radial and so much more. To see some photos from the jam-packed weekend, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Digital Projection have released four new projectors worldwide, and you will be able to find out more about their release in Australia and New Zealand later this year at Integrate 2018.