Amber Technology Blog

Marlan Barry is among the world's most accomplished and recognised classical music and acoustic recording producers, having served as the head recording engineer for Houston Grand Opera for 15 years. He specialises in a range of different styles, including operatic, electro-acoustic and jazz. He recently assumed the recording and post-production responsibilities for The Orchestra Now main concert series, as well as The Bard Music Festival at the Frank Gehry designed Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Just recently, whilst in the midst of recording Nicholas Phan’s album “Gods & Monsters”, he used DPA’s d:dicate 4003 Omnidirectional Microphone.

There are very few microphones existing in the world that can withstand the extreme cold, moisture and wind inherent in Antarctica’s harsh environment and documentary maker Nerio Gutierrez (Playground Estudio) knows DPA is arguably the best. Last year, he and his team spent six weeks aboard the Spanish Navy’s scientific vessel, Hesperides, recording the sounds of penguin colonies, whales, zodiacs and various other marine life both on and offshore, for his film Antarctica: A Message from the Frozen Planet.

Models: UHD51, UHD65 and UHZ65

Continuing from the exciting success with the launch of the UHD65 in late 2017, it is joined by the UHZ65 and UHD51 this year, completing a range of 4K projectors that satisfies all levels of use, price and image quality.

Animal shelters are often places of much angst for the animals being rehabilitated, however with the careful persistence of the work of staff and volunteers many cats, dogs and other domesticated animals are given another shot at life with a loving family. Like the Animal Welfare League in Florida, shelters can often be overcrowded due to limited funding, and the cramped environment can have a negative effect on the already vulnerable nature of its inhabitants. With some of the animals already experiencing anxiety and panic, it can be very difficult placing them in caring homes.

With only a few weeks out, we're excited to announce our involvement at the Melbourne Guitar Show 2018, the southern hemisphere's largest guitar show! With interest growing year on year, we're expecting to welcome over 5,500 people to Caulfield Racecourse at the 2018 show.

Infocomm were host to a number of exciting product launches this year; including Radial's new Dante enabled DI-Boxes and Luxeport's all-new charging and holding solution. However, none were more expansive than Digital Projection's announcement of a total of four new projectors across three of their ranges and the impressive innovation announcements of the IP60-rated 100% sealed optics and its proprietary ColorBoost and Red Laser technology.

• LuxePort is the ultimate expression of refined aesthetics in an iPad charger and mount.
• The new LuxePort range is a complete system offering sleek and lightweight LuxePort Cases made of precision machined aluminium and stations for charging on table-top or wall.
• Available in Black, White or Silver finishes.
• LuxePort performs in even the most demanding commercial environments. 

New Zealand singer, songwriter and producer Lorde’s 2017 whirlwind Melodrama Tour has been making waves across the globe, including at some of the most renowned music festivals. Front of House Engineer Philip Harvey was awarded the task of engineering for the tour.

The Art of Foley is a fascinating one. It takes precision and unwavering attention to detail to do properly – an aspect of the form Foley mixer Geordy Sincavage is all too familiar with. Sincavage owns Sinc Sound, a company that creates sound effects and ambient sound for film and television. With the absence of an audio library, Sincavage uses everyday objects like paperclips for dogs’ paws and plungers for horse’s hooves, to capture the native, realistic sound of an object, artificially. He depends on DPA Microphones’ d:dicate 4006A Omnidirectional Microphones to maintain the standard in quality he needs.

Jacquire King’s new studio ‘LBT’ is an innovative space. Built to allow for what he describes as ‘creative elbow room’, it showcases King’s rich collection of instruments from over the years, all within arm’s reach.