Here’s some of the performers and events using Jands Production Services this month.
| Concert Tours | Theatre | Corporate |
| Rihanna / Chris Brown | Little Women | Australian Idol – |
| Eros Ramazzotti | Las Vegas | – TV shows |
| Def Leppard | Priscilla | – Grand Final |
| Snoop Dog | Rocky Horror | Live at the Applestore |
| Billy Joel |
During October JPS will have equipment and crews on tour, in the theatre and at a host of corporate events. Here’s some of the performers and events using Jands Production Services this month.
| Concert Tours | Theatre | Corporate |
| Stevie Wonder | Rocky Horror | Live at the Applestore |
| Rihanna / Chris Brown | Priscilla – | Toyota Motor Show stand |
| Eros Ramazzotti | – Queen of the Desert | NRL – Grand final |
| Def Leppard | Sydney Dance Co. Sid’s | Sony Foundation Ball |
| Simple Plan | – Waltzing Masquerade | Australian Idol |
| Snoop Dog | Little Women | Media Federation Awards |
| Michael Franti | Godspell – | Youth in Search |
| & Spearhead | – at Barker College | Footy Show Final |
| Supergrass | UBS |
Over the past 12 months Australian audiences have seen an extraordinary variety of concerts and tours. As the country’s leading supplier of audio and production services Jands was chosen to provide the equipment, expertise and people to make these shows a success.
| Arcade Fire | Arctic Monkeys | Asanee & Wasan |
| Backstreet Boys | Big Day Out | Black Eyed Peas |
| Bloc Party | Blues Festival | Bon Jovi |
| Bryan Ferry | Burt Bacharach | Celine Dion |
| Christine Aguilera | Countdown Spectacular | Crowded House |
| Cyndi Lauper | Daft Punk | Darren Hayes |
| David Campbell | DJ Shadow & Hard Cell | Duran Duran |
| Eason Chan | Elton John | Fall Out Boy |
| Feel Good Festival | Foo Fighters | Gigantor |
| Good Charlotte | Good Vibrations Festival | Guns N Roses |
| Guy Sebastian | Gwen Stefani | Harry Connick Jr |
| Heaven & Hell | Hilary Duff | Him |
| Hinder | Human Nature | Jack Johnson |
| Jacky Cheung | James Blunt | Morrison & Hines |
| Joe Cocker | Joe Jackson | John Fogerty |
| Josh Groban | Kaiser Chiefs | KD Lang |
| Kelly Clarkson | Kings Of Leon | Kiss |
| Lionel Richie | Live Earth | Marilyn Manson |
| Maroon 5 | Matchbox 20 | Muse |
| My Chemical Romance | Nine Inch Nails | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Paul Kelly | Rage Against the Machine | Randy Crawford |
| Roc Tha Block | Rogue Traders | Rufus Wainwright |
| Sammi Cheng | Sinead O’Connor | Snow Patrol |
| Starstruck 2008 | Steely Dan | Sum 41 & Yellowcard |
| Taste of Chaos | The Killers | The Veronicas |
| Thirsty Merc | Tsai Chin | Urban Music Awards |
| V Festival | War of the Worlds | WWE |
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.”
Download / read the complete article. [PDF – 564KB]
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 |
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 | |
In a new production, directed by Dein Perry of Tap Dog fame, Human Nature performed in the round on their 2007 tour.
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 |
Audio production for Kylies’ triumphant Showgirl Homecoming tour, which kicked off on November 11 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre was supplied by Jands Production Services. Front of house engineer Chris Pyne specified an L-ACOUSTICS system consisting of 48 V-DOSC elements, 32 SB 218 subs, 16 Arcs and 18 dV-DOSC cabinets. The system is powered by 66 Crown MA5002 amplifiers.
JPS used the Kylie tour to debut one of its new Dolby Lake Processor (DLP) drive racks made up of 4 x LP4D12 units and a Motion 1200 wireless tablet.
“They sound very, very nice,” said Pat Richardson, JPS’s crew chief. “I believe that they are quite a marked development audio wise and you can definitely hear the difference.” Other JPS crew on the tour includes Cameron Elias, Dave Richardson and Simon Farrell.
Chris Pyne is also trialing an experimental convolution reverb that Dolby/Lake has produced
“As far as I know it’s the only one that exists,” Chris revealed. “It can alter parameters by computer, convolution reverbs are usually just a sampled space such as a room and that’s all you get. This model has sampled spaces that you can adjust the parameters on and that’s very interesting. Bruce Jackson, who works for Dolby, spoke about this prototype when I visited him in the US recently where he is doing front of house for Barbra Streisand.”
JPS has added a Digidesign VENUE D-Show™ system to its already extensive range of consoles.
Greg Nelson pictured with the Digidesign Venue console at Sydney’s Acer Arena
Speaking about the purchase JPS General manager, Jim Straw, said “JPS purchased the Digidesign VENUE as part of our commitment to supplying the latest technology to our clients. Due to its stable platform, reliability and constant appearance on technical riders. We are now the first rental company in Australia to offer a fully optioned 96ch D-Show Console.”
The Digidesign VENUE console has made its debut for JPS on the current Pearl Jam tour with front of house engineer Greg Nelson in the drivers seat. Having graduated from a Midas XL4 to a Yamaha PM5D last year, Greg decided to switch to the VENUE console four months ago.
I’m very comfortable operating the VENUE, stated Greg at the band’s sold-out Sydney gig. It’s laid out so well and is very user friendly. It sounds fantastic and makes my job so much easier. I can go anywhere with just my USB key, plug into the console and my whole mix is up. I believe that making the switch from an analogue console to the VENUE is easier than any other digital console. You’re not consciously thinking about how to do things, you just find yourself doing it instinctively. It makes the mixing more emotion driven than cerebral.
Greg believes that the wide variety of plug-ins available for the VENUE bring a whole new element to a live digital console. They add all sorts of different colour to everything, he said. It makes the console a lot of fun to mix on.
The Pearl Jam audio rig supplied by JPS also included an L-Acoustics V-DOSC speaker system, Crown amplifiers and BSS system drive whilst the band tours its own monitoring equipment.
JPS has been fantastic and Paul Schofield in particular has taken great care of me, added Greg. When turned on, the PA sounded just as it should and that’s all you can ask for. Everything I requested via email was here and working perfectly. The JPS crew (Tristan Johnson, Guy Gilchrest and Tim Seconi) are nice, pleasant to be around and it’s been a really good experience.