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thursday 14 august 2008
AMAC 2008 was organised by the AMA (Australian Music Association). The show was predominantly staged as a way of showing musical instrument retailers the latest in guitars, drums, valve trombones, pianos and expensive ukuleles, plus a few seminars and informal discussion. There was also a bit of pro audio gear there, not as much as you'd see at an Entech or SMPTE exhibition, or perhaps even next year's Integrate show. For us, it was a bit like wandering through a music store that has a PA section in the corner to compliment their instruments. But we still had fun, and there was plenty to look at.
Anyway...the AMA do a great job of pulling the industry together like some kind of go-go-gadget-spiderweb, so good on them for coming to Melbourne for the first time this year.
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Wrap up from AMAC 2008
As the sun sets on AMAC 2008, we stop and trawl through the hours upon hours 50 mins or so of video footage we took, and have turned it into a short clip for all to see. You'll see what we saw: quite a few new products, a bunch of exhibitors trying to show their goods to as many dealers as possible, and a few familiar faces.
AMAC 2008 was organised by the AMA (Australian Music Association). The show was predominantly staged as a way of showing musical instrument retailers the latest in guitars, drums, valve trombones, pianos and expensive ukuleles, plus a few seminars and informal discussion. There was also a bit of pro audio gear there, not as much as you'd see at an Entech or SMPTE exhibition, or perhaps even next year's Integrate show. For us, it was a bit like wandering through a music store that has a PA section in the corner to compliment their instruments. But we still had fun, and there was plenty to look at.
Anyway...the AMA do a great job of pulling the industry together like some kind of go-go-gadget-spiderweb, so good on them for coming to Melbourne for the first time this year.Here's our take on the show: We took a stroll down there on the Monday (the last day of the show), to find the exhibitors a bit worn out...possibly following a little more sauce than they're used to consuming over the weekend. Perfect time for us to pull the camera out and start rolling. This is Factory Sound TV.
We've put model numbers for the new gear into this clip. Watch for them hitting our website over the next couple of days.
sunday 10 august 2008
Help us catch a thief
Usually you'll find us in good (often great) spirits both in and out of the shop, but Olympic Friday 08.08.08, we woke up in a foul mood. The burglary alarm went off at about 4.44am Friday...we've been invaded by a thief.
We got some great video footage on our CCTV, so once we've got clearance, it will be posted here. In the meantime, please keep an eye out for us if you can. We'd love to make sure some justice is served.
The burglar had a rummage through our computer music room, but the 2 macs were well secured. He did a little damage trying unsuccessfully to detach them from the security lock.
Here's the one that will hopefully unstick the unfortunate individual...he took a TL Audio VP-1 preamp. We don't imagine there are many of them in Australia. We've still got the box, including serial number 160291 and spec sheet signed by Tony Larking.
For those who don't like clicking...here's a pic:
For those who want to keep an eye out, this is what else he took: Pioneer DJM800 DJ Mixer, Numark TTXUSB Turntable, Klark Teknik SQ1D Dynamics Processor (purple in colour), the TL Audio VP-1 Recording Preamp, Fostex D2424LV 24 Track Recorder, Behringer Xenyx 1204FX mixing console, Denon DNS3500 CD Player, Avalon U5 Instrument DI.
The Denon DNS3500 might be another clue if you're looking....he smashed off the spinning platter on his way out, so the unit is basically rooted for stunt use (though it will still play CDs).
He left us with some damaged goods: Apple MacBookPro 15", Apple iMac20", Pioneer CDJ400 and Joe Meek OneQ.
Really, at the low prices we normally sell this stuff for, he should have just walked in the front door during business hours and asked for a deal. What a prick.
Hopefully, with a bunch of audio-minded people packing it into South Melbourne for the AMAC show at Jeff's Shed, we can listen out for anything out of the ordinary.
Please keep an eye out if you can.
Thanks. More to follow!
here's the VP-1 document we have (pdf)
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