Mackie SWA1501 500W Subwoofer - Still in Warranty! - $1300 ono - FREE DELIVERY MELB METRO AREA!!!

We can’t praise this unit enough, and we loved it both times we used it… quite literally this unit has been used on two events! It’s brand new and has no scratches! We purchased it before we purchased our main FOH speakers, and well, they pack a punch and really don’t need this sub. It would be a perfect addition to any band PA or DJ system and we are basically throwing it away for $1300 or nearest offer. We have the original receipt and manuals and it is still in warranty! Official info as follows:

The SWA1501 features an internal 500-Watt Mackie FR (Fast Recovery) Series amplifier and a high-precision 15″ transducer, custom designed for optimal performance with the amp and enclosure. Onboard Mackie Active electronics ensure seamless integration of the amplifier and transducer at all times, creating a system that is highly efficient and versatile.

SOLID WOOD CONSTRUCTION
For High-output loudspeakers, real wood just sounds better—and it looks better, too! The SWA1501 enclosure is made of select 18mm Baltic birch plywood and finished in black splatter paint. Carrying handles are integrated into each side for easy loading. Since you will probably want the mid/high pack nearby, a pole mount receptacle is strategically placed on top of the enclosure.

Contact Geordie by emailing info@ttec.net.au for more info!

TTEC then did some research and found an article in the New South Wales Taxi Driver’s Magazine ‘Meter’ from September of 2007, see www.nswtaxi.org.au/public/meter/Meter%20editions/Meter_August07.pdf It explained that in NSW they have been trialing Hybrid vechiles as taxis since January 2006 and that the results show that drivers could save up to 30% on their fuel bill.

We were unable to find any direct information about the Hybrid Taxis in use in Melbourne, but we did find information from Toyota www.toyota.com.au/hybrid and also information relating to Toyota’s plans to build a new Camry in Melbourne.

We would love a TTEC Hybrid Car, but at the moment they are too expensive! What we would love is a Hybrid Van! For more information on carbon neutral events please CONTACT TTEC!

“Smorgon heir puts money into green service stations” “At a tiny service station in High Street, Prahran, under the brand name Conservo, Mr Edwards and his business partners will start selling E10 (unleaded petrol blended with 10 per cent ethanol), B20 (diesel blended with 20 per cent biodiesel) and B100 (100 per cent biodiesel) to the public. E10 is suitable for use in all petrol vehicles and both the B20 and the B100 can be used in standard diesel engines. The fuels all have claimed lower carbon emissions than standard petrol and diesel.”

I drove across to Prahran today to get a haircut. For me, a normal trip to Prahran would be via public transport, as that side of town is congested, busy and has little parking. But i remembered this morning that my car, a 1994 Toyota 4Runner (3.2lt 4 cylinder diesel) was low on petrol, so i made the decision to drive and select one of the two diesel fuels on offer at Conservo. The two fuels on offer were B20 (20% bio diesel, and 80% petrol diesel) which i have used before, and B100 (100% bio diesel) which i had planned to try this morning and ‘bite the bullet’ so to speak.

My car had previously run quite well on B20, and had cured ‘Jack’ (my car) of an idling problem that previously required constant adjustment of the choke. I believe the reason it cured the car of this problem was due to its thinner liquid content. Now for those of you who are unfamiliar with this new service station, it is an entirely new concept, and the coming together of some great people, a few businessman, a few environmentalists, a marketing manager and a lawyer. Who would have thought? The service station is owned by the Victor Smorgan Groups biofuel company Energetix, and incorporates the selling of biofuels with an environmental ideas shop, an organic cafe, carshare facilities, and a car park (for increase revenue).

I had done a great deal of research on bio fuels, sourcing information from both sides of the debate. Currently there are three main service stations offering a complete package of biofuel options. See here for more information. Once immersed in biofuel information, i soon found out that both sides of this complex debate have their extreme activists and critics. I spoke to a generator hire company owner who essentially told me that i was a “f**kwit” if i chose to put that “f**king c**p” in my car engine. I also spoke to a bio fuel producer, who currently runs his car on homemade biodiesel and claims that cars were really designed for use with biofuels, but that there was a conspiracy run by a few rich men who owned oil companies. The amount of information available on the internet is vast and most of it is reliable. There are forum and homepage sites for most states and territories in Australia. A simple Google search will open up the information floodgates!

From Conservo Homepage (today) July 8th 2008…

“The Conservo pilot at 118 High St, Prahran was a resounding success. We are now on the lookout for a new, long term, site.”

Thats right, i turn up at Conservo, feeling all warm and fuzzy inside to think that my car can run virtually carbon neutral for a week or so, and am confronted with a barren, stripped petrol station for lease. No cafe, no petrol pumps, no rain water tanks, no carshare spots, no carpark, no organic snacks, no biofuel, and no conservo. Now my detective skills tell me that that message on the conservo website was placed there as long ago as June 29th (thank you google caching), but what i want to know is…

What went wrong?

“The Hayloft is a theatre laboratory. Each Project is based on a series of questions and hypotheses; investigations, not only into our chosen subject matter, but also interrogations of the form of theatre itself. “, Simon Stone, Artistic Director.The Theatrical Events Company (TTEC) was contacted less than two weeks before the 2nd of February, by Simon Stone, the director of the Hayloft Project, with a request for services. The lead up time was short, and the pressure was already present, but Geordie Barker (TTEC’s Managing Director), took to the challenge with open arms.

The Space. The space in use was the undercover carpark/empty warehouse of “Kindred” studios in Footscray, a band and dance rehearsal space. The warehouse had a high ceiling and was quite long and rectangular in space. The meeting between Simon Stone (Hayloft Director), Nic Halliwell (Pipedream Director) and Geordie Barker (TTEC) created the perfect forum to design the space. The group decided to select a few main focal points in the space. The rear wall featured horizontal steel supports, that could act like shelves for a light source, or a light installation. The large frosted weathered, cracked and quite classic windows would allow for some substance to the room and as a perfect platform for ambient light. The large segmented concrete slab wall along the side of the space created a perfect canvas for some moving light work.Before Photos:

The group decided to create two main areas in the space; a chillout area, and a rock out area. It was decided that the band should be on the same level as the audience to bring the audience to them.The mood in each area was clear, the lighting had direction, the sound system had its players, and the event also had some good momentum. The acts to play through the evening would be three bands (The Bellows, On Like Kong and Manners), plus a set of DJs (Bullshit Rare).

The LightingThe lighting, whilst varying throughout the space, all revolved around one main area of focus, the stage. Through the use of moving lights and led colour changing technology, the stage space came alive.

The SoundUsing TTEC’s Mackie Sound System kept the guests dancing well into the night…

The Specs4 x DTS Delta Moving Head LED Units, 4 x MAC 250 Entour Moving Lights, 4 x LED Par 64, 2 x Mackie SA1521z, 2 x Mackie SWA1501 Sub Units, 1 x Yamaha MG16/6 Mixing Console…

The Crew and Creatives (Launch Party)
Lighting Design by Geordie Barker
Sound System Design by Geordie Barker
Lighting Operation by Peter Darby
Sound Operation by James 
Crew: Geoff Adams, Geordie Barker, Peter Darby, Edward Dowling, Harry Cope
Transport: Neil Barker

Thanks to the amazing Nic Halliwell, the cool calm and collected Simon Stone, and all those at the Hayloft for putting on such an awesome party!

A house of three different families hold a trivia night for the benefit of poor and disadvantaged Mongolian Children. 

On Sunday the 12 of January the “Ambrose Music Trivia Night” was held for the benefit of the “Lotus Children’s Fund”, in Anglesea on the Surf Coast of Victoria. This yearly event is produced by a household of 3 different families, The Lamborns, The Evans, and The Barkers. The event is now in its third year of operation, and TTEC was there to share the experience.

The event was conceived just over three years ago by Bernadette O’Connor, A Speech Pathologist from Moonee Ponds in Melbourne. Her cousin Didi Kalika (Gabriel), an Australian kindergarten teacher, living in Ulaanbaatar established the Lotus Centre alongside some friends in 1995. She describes it as “a place for children who come from the most terrorible backgrounds… a chance to change their lives for the better.” The centre gives children in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia a chance to make a positive future through quality education, meaningful education and by creating family groups, consisting of 10 children to one housemother. The centre also helps many ultra poor families with income projects and food assistance, so that poverty does not tear their family apart. The centre is not a large organization and as such almost all the workers are volunteers, the facilities are funded by donations, and as such the organisation and staff pride themselves on being “100% committed to the welfare of our kids.

The fund raising event was held in Anglesea, one and a half hours drive out of Melbourne, at a house name “Ambrose”, owned and shared by three families (The Barkers, The Evans, and The Lamborns). The guests, numbering over 60, were local residents, members of the local surf club, friends of the family, and relatives. The night consisted of 5 rounds of 10 music based questions, the 60’s, the 70’s, the 80’s, the 90’s/00’s and Musicals. As well as guessing the name of the song and the artist who sang it, teams were required to answer a bonus question relating to various facts about that group, or the era the song was released. All questions were original questions and composed by Bernadette.

The Theatrical Events Company provided services on the night free of charge, to show its support for the ongoing work of the Lotus Children’s Fund in Mongolia. The services provided by TTEC were expansive, ranging from outdoor garden lighting, to the showing of a documentary on the centre. For more information on the Lotus Childrens Fund and to make a donation please visit www.lotuschild.org For information on how TTEC can assist you with your next fundraising event or trivia night, please email us at info@ttec.net.au OR Contact Us

Technical Information

Lighting

Outdoor lighting included rope lighting in blue, highlighting the balcony area and drawing the guest on the balcony into the rest of the house; LED fairy lighting on the main scrub area of the garden, creating a beautiful centre piece of the garden and balcony view; blue fluorescent tubes washing the exterial walls of the house in blue alongside contrasting warm coloured Par 38 fittings highlighting various features of the house and garden, including the “Ambrose Surfboard” and the large gum tree in the front yard.

Ambient Lighting included uplighting in two of the main rooms using Par 16 “Birdie” fittings, in open white; the change over of existing down lights to red colored globes, and the general dimming of these fittings.

Dance Floor lighting included the very popular Hallucination Disco Effect which produces coloured beams of oil filtered moving light. A moving colour and shape changing fixture called the Dynatwin, two led pin spots that changed colour with the beat of the music, and a kaleidoscope Disco Effect, on the wall behind the DJ.

Sound

The sound system included Mackie SA1521z 500W Active Two Way Speakers in the main room, with RCF Art 310, 200W Active Two Way Speakers in each of the far rooms, a direct input into the existing Yamaha Surround Sound Stereo System. The music was played off two CDJ1000 CD Players, a Macbook Computer and mixed by a Yamaha MG 16/6 16 Channel Mixing Console. The MC used a Sennheiser Ew300 G2 Wireless Microphone Kit, and Konig and Mayer Mic Stands.

Vision

The vision included playback from a Pioneer V8000 Professional DVD Player, mixed with a Panasonic Digital Mixing Desk and projected using a Sony PX32 Projector onto a Fast Fold Screen.Tallent The MC for the evening was Bernadette O’Connor, the Sound and Lighting Designer/Operator and DJ was Geordie Barker, with thanks to Katherine Attwood.

TTEC can design packages that can include:- DJs with all genres of music, ranging from Top 40, to the classics of the 70’s- Room Lighting to create great ambience- Disco Effects, to create the ultimate dance floor- Sound Systems, for music all night, speeches, bands and presentations-  Projectors and Plasma Screens to display photos or videoOur packages start from just $200, so if you need something to make your party complete, call TTEC on (03) 9016-0039 or email us at info@ttec.net.au

This simple act has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world. As a result, at 8pm on the 29 March, 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane, Tel Aviv and Manila will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.”