Film Equipment News

Musical tools for film

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:59

A first time exhibitor at Mediatech Africa was Donovan Rasch, director of Tradelius Music Group.

“I didn’t expect the show to be as good as it was. The response has been really good. We did actual business at our stand and now have a lot of leads to follow up from. It was brilliant for networking and showing our goods which are mainly musical instruments.

“Tradelius is a distributor for 40 brands. Three of our main brands are Pearl Drums, Phonic Pro Audio and Kurzweil. We do exclusive distribution, so we supply dealers and have five retail stores,” explained Rasch.

One of the products on show was the Ultrasone studio headphone. “It is a German headphone brand and is suitable in any application, especially studio use, but it is special in that it is designed to actually protect the hearing of the user,” continued Rasch. “The speakers are off-set to direct sound into the inner and outer ear, which reduces acoustic pressure. It also produces a natural surround sound which prevents hearing fatigue. There are different versions with varying isolation types like open back systems, which allow for more room acoustics.”

Tradelius had a Kurzweil PC3K8 keyboard on display. Rasch pointed out that a lot of movie and theatre production scores are done on Kurzweil Keyboards, including The Phantom of the Opera. “It is also special in that it has the closest reproduction of a Hammond organ sound.”

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