AES Developing Mobile App for San Francisco Convention

SAN FRANCISCO — AES is launching an app to keep attendees and others informed about the association’s 133^rd convention, set for Oct. 26-29 (conference) and Oct. 27-29 (exhibition).

CHARLOTTE, NC — ATK Audiotek supported the audio needs at the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC), held here in early September, with 474 of its Powersoft DIGAM K10 amplifiers. All had been upgraded all with DSP cards, and the upgraded gear, which gave the crew a new measure of control over processing, monitoring and other functionality using Powersoft’s Armonía Pro Audio Suite, was used for the first time at the convention, held within Time Warner Cable Arena.

NEW YORK — The Electric Zoo Festival rocked Randall’s Island in the East River here over Labor Day weekend with wall-to-wall sound and light, growing from a total draw of 26,000 in its first year (2009) to more than 100,000 over three days in 2012. Sonic Lab Audio, Integral Sound and Eighth Day Sound supported the festival with d&b audiotechnik gear for all four stages.

LOS ANGELES – Madonna’s MDNA Tour is drawing capacity crowds to stadiums around the world. The show features 11 musicians, 22 dancers, multiple costume changes, a novel staging and graphic design and an audio system from Eighth Day Sound that includes two DiGiCo SD7s at Front of House and another on monitors. The SD7 is a step up for monitor engineers Matt Napier and Sean Speuhler, who were using a D5T on Madonna’s previous Sticky & Sweet Tour.

SAN FRANCISCO — Train’s California 37 tour has been rolling along with gear provided by Delicate Productions, including Martin MLA system, DiGiCo SD10 consoles for FOH and monitors, Martin Audio 5.2 amplifiers and Sennheiser G3 IEM personal monitor systems. The tour crew included Train’s FOH engineer Rob Thomas and monitor engineer Rob Greene, along with system engineer Phil Reynolds and system techs Kenny Kaiser and Russ Cunningham.

AKRON, OH — Although a 34-speaker setup had been proposed for Bridgestone Americas’ 260,000-square-foot worldwide technical center here, Audio Video Interiors was able to cover the space with just three Renkus-Heinz Iconyx steered arrays.