I got to tell you we are so lucky to have gearslutz. It brings more audio people together then any other one thing. The gearslut booth was rockin the whole day with so many old friends and new friends. Thanks Jules for making this place possible. I had the best time today.
I got to tell you we are so lucky to have gearslutz. It brings more audio people together then any other one thing. The gearslut booth was rockin the whole day with so many old friends and new friends. Thanks Jules for making this place possible. I had the best time today.
I really enjoyed talking with James Lugo in the GS booth on Saturday. Hope these kind of events continue in the future.......our crew talked a lot about the small size of the show and all the missing usual suspects as we drove home last night. Our industry seems to be shrinking. Hope AES shows continue to be viable in the future.
I really enjoyed talking with James Lugo in the GS booth on Saturday. Hope these kind of events continue in the future.......our crew talked a lot about the small size of the show and all the missing usual suspects as we drove home last night. Our industry seems to be shrinking. Hope AES shows continue to be viable in the future.
Rick - which of the usual suspects were missing? Mind sharing? Doesn't look good for me making it up tomorrow....
Rick - which of the usual suspects were missing? Mind sharing? Doesn't look good for me making it up tomorrow....
Well, Avid/Digidesign certainly left a gaping hole with their absence!
There may have been a small presence with their distributors (although I didn't see it) but I couldn't find Manley or UA. AMS Neve if there, was hiding.
Microphones and boutique mfgs were well represented. Crowd was somewhat thin, but that is certainly an advantage when you want to talk to someone in a booth.
My companions also noticed an absence with other major software companies but I didn't notice so much as I'm hardware oriented.
The floor was probably 20% smaller than the last show (which, in itself, was a noticeably small). The official AES booklet that you pick up to locate all the mfg's booths was obviously thin and certainly a sign of the times.
We did have a great time at the show and had a chance to catch up with old friends so I really hope that this is just a result of the current economic situation and things pick up in the future.
Well, Avid/Digidesign certainly left a gaping hole with their absence!
There may have been a small presence with their distributors (although I didn't see it) but I couldn't find Manley or UA. AMS Neve if there, was hiding.
Microphones and boutique mfgs were well represented. Crowd was somewhat thin, but that is certainly an advantage when you want to talk to someone in a booth.
My companions also noticed an absence with other major software companies but I didn't notice so much as I'm hardware oriented.
The floor was probably 20% smaller than the last show (which, in itself, was a noticeably small). The official AES booklet that you pick up to locate all the mfg's booths was obviously thin and certainly a sign of the times.
We did have a great time at the show and had a chance to catch up with old friends so I really hope that this is just a result of the current economic situation and things pick up in the future.
Wow, that's surprising - and telling. Compared to 20 years ago, AES shows are very tiny now. I suppose lots of products are putting their money into NAMM these days. I also think there's less of a need for AES shows with the internet. Still, there's nothing like putting your hands on the product and talking with the people who designed it....
Yeah, sadly, AES just keeps shrinking. And it's debatable whether it should be in SF or LA. Surely, most visitors would probably prefer SF, because it's such a beautiful city. But then you miss the L.A. crowd, and that's where most of the audio folks are located.
I haven't gone up to the last couple in SF, because I don't think it's worth the hotel, gas, airfare, etc for such a small show (and shrinking). If the AES show continues on, I hope they consider putting it back in L.A.
OR, perhaps it's better for the exhibitors simply to concentrate on NAMM, because it's so much larger and so much more attended.
Anyway, SF is a great, great city, so enjoy yourselves up there!
I wasn't there in 'the glory days' but this year, i felt it was better then last time in SF. It was not smaller (from 2 yrs ago) but seemed to have more buzz or vibe. Raven obviously took the most innovative. But i enjoyed seeing new software. Including new Shadow Hills plug-in and Isotope. Its not new tech, but latest incarnation of VocalBooth is amazing. Very positive show to me. MAudio may have taken over the 'Avid-Digidesign' for now. Adobe Audition has nice speech alignment features. I think you can use it for similar Vocalign application.
To me NAMM is such a circus........and not in a good way.
Well, the swing has been happening for years. NAMM is becoming increasingly pro-audio - circus or not. It is growing every year and AES seems to be shrinking..... Bummer. Hard to believe AVID didn't show for AES. I know they will be at NAMM....
Aside from catching an in-person first hand glimpse at the products we should be saving up for that year, what would you (guys who have attended) say makes AES worth flying to/from and paying the large registration fee? I've never been, and am curious about it.
I'm hanging out at the Sequoia booth today. No Apple, no Avid, no Steinberg. I enjoyed checking out Slate's offerings. Most of the activity is over in hardware land.
I haven't noticed Apogee or Lynx either (but they could be here).
It's a lot quieter today. I think there was a mad rush to the airport last night.
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think there was a mad rush to the airport last night.
Yeah it was sunny in San Francisco with full moon, but there were stressed looks about the economic times and worries about flooding from hurricane hitting east coast plus earthquake in canada causing hawaiian tsunami.
Thinned the crowds a bunch.
I worked setting up trade shows and exhibits for 30 years in L.A.
The shows get smaller when the economy slows down then the exhibitors come back when business picks up.I still believe the AES is the best way to contact builders and see new products in the audio field.Long live the trade shows.It is worth it to get a booth and make your contacts with buyers and show your stuff
I've been to four AES/SF shows so far. The best was the year when there was a parallel showcase at a local hotel done by was it Remix Magazine (?) Speak of energy and action in two places at the same time.
That's what I missed this year, few booths showed modern producer related tools and software. Me thinks if AES will get more energy behind its shows, they really need to try to get the younger crowd in. Yes, maybe that means a lot of drooling teenagers over DJ controllers but maybe that's what's needed.
I attend the show when it's in NYC. More European exhibitors are at that show and the energy is better. Frisco is a great place but with a veneer of desperation among the populace. Show is too small to travel to the coast.
One thing that would make the show better is to move back to a hotel where smaller demo rooms and a more intimate atmosphere would help camaraderie.
One could hear better too.
I fondly recall the shows at the Waldorf-Astoria in NYC.
Much more of a craft atmosphere. There is nothing big business about the recording industry today.
Had a great time at my first AES convention while on vacation from Australia.
I was also surprised that AVID was missing along with some of the other brands mentioned above...
Was great to meet you Trev, will definitely take you up on your offer of visiting the studio whenever I head over to the UK.
Would have been good to meet you james, drbill & greg and chat more with you jules, will have to wait til next time.
Nath
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again, big thanks to the people who set this up for us!
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