Audio Formula and CEO Nick Assunto have handled audio production for a portion of WMF and related events since 2002, when Assunto assumed the role of production manager for one of its peripheral shows, the Ultimate Music Festival. This year, Audio Formula took charge of four simultaneous stages in two different locations at the UMF-at Nikki Beach and the Raleigh Hotel-and to handle the multiple locations, Assunto placed a pair of SD9s (Raleigh Hotel) and an SD11 and SD8 (Nikki Beach) with a pair of SDRacks to run the 2 locations remotely.
"Our responsibility at the event is to make sure we have the latest technology available for the performances," Assunto explains, "from the PA system to all the peripherals involved. In addition, we're responsible for tuning the system for the demanding SPL requirements and making sure we get the nicest definition out of the system. My favorite feature of the DiGiCo's is having the ability to have everything separated in the matrix and in different layers. It's handy to be able to remove all the non-essential buttons from the layers to have easy access of all the required channels in one page without having to flip around. Also, the SD9 with remote snake was very small and fitted perfectly under the DJ booth with no problem. That definitely was a winner."
(Jim Evans)
