MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - August 2014 -- With over 800 national and regional acts performing on 11 stages spanning over 11 days at this year's Big Gig, as the locals call it, Milwaukee's Summerfest once again proved why Guinness World Records has named it the world's largest music festival for the past 16 consecutive years.
Held at Henry W. Maier Festival Park on the city's scenic Lake Michigan shoreline, the 47th annual bash hosted some of the world's biggest artists, including Bruno Mars, Outkast, Lady Gaga, Usher, Brad Paisley, OneRepublic, Dave Matthews Band, Luke Bryant, Nas and Ludacris to name just a few.
With such a staggering number of artists and their engineers coming through the park for the 2014 festivities, Summerfest's longtime production provider, Clearwing Productions, chose to rely on DiGiCo consoles to run the FOH mix for six of the festival's seven largest park stages. This tally comprised SD5s at the helm of BMO Harris Pavilion and Harley-Davidson Roadhouse, SD10s at Miller Lite Oasis and Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard, and SD9s at ULINE Warehouse and U.S. Cellular Connection, plus an additional SD9 as a monitor console for U.S. Cellular. As a general rule, these desks drove stages traditionally equipped with L-ACOUSTICS K1, K2, KUDO and/or KARA systems.
Furthermore, a majority of the touring acts that brought their own production into the 25,000-seat Marcus Amphitheatre also carried DiGiCo desks, including Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and OneRepublic, among others.
Another year, another perfect performance by DiGiCo, enthuses Clearwing Audio Operations/Logistics Manager Bryan Baumgardner, who notes that this is the 20th season in a row that Clearwing has serviced the festival. Summerfest after Summerfest, DiGiCo's presence in the touring and festival world has grown, and this festival is definitely a place that this growth becomes apparent. This year, just about half of the consoles we deployed were DiGiCo, with many days having multiple touring DiGiCo consoles visiting as well.
Baumgardner adds that DiGiCo's SD Converter software, which allows session files to be transferred from one SD range console to any other, was mission-critical to the outcome of the festival. As we had nearly the entire SD range on site, DiGiCo's SD Converter played a major role in making sure that touring engineers' files were compatible with the console deployed at each stage, he says. SD Converter allowed our technicians to scale console files up or down as needed in a very quick and efficient manner. This tool perfectly complements what I consider the industry's best and most technologically advanced product line, making the SD Series the ideal festival console. I am very much looking forward to yet another successful year in 2015 with DiGiCo.
Clearwing Owner Gregg Brunclik echoes his enthusiasm with the desks' performance at Summerfest this year. Once again DiGiCo has supported Clearwing in an exemplary manner, he says. Their consoles are sonically stellar and, especially with Waves, provide everything any engineer could request. The SD product line has become the tool of choice for the most discriminating entertainers, and even the majority of acts carrying their own systems were carrying DiGiCo. We deployed everything from SD9 to SD5 and all in between and every desk operated flawlessly in the heat and humidity that we in Wisconsin love' so much. Our hats are off to DiGiCo and distributor Group One for yet another successful run!
For more information on Summerfest, visit www.summerfest.com. Clearwing Productions can likewise be found online at www.clearwing.com.
DiGiCo Press Contacts
David Webster at DiGiCo
Tel: +44 1372 845600
Email: webby@DiGiConsoles.com
Chris Shuler at Public Address
Tel: +1 269 815 5055
Email: christophershuler@comcast.net
Images: (please credit Sara Bill for any photos used)
1) Summerfest.jpg A DiGiCo SD7 at Summerfest's Marcus Amphitheatre
2) Summerfest2.jpg DiGiCo's SD9 in action at Summerfest's ULINE Warehouse
3) Summerfest3.jpg A pair of SD10s at Summerfest's Miller Lite Oasis
Additional images are available upon request.
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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - August 2014 -- With over 800 national and regional acts performing on 11 stages spanning over 11 days at this year's Big Gig, as the locals call it, Milwaukee's Summerfest once again proved why Guinness World Records has named it the world's largest music festival for the past 16 consecutive years.
