Event Wave was delighted to provide audio systems and support for the inaugural, sold-out Code Conference. Created by the same team that delivered the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital conference series, the event featured live, unscripted interviews with visionaries like Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. As with previous years’ “D” conferences, this year’s show was expertly produced by The Trillium Creations and held in the Grand Ballroom at the Terranea resort in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Building on the last year’s success, this year’s audio system design once again incorporated a Yamaha CL5 console, with Rio-3224D and Rio-1608D I/O racks providing audio as needed throughout the venue, all pristinely linked via a TAC4 OpticalCon fiber-optic snake. The Dugan-MY16 automixer card was again called upon to provide seamless, transparent control over the multiple microphones onstage at any given time.
Based on previous years’ successful deployment of Vertec VT4886 subcompact line arrays, this year’s PA design featured 24 VT4886 elements, deployed in four arrays, to evenly cover the largest audience area yet. Amplification and JBL V5 processing were delivered by Crown I-Tech 12000HD amplifiers.