AES 133rd Convention in San Francisco

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David Karol

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I created this thread to facilitate discussion, travel coordination, etc for the AES convention in SF this year. I'm going to guess that the SFN community will have a fairly strong presence.

Mac recommended an excellent restaurant a couple blocks from the Moscone Center called LuLu. We've been going for dinner & drinks at the NY convention for the past few years; I figure we could do the same in SF.
 
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+1 on LuLu

The "vibe" is embedded in the walls. The building that houses LuLu was, in the early 1970s Studio Instrument Rentals and their rehearsal studios.

Right across Folsom Street was Columbia Records SF Studios, later David Rubinson's Automatt and upstairs in that building was the original home of Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios.

I spent a LOT of time on that block in those days.
 
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Michael Smithers said:
Anyone interested in dinner on the Sunday night?

I can highly recommend E&O Trading Company. 314 Sutter St, just the other side of Union Square. Will need to make reservations.
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My friend, who lives a couple blocks from there, said he liked the restaurant a few years ago but that it has changed hands. Then he came up with this:

E&O Asian Kitchen has upgraded look - SFGate

-- a less than glowing review.

I'm still perfectly happy to give it a try, just supplying some additional information.

Another possibility in the neighborhood is Gitane.

gitane: restaurant and bar

I was there about 2 years ago and it was very nice, and quiet enough to have a conversation, if a little pricy.

--Frank
 
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David, thank you for acting as the communications hub and beer adviser. I met some really interesting and nice folks as a result.

I'll leave it to others to talk about the trade show, except to observe that it was even smaller than two years ago. Many big names were absent.

I went to a number of technical sessions, both papers and the others -- not sure what to call them. My perception is that there is a bit of a hollow middle, in that the papers are mostly of interest to academics and a handful of industrial research specialists, while the non-paper sessions are mostly pretty basic and short on specifics. Three wonderful exceptions, that I thoroughly enjoyed and learned from were Dan Dugan's on his automixers, Bink Knowles's on corporate events, and Lee Brenkman's on sound for jazz. The paper session on transducers was cool, not just for the subject matter, but for the amazing collection of audio pioneers in the room. I'm not much of a celebrity worshiper, but these guys are my stars.

I'm still winding down from it all.

--Frank
 
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Great seeing everyone as well! I think Ales was the best tour guide of the weekend!

The exhibit hall was primarily recording focused. Short of some wireless manufacturers, there really wasn't any live sound presence.

The three panels I was able to catch were all great. Two were related to RF, chaired by Karl, and the third chaired by Jamie Anderson on tuning installations.

VUE threw a fun party at a bowling alley right by Moscone after a product demo. That was a fun night.
 
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David Karol said:
Great seeing everyone as well! I think Ales was the best tour guide of the weekend!

The exhibit hall was primarily recording focused. Short of some wireless manufacturers, there really wasn't any live sound presence.

The three panels I was able to catch were all great. Two were related to RF, chaired by Karl, and the third chaired by Jamie Anderson on tuning installations.

VUE threw a fun party at a bowling alley right by Moscone after a product demo. That was a fun night.
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Just FYI the audio from the panel LS4 "Technical and Practical Considerations for Wireless Mic System Designers and Users" is now available: Mobiltape Company, Inc.
 
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