New Products
d&b Soundscape Adds to Immersive Audio Offerings
d&b audiotechnik has introduced a new set of capabilities for its d&b Soundscape audio platform.
Immersive Audio
HOW Sound
Atlanta HOW Gets L-Acoustics L-ISA System
Rather than an immersive audio application, Mount Paran Church’s new L-ISA System was installed to deal with speaker placement issues.
New Products
Yamaha Rivage PM5, PM3 to Get L-Acoustics L-ISA Control
Object-based immersive live audio mixing for L-Acoustics systems will available to Yamaha’s newest console worksurfaces.
Blogs
The METAlliance Report: Immersive—Embracing Another New Format
Niko Bolas, the newest member of the METAlliance, shares a deep dive on the uphill climb of learning to mix in Dolby Atmos—and why it’s worth it.
New Products
RØDE Debuts Free Ambisonic Sound Library
Røde Microphones has released its new Ambisonic Sound Library, a collection of 360° surround sound recordings for free use.
Post and Broadcast
Inside Upmixing Midsommar to Atmos
Sound editor and sound designer Ruy Garcia elected to use Nugen Audio’s Halo Upmix to upmix Midsommar and Wendy.
Blogs
The METAlliance Report: METAlliance on Lockdown
Chuck Ainlay shares the surprising ways he and fellow recording legends Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner, Frank Filipetti and George Massenburg are making the most of their time during the pandemic.
Recording
The Record House Goes Dolby Atmos with DHDI
The Record House in El Segundo, CA, recently outfitted its first Dolby Atmos mix suite with quantum acoustics devices by Delta H Design
Business
Genelec Webinar to Cover Immersive Monitoring Solutions
The studio monitor mainstay will explore its immersive monitoring solutions in an upcoming Genelec webinar this Thursday.
Music Production
Burrell Builds for Dolby Atmos
Grammy-winning mix engineer Rob Burrell recently converted a space in his Nashville-area home studio into a Dolby Atmos mix room.
Tour Sound
Bon Iver Tour Rolled Out with Firehouse
Firehouse Productions deployed L-Acoustics’ L-ISA technology for the second leg of the ongoing 2020 Bon Iver tour.
Gear and Technology
Innovations: Solid State Logic System T Broadcast Console
Thomas Jensen, vice president of technical operations for Solid State Logic’s Systems & Support Group New York, recounts the history of the company’s System T broadcast console and its ongoing refinement to benefit its users and the marketplace.
Post and Broadcast
Ambidio Takes Post Pros Through the Looking Glass
A shift to make Ambidio’s Looking Glass immersive sound monitoring software free is aimed at work-from-home post audio pros.
Regional and Local
Inside Sound Dojo, a 20.2-Channel Immersive Retreat
Sound Dojo is a 20.2 channel immersive retreat in New York's Hudson Valley, designed and built by multi-instrumentalist Josh Peck using Flux Technologies' Spat Revolution software.
Blogs
Mixing Consoles—Beyond the Capture
Having contributed to the broadcasting of hundreds of live events, Dennis Baxter discusses why digital mixing desks are a TV studio's audio control center
Live
Dolby Atmos Moves into Live Sound
By Steve Harvey. Immersive audio is already available in cinemas and homes. Live sound is increasingly exploring ways to bring that element to the concert world with artists like Meek Mill and Santana. The live sound team at Dolby...
Studio Showcase
Valhalla Studios Jumps into Analog Immersive Mixing
Valhalla Studios owner/Manowar founder Joey DeMaio collaborated with Grammy-winning mastering engineer Darcy Proper and top engineer Ronald Prent to upgrade the facility’s main room to handle all immersive formats.
Post and Broadcast
Broadcasters Prep for Live Immersive Content
The ability to provide immersive audio is quickly moving from being an option in many fields to a necessity. Whether being applied to broadcast content, cinema, or live and concert sound, the various formats—as well as the facilities and...
Music Production
Immersive Mix Room Studio 1 LA Debuts
Karma Auger and longtime collaborator Erich Gobel have teamed up to create Studio 1 LA, a new mix facility built from the ground up to handle immersive mixes in Dolby Atmos.
The Wire
ISE: Amadeus Announces HOLOPHONIX 1.5 Release, to be Available in March 2020
At ISE, Amadeus will highlight version 1.5 of its HOLOPHONIX spatial sound processor, featuring many new functions, corrections, and improvements.
Music Production
Morten Lindberg Grammy Win Happily Ends Streak
Producer/Engineer Morten Lindberg won the Grammy for Best Immersive Audio Album last night, finally breaking his streak of 28 losses and 0 wins—the longest streak of unrewarded nominations ever.
New Products
Yamaha Rivage Desks Get L-Acoustics L-ISA DeskLink
The new L-ISA DeskLink natively integrates L-Acoustic L-ISA Control capability into Yamaha Pro Audio's flagship Rivage PM7 and PM10 mixing systems.
The Wire
PMC Highlights Its Burgeoning Role In The Immersive Audio Market At NAMM 2020
The British loudspeaker manufacture will show a range of products suited for all recording, mixing and mastering applications and formats, including Dolby Atmos.
Business
Dolby, WMG Partner for Dolby Atmos Music
Dolby Laboratories and Warner Music Group have announced a partnership to provide artists with an immersive platform for their music.
Gear and Technology
DPA 4560 CORE Binaural Headset Launched
The DPA 4560 CORE binaural headset captures immersive audio via worn mics on each ear.
The Wire
DPA’s New 4560 CORE Binaural Headset Microphone Simplifies Immersive Sound Capture
Versatile and Flexible Headset Positions a Miniature Microphone at the Opening of Each Ear
Music Production
Getting Immersive with ‘The Traveler’
Mastering and mix engineer Michael Romanowski teamed with Eric “ET” Thorngren to mix an immersive audio version of the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band’s recent blues smash, "The Traveler."
Music Production
Thinking Big with A Bad Think
Michael Marquart’s latest album as A Bad Think, The Saviour, had a production think-tank behind the scenes: co-producer/engineer Dave Way; co-producer/studio owner Marquart; and mix engineer Bob Clearmountain, who mixed the album in both stereo and 5.1 surround.
Post and Broadcast
Sound for Film & TV Event Provides Insights
By Steve Harvey. The program for this year’s sixth annual Mix Sound for Film & TV event, a sold-out affair that attracted 650 attendees to the Sony Pictures Studios lot, offered a twin focus—immersive audio and IP networking—that reflects...
Live
NYC’s ArTecHouse Gets Immersive Underground
By Clive Young. ArTecHouse, a new permanent digital art installation space, opened in September at New York City’s Chelsea Market, where its careening, AI-fueled visuals are emboldened by a sizable 30.1 immersive audio system.
Recording
Sony Launches 360 Reality Audio Music Format
Immersive audio continues to make inroads into the music world with Sony’s new format.
Recording
AES Sets Audio Repair, Immersive Capture Workshops
Roll up your sleeves to learn and try the latest techniques in audio repair, as well as a deep dive into how ambisonics work.
Post and Broadcast
Immersive Audio at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
By Steve Harvey. With less than 10 months remaining before the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony, the Olympic Games is shaping up to be a record-breaking event, with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the permanent host broadcaster, set to produce an...
Live
Getting Immersive with Lady Gaga in Vegas
The entertainer continues her pop culture reign with a pair of well-reviewed Las Vegas residencies that make use of immersive live sound technologies.
Recording
Shepherd Travels in Immersive Circles
"The Traveler" by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band has been mixed by engineer Eric “ET” Thorngren and mastering and mix engineer Michael Romanowski for a Dolby Atmos release on Aug. 30.
Recording
Studio Showcase: Blackbird Studio Takes Immersive to the Next Level
By Steve Harvey. John McBride, co-founder of Nashville’s Blackbird Studio, explains how and why the facility revamped its Studio C—famously outfitted with 138,646 individual pieces of wood for diffusion—into a 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos mix space.
Recording
Henszey Sound Gets Immersed in Immersive
By Steve Harvey. As momentum builds behind immersive music releases, Dave Henszey has opened Henszey Sound, a recording and mixing facility overlooking Universal City in Los Angeles that is fully outfitted for Dolby Atmos and stereo work.
Recording
Capturing Concerts for VR
By Alvin Fernald. Supersphere, an entertainment production company that specializes in immersive and interactive live broadcast events, recently teamed up with mobile production specialist TNDV to create the Audiophile Series, a set of live concerts presented in VR with...
News
Mix Presents Sound for Film & TV 2019
All-day exhibition and conference returns to Sony Picture Studios on Sept. 28, 2019.
Gear and Technology
Zylia Unveils Spatial Sound Mix & Master Service
New mix/master service provided for users of the company’s 360-degree microphone.
Business
Sennheiser to Unveil Immersive Automotive Sound System
Following two years of development, Sennheiser will bring its immersive AMBEO technology to cars when it unveils an in-car sound system at Monterey Car Week.
Live
Saatchi Gallery Multimedia Show Goes Immersive
By Mel Lambert. Famed London gallery uses immersive sound to enhance high-tech art installation.