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Amadeus Releases Major 1.7 Software Update for HOLOPHONIX
New software version of immersive spatial sound processor gets redesigned web-remote user interface plus many advanced features for better performance and faster workflow
Immersive Audio
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TSL Products Names Berny Carpenter as Audio Product Manager
Marlow, United Kingdom, May 20, 2021 – TSL Products announces its latest addition to the team, Audio Product Manager Berny Carpenter. Carpenter brings with him a wide variety of industry experience, and his role at TSL will focus on...
Recording
Apple Music, Amazon Enter 3D, Lossless Streaming Fray
Apple introduced Spatial Audio this morning and announced a Logic Pro update that will accommodate the format. Amazon quickly responded.
Live
Holoplot Debuts X1 Modul Matrix Array
German loudspeaker specialist Holoplot has introduced its new X1 product line, intended for providing localized and immersive audio.
Live
Spacemap Go Lands at AREA15
Las Vegas' Area15 includes “The Portal” where visitors are surrounded by 360-degree projection-mapped video and immersive audio enabled by Meyer Sound’s Spacemap Go.
The Wire
Martin Audio Sound Adventures Supports INSPIRE Onmyoji Theater Production
The theater production of INSPIRE Onmyoji, starring famous Japanese actor Takao Osawa, ran at the 1300-capacity Nissei Theatre in Tokyo from December 31st 2020 to January 6th 2021. This number was reduced slightly to conform to the Government’s COVID...
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msm Studio Group Uses PMC Speakers To Create Yello’s First Immersive Audio Album
The Munich-based company mixed Yello’s new album Point in Dolby Atmos for release on Pure Audio Blu-ray and through streaming services such as Tidal and Amazon.
Music Production
Coast Mastering Opens Immersive Room
Mastering engineer Michael Romanowski recently completed a new facility at Coast Mastering that is outfitted to handle projects up to Dolby Atmos 9.1.6.
News
Using Immersive Audio in Podcast Production
Vaudeville Sound takes an immersive approach to the Amazing War Stories podcast, taking listeners from the living room to the front lines.
Business
Genelec Opens U.S. Experience Center
Genelec has built a new experience center serving as a mix room, a theater and a research and test center at the company’s U.S. Headquarters.
International
Rolling Stones Exhibition Gets Atmos-Infused PMC Setup
'The Rolling Stones – Unzipped' museum exhibition will feature a PMC speaker system to present immersive concert footage.
Live
Live Sound Showcase: Live Sound Livens Up the NBA Bubble
Faced with the threat of an idle summer during the pandemic, tour sound provider Firehouse Productions realized the NBA Bubble would need immersive crowd sounds at games before the NBA did. Now what seemed like a wild idea is...
Recording
Studios Adopt Sony 360 Reality Audio Format
Sony shares details of its new object-based immersive format, which is aimed primarily at headphone listening, providing a look into what it takes to mix projects in the format and who’s using it.
Post and Broadcast
SpaceX Doc Takes Flight at Sound Striker Post
Michael Phillips Keeley, CAS, tackled the mix for Discovery Network’s Journey to the Future documentary, which focused on the behind-the-scenes lead-up to America’s historic SpaceX Falcon 9 launch.
Music Festival Business
Sound for a Socially Distanced Ravenna Festival
Cancelling this month’s annual Ravenna Festival in Italy was never an option, so audio provider BH Audio is using a revamped d&b system for the event.
Live
Spatializing ‘Primal Energies’ with Meyer Sound
Sound artist Bill Fontana’s latest installation, Primal Energies, opened July 1, using the spatialization abilities of Meyer’s Spacemap Go to envelop visitors in audio.
Gear and Technology
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.
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.
Gear and Technology
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.
Gear and Technology
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.
Live
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.
Live
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...
Recording
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.
Business
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.
Live
SE Audiotechnik enables immersive audio for Fengming Theatre production
The sound system is hidden within the theatre
Sponsored
QSC talks immersive audio in 2020
Freddy Sicko, QSC's director of live sound for Central Europe, explores the topic
Installation
Meyer Sound enhances immersive AV experience at Helsinki Airport
The experience showcases imagery, and accompanying sounds, of the Finnish landscape
Events
TiMax and EM Acoustics to host combined demos
The demos will take place from March 3-5 at SARM Music Bank Studios
Business
Agnieszka Roginska becomes president of AES
"One of my goals in 2020 is to build membership and continue to recognise we are a diverse community"
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.