3D Audio-Beamforming

28 Nov 2023

Episode 91 SXSW 2024 Panel Acceptance Announcement

By Immersive Audio Podcast

Summary

We have a big announcement to make – Immersive Audio Podcast are going to SXSW 2024!

We are hosting the panel “State of Play of Immersive Audio: Past, Present & Future”.

It’s been almost six years since we started the Immersive Audio Podcast and as we are coming up to our 100th release anniversary we wanted to mark this milestone with a special edition at SXSW 2024. With the hindsight of releasing almost 100 episodes, we’ve met a lot of companies and experts covering a broad spectrum of topics fundamental to our industry. This panel will highlight the key indicative developments that have defined the immersive audio industry for the past decade, reflect on the current trends and look forward to the future.

Our expert guests will feature Audioscenic Limited covering binaural audio over speakers on consumer devices and HOLOPLOT discussing spatial audio for large-scale immersive events. We’ll moderate the panel as well as discuss our own work in the space of interactive live performance in immersive spaces and spatial and interactive sound design in immersive media production.

Audioscenic – https://www.audioscenic.com/

HOLOPLOT – https://holoplot.com/

If you’d like to learn more about our panelists go to your favorite podcast app or our website and check out Episodes 75/76 featuring Audioscenic (Binaural Audio Over Speakers) and Episodes 77/85 HOLOPLOT (3D Audio – Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis).

Our audience will receive a comprehensive overview of what defines immersive audio as a whole in the modern multifaceted world of digital media. We’ll provide an overview of core technologies, formats and distribution platforms along with associated challenges and opportunities. Attentive audience members will get a range of unique perspectives from panel experts that can be helpful for education and business development.

This panel is aimed at Sound Engineers, Sound Designers, Musicians, Mixers, Gamers, Writers, Audio Tech Consumers, Academics, Immersive Content Makers and general Tech Enthusiasts…

If you’re planning to attend and would like to arrange to meet us, please get in touch via [email protected]

The panel will be recorded and released on our podcast channel as Episode 100th.

We’d like to thank all our listeners who voted for us and your continued support!

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Show Notes

Panel Details, State of Play of Immersive Audio: Past, Present & Future – https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP132288

Episode 75 Audioscenic Binaural Audio Over Speakers (Part 1) – https://immersiveaudiopodcast.com/episode-75-audioscenic-binaural-audio-over-speakers-part-1/

Episode 76 Audioscenic Binaural Audio Over Speakers (Part 2) – https://immersiveaudiopodcast.com/episode-76-audioscenic-binaural-audio-over-speakers-part-2/

Episode 77 HOLOPLOT (3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis) – https://immersiveaudiopodcast.com/episode-77-holoplot-3d-audio-beamforming-and-wave-field-synthesis/

Episode 85 Roman Sick (HOLOPLOT) – https://immersiveaudiopodcast.com/episode-85-roman-sick-holoplot/

29 Sep 2023

Episode 85 Roman Sick (HOLOPLOT)

By Immersive Audio Podcast

Summary

This episode is sponsored by Berlin-based pro-audio company HOLOPLOT, which features the multi-award-winning X1 Matrix Array. X1 is software-driven, combining 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis to achieve authentic sound localisation and complete control over sound in both the vertical and horizontal axes. HOLOPLOT is pivoting the revolution in sound control, enabling the positioning of virtual loudspeakers within a space, allowing for a completely new way of designing and experiencing immersive audio on a large scale. To find more, visit https://holoplot.com.

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by the CEO of HOLOPLOT – Roman Sick from Berlin, Germany.

Roman is the CEO of the Berlin-based pro audio company, HOLOPLOT. A graduate economist and entrepreneur, he took over the leadership of the company in 2016. Roman has scaled HOLOPLOT at incredible speed, now employing upwards of 130 people across several global sites. His enthusiasm for HOLOPLOT was sparked because of his personal passion for music and audio as well as his conviction that this unique technology has the potential to radically revolutionise the status quo in the pro-audio Industry. In his tenure, Roman has led HOLOPLOT to success on multiple industry-redefining projects – perhaps most notably the appointment of HOLOPLOT as the official audio technology partner for the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas.

Roman explains the differences between the core features of the recently released X2 Matrix Array and its big brother X1 and we talk about how HOLOPLOT became the audio partner of choice for the long-anticipated, groundbreaking immersive venue – the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas.

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Newsboard

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Show Notes

Roman Sick LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/romansick/

HOLOPLOT Website – https://holoplot.com/

X1 Matrix – https://holoplot.com/systems/

X2 Matrix – https://holoplot.com/systems/x2/

HOLOPLOT Plan Software – https://holoplot.com/?/software/

Episode 77 HOLOPLOT (3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis) – https://immersiveaudiopodcast.com/episode-77-holoplot-3d-audio-beamforming-and-wave-field-synthesis/

MSG – https://www.msg.com/madison-square-garden

The Sphere Las Vegas – https://www.thespherevegas.com/

HOLOPLOT Official Rental Provider – https://www.ct-group.com/uk/

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Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

15 Aug 2023

Episode 83 SXSW 2024 Panel Picker Announcement

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Summary

SXSW 2024 Panel Picker Announcement 📢 “State of Play of Immersive Audio: Past, Present & Future”

With the hindsight of releasing almost 100 episodes, we’ve met a lot of companies and experts covering a broad spectrum of topics fundamental to our industry. This panel will highlight the key indicative developments that have defined the immersive audio industry for the past decade, reflect on the current trends and look forward to the future. Our four expert guests and moderators Audioscenic, HOLOPLOT, 1.618 DIGITAL, Monica Bolles will cover the key sectors: large-scale immersive events, interactive live performance, spatial audio for consumer devices, virtual training for VR and immersive media production.

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Show Notes

Please support our idea and give us your vote!

Voting link -> https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/132288

Voting Deadline Midnight 20th of August 2023.

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Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

11 Aug 2023

Episode 82 Les Stuck (Meow Wolf)

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Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Monica Bolles is joined by the musician and Senior Sound Technologist at Meow Wolf – Les Stuck from New Mexico, US.

Les began working in spatial audio while working for the Ensemble Modern and the Frankfurt Ballet in Frankfurt, Germany. He designed the touring six-channel sound system for Frank Zappa’s Yellow Shark Tour, which included a 6-channel ring microphone. He then worked at IRCAM in Paris, where he built several spatializers in Max/FTS – a 6-channel version for Pierre Boulez’s …explosante-fixe… premiere, an unusual 8-channel version specifically adapted to classical opera houses for Philippe Manoury’s opera 60e Parallèle, and a signal-controlled panner that allowed extremely fast movement. He designed a 7-channel sound system at Mills College that featured an overhead speaker and built a variety of spatializers for students and guest composers. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Chowning’s seminal work on the digital simulation of sound spatialization, Les realized a version of his algorithm for release with Max/MSP in 2021, including panned reverb and the Doppler effect, all controlled at signal rate. Currently Les works at Meow Wolf, where he designs interactive sound installations and acoustical treatments. He has developed several spatial plugins for Ableton Live, which typically include a binaural output to preview the results in headphones before going on-site. He led a collaboration with Spatial, Inc for Meow Wolf’s installation at South by Southwest, and did extensive testing of Holoplot speakers for a future Meow Wolf project.

Les talks about his extensive career, working with spatial audio since the 1980s, including projects with Frank Zappa, IRCAM, Cycling74, and we dive into the topic of interactive spatial audio for physical installations.

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Show Notes

Les Stuck Website – https://www.lesstuck.com/

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesstuckartandtechnology/

Meow Wolf Website – https://meowwolf.com/

QSYS – https://www.qsys.com/products-solutions/q-sys/software/q-sys-designer-software/

Audio for extended realities: A case study informed exposition – https://shorturl.at/gjxD3

Sound Experience Survey: Fulldome and Planetariums – https://www.ips-planetarium.org/news/632118/IPS-Sound-Survey.htm

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Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

21 Jul 2023

Episode 81 Felix Deufel & Paul Hauptmeier (ZiMMT)

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Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the sound artists and co-founders (ZiMMT) Felix Deufel and Paul Hauptmeier, from Leipzig, Germany.

Felix Deufel is a sound artist focusing on sound and space, spatial hearing, and the significance of soundscapes for both humans and the environment. His artistic works encompass room installations, compositions, field trips, and research. Deufel is the founder of Not a Number Studio, which is currently developing 3D audio software. In 2020, he established the Centre for immersive Media art, Music, and Technology (ZiMMT) in Leipzig, providing a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in the realms of immersive media art and technology.

Paul Hauptmeier, born in 1993 in Jakarta, is a composer and sound artist based in Leipzig. He studied electroacoustic composition with Robin Minard and Maximilian Marcoll at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and at the “University of California San Diego” with Katharina Rosenberger, Natacha Diels and Miller Puckette. Since 2009 he works together with Martin Recker as an artist duo in the field of composition, sound and multimedia art. In addition to works for theatre and opera, live electronics, radio and electro-acoustic music, their focus lies on sound installations and multichannel audio productions. Since October 2022 they work and teach in the field of sound art at the art university Burg Giebichenstein in Halle Germany. Additionally, they teach spatial composition at the University for Music and Theatre Leipzig. He is a founding member of the ZiMMT (Center for Immersive Media Art, Music and Technology) in Leipzig, where he conducts research in the field of spatial audio and organises workshops, panels, concerts and exhibitions on the subject. Besides multichannel-based 3D audio, he has a strong interest in augmented reality in the field of sound and multimedia art. His latest work in this realm was a large-scale multi-media installation for lasers, position tracking and binaural audio and was shown at the Biennale Musica 2022 in Venice.

Felix and Paul talk about the founding of the Center for Immersive Media Art, Music and Technology (ZiMMT) as an independent organisation and Spatial Audio Network Germany (SANG) initiative collectively aimed at educating and nurturing artists who want to learn and incorporate spatial audio in their artwork.

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Show Notes

Felix Deufel – https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-deufel-4494ba10a/

Paul Hauptmeier – www.hauptmeier-recker.de

Not a number Studio – https://notanumber.space

ZiMMT – https://zimmt.net/en/

Spatial Audio Network Germany – https://spatialaudionetwork.de/en/about-sang/

Hybrid Space Lab Berlin – https://hybridspacelab.net/

Spatial Connect for Wwise – https://shorturl.at/buFT2

Audio for extended realities: A case study informed exposition – https://shorturl.at/gjxD3

Sound Experience Survey: Fulldome and Planetariums – https://www.ips-planetarium.org/news/632118/IPS-Sound-Survey.htm

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Credits

This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott.

26 May 2023

Episode 77 HOLOPLOT (3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis)

By Immersive Audio Podcast

Summary

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the HOLOPLOT team, Segment Manager for Performing Arts and Live – Reese Kirsh and Segment Manager for Immersive and Experiential Applications – Natalia Szczepanczyk and the award-winning sound designer Gareth Fry. We hold a detailed discussion on HOLOPLOT’s technical hardware and software capabilities and talk about the recent David Hockney exhibition at Lightroom, where Gareth shares his experience in creating content and working with this paradigm-shifting technology.

Reese Kirsh has been working within the performing arts sector for over a decade in various roles, including Head of Sound for some of the largest West End and Broadway productions, before joining HOLOPLOT as Performing Arts Segment Manager. He’s very aware of the narrative around immersive and what it means to deliver the right tech to empower creative content rather than distract from it.

Natalia Szczepanczyk is the Segment Manager for Immersive and Experiential Applications at HOLOPLOT. She has a design and consultancy background and previously worked with loudspeaker manufacturer Genelec and consultancies Mouchel and Buro Happold. Natalia specialises in audio system design and acoustics for experiential audience experiences within the themed entertainment sectors.

Gareth Fry is a sound designer best known for his cutting-edge work in theatre and his collaborations with many leading UK theatre directors and companies. His work includes over 20 productions at the National Theatre, over 20 at the Royal Court and countless more at venues such as the Bridge Theatre, Old Vic, Young Vic, in the West End and many more. He has also designed events and exhibitions, from the V&A’s landmark David Bowie Is exhibition to being asked by Danny Boyle to design the sound effects for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games and having received a number of awards for his work.

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