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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Is Immersive Sound Tech The Biggest Thing In Sound In 2020?
Pollstar: Polygon Live and L-Acoustics are promising a revolution in live sound, by taking the surround sound that people are used to experiencing in cinemas, adding a vertical dimension, and delivering it onto the dance floor.
This article is super interesting for sound geeks like me. I am always excited by new programs built specifically for spatial sound. Spatial sound I feel like is an untapped area of exploration in sound content that is worth exploring. Polygon Live and L-Acoustics collaborated at the Wonderful Fruit Festival in Thailand to create an immersive sound experience with the use of a new spatial sound program, Polygon Live, and L-Acoustics speaker array system that is in the shape of a 12 sided polygon. The concept is fascinating and the actual design and implementation is captivating. I can't imagine sitting in the polygon and listening to all of the sounds as they travel through space from all of the speakers. With this technology, dj's and producers can create immersive sound for venues with spatial sound, allowing for dj's to play specific sounds out of specific speakers to create an immersive effect. I can't wait for the entertainment industry to start using spatial sound in a roller coster or ride. It would be an amazing experience.
I don’t know anything about sound but this article talks about some exciting innovations for the sound field. I didn’t think doing spatial sound in an open space would work, just because open air makes it more challenging. However, Polygon Live and L-Acoustics did it at the Wonderful Fruit Festival in Thailand! I think sound is an important sector of theater because it is the thing that either makes you immersed or takes you out of the world of the show. If it’s done well, the audience should be able to comprehend how the sound falls with the story and enjoy the composition. However, sound is also one of the first things that the audience notices if something is off. I’m really looking forward to seeing how theater brings in this new spatial sound technology and also to see how this tech can be brought to other areas of entertainment.
I love reading and learning about immersive things, and it was especially interesting to actually see an article that covers sound! I think that sound, at least in the School of Drama seems to be a pretty under-appreciated aspect of environment building and design. The things you hear greatly effect the mood and atmosphere of a scene or place, and being immersed in it heightens that even more. Horror movies wouldn’t have the same effect without the creepy noises, and little ponds wouldn’t have the same feeling without frogs croaking or insects buzzing. I think what they’re doing with the Polygon Live Stage is amazing and putting the music at more of a forefront is something that I’d love to be able to experience for myself. I also hope that someday I can work on an immersive experience that not only encompasses a change in the physical world, but the aural one as well.
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This article is super interesting for sound geeks like me. I am always excited by new programs built specifically for spatial sound. Spatial sound I feel like is an untapped area of exploration in sound content that is worth exploring. Polygon Live and L-Acoustics collaborated at the Wonderful Fruit Festival in Thailand to create an immersive sound experience with the use of a new spatial sound program, Polygon Live, and L-Acoustics speaker array system that is in the shape of a 12 sided polygon. The concept is fascinating and the actual design and implementation is captivating. I can't imagine sitting in the polygon and listening to all of the sounds as they travel through space from all of the speakers. With this technology, dj's and producers can create immersive sound for venues with spatial sound, allowing for dj's to play specific sounds out of specific speakers to create an immersive effect. I can't wait for the entertainment industry to start using spatial sound in a roller coster or ride. It would be an amazing experience.
I don’t know anything about sound but this article talks about some exciting innovations for the sound field. I didn’t think doing spatial sound in an open space would work, just because open air makes it more challenging. However, Polygon Live and L-Acoustics did it at the Wonderful Fruit Festival in Thailand! I think sound is an important sector of theater because it is the thing that either makes you immersed or takes you out of the world of the show. If it’s done well, the audience should be able to comprehend how the sound falls with the story and enjoy the composition. However, sound is also one of the first things that the audience notices if something is off. I’m really looking forward to seeing how theater brings in this new spatial sound technology and also to see how this tech can be brought to other areas of entertainment.
I love reading and learning about immersive things, and it was especially interesting to actually see an article that covers sound! I think that sound, at least in the School of Drama seems to be a pretty under-appreciated aspect of environment building and design. The things you hear greatly effect the mood and atmosphere of a scene or place, and being immersed in it heightens that even more. Horror movies wouldn’t have the same effect without the creepy noises, and little ponds wouldn’t have the same feeling without frogs croaking or insects buzzing. I think what they’re doing with the Polygon Live Stage is amazing and putting the music at more of a forefront is something that I’d love to be able to experience for myself. I also hope that someday I can work on an immersive experience that not only encompasses a change in the physical world, but the aural one as well.
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