DiGiCo has incorporated greater accessibility and improved the ease-of-use of its support for the Soundscape immersive audio system platform. A dedicated Soundscape User Interface developed in conjunction with d&b audiotechnik sees DiGiCo SD and Quantum console, allow front-of-house engineers to control object parameters in the Soundscape DS100 processor from the console.
‘By partnering with DiGiCo, we are ensuring that Soundscape is accessible to FOH engineers in their preferred mixing and automation environment,’ says d&b audiotechnik Product Manager, Georg Stummer. ‘This integration will allow Soundscape to become an intuitive part of their creative workflow and design repertoire. It is important to us that we take the object-based capabilities of our immersive toolkit as close as possible to creatives and their existing production environment. Soundscape is defining the way spatial audio is used in live productions.’
The partnership has made it possible to replace the generic OSC control for the DS100 on DiGiCo consoles with a Soundscape control interface, integrating new features like free assignment of DS100 sound objects and different mapping areas for each channel strip of the console. All parameters and assignments of Soundscape User Interface can be stored and recalled with the console Snapshot memory.
This integration can be expanded for bi-directional communication between the console and DS100, via the d&b software bridge (Remote Protocol Bridge) while also supporting set-up with two DS100s. By controlling two DS100s in sync within a redundancy setupor up to 128 sound objects on two different DS100 from one console.
‘We want to ensure that FOH engineers, and sound designers can access this technology at their fingertips as a normal part of their workflow,’ adds DiGiCo MD, Austin Freshwater. ‘We are proud to partner with d&b to provide a seamless and efficient way to integrate Soundscape into show programming and operation with our consoles.’
‘In a short space of time Soundscape has had an enormous impact upon both d&b and our industry,’ says d&b Group CEO, Amnon Harman. ‘d&b is deeply committed to furthering our market leadership with this technology. This partnership with DiGiCo is an exciting next step in ensuring that our mutual customers can work seamlessly with our systems to realise their creative visions.’
