Having launched the L-ISA Studio software suite for sound designers, producers, and mixing engineers last year, L-Acoustics has further extended access and added unlimited free binaural output capability. The software is compatible with any Mac computer.
Through L-ISA Studio’s binaural engine, users can create and monitor spatialised audio content from a laptop, using headphones and optional head tracking. L-ISA Studio software accepts up to 96 audio objects and sends 12 audio outputs to any soundcard. All binaural capabilities within L-ISA Studio are now free for an unlimited time.
‘With platforms like Apple Music, Tidal and Amazon Music enabling spatial sound, the ability to conceive music directly in immersive is not a luxury; it’s a need,’ states Executive Director of Creative Technologies, Guillaume Le Nost. ‘For this reason, we felt that it was important to make L-ISA Studio available to anyone, with any DAWon the market. L-ISA Studio is an amazing platform from which users can explore spatial audio dimensions and share ideas with other creators.’
In the paid version, mixing engineers and creators can deploy L-ISA Studio in any multichannel mixing or recording studio with up to 12 loudspeakers for multichannel monitoring. Pre-production can be done with the L-ISA Studio software suite for live productions, then transferred to a venue configuration using the L-ISA Processor.
Developed to improve the workflow and unleash the creative potential of sound creators, L-ISA Studio seamlessly interfaces with leading digital audio workstations, show control software, and gaming engines. It also offers compatibility with various 3D audio formats, including Dolby Atmos and other multichannel configurations.
‘The graphic interface shows a visual representation of where sounds are in the 360° mix field, allowing you to effortlessly move sounds around, back, front, all very intuitively,’ says electronic artist Latroit, whose recent ‘Dance My Tears Away’ was created and mixed in binaural audio using L-ISA Studio. ‘L-ISA really makes mixing music fun. I believe that people are more likely to have fun listening to something if you were having fun while you made it.’
