Renovations, retrofits and years of modifications can divorce the documentation covering a performance venue on and what actually exists on site. Financial penalties show up late in a project in the form of coverage that differs from what is expected and rigging that does not fit the structure –issues that have to be resolved during the course of an installation. L-Acoustics now addresses this with Digital Construction, a new service that captures a venue exactly as it is built, and delivers a verified geometric model ready for use in Soundvision.
Digital Construction includes an on-site scan carried out by an expert L-Acoustics Application Engineer that includes stage areas, balconies, and the spaces that connect them, using handheld LiDAR. The method records the room in high resolution far faster than manual measurement and captures detail that less sophisticated methods can miss.
It is built for the scale of professional venues, where the short-range scanners found in consumer devices, limited to roughly 5m, cannot cover the space. The result is a true-to-life record of the room as it actually stands.
Each scan is verified and processed through a standardised workflow with quality checks at every stage, so results stay consistent from a small club to a stadium bowl. Clients receive two deliverables: a detailed point-cloud file of the venue for their own reference, and a simplified, Soundvision-ready model for acoustic simulation and system design. Post-processing scales with the size and architectural complexity of the venue, and the L-Acoustics team works with each client to set a realistic timeline before work begins.
Digital Construction strengthens the first step of every design by ensuring the model reflects the real room before any loudspeaker is specified. It works alongside the Soundvision tools and Architectural Drafting services that L-Acoustics teams and partners already use, giving Certified Providers, A/V consultants and venue owners an accurate as-built reference. The benefit is clearest in renovations, older buildings, and venues without reliable documentation, where verified geometry reduces the risk of late surprises, such as unexpected ceiling structures, rigging constraints, or sightline conflicts.
As the only loudspeaker manufacturer to offer as-built LiDAR capture at full venue scale within its design workflow, L-Acoustics ensures that the precision of Soundvision begins with accurate venue geometry.
An accurate model of a venue also outlives a single project. The same as-built data supports future upgrades, efficient communication between stakeholders, and the growth of the L-Acoustics venue database designers draw on worldwide.
‘In addition to pure design problems, the issues caused by inaccurate drawings also mean that the Autofilter algorithm takes into account those inaccuracies, which can result in suboptimal front-to-back tonal and level balance,’ says Asher Dowson, Director of Product Management, Services at L-Acoustics. ‘Digital Construction brings total accuracy to the foundational geometry for which a system design is produced, ensuring each client receives the absolute best result possible, leveraging our seamless workflow through design phases, to deployment, calibration, and every show beyond.’