Soundstorm Festival recently utilised L-Acoustics’ L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal technology to create and curate a stage for VIP audiences.
Since 2016 when the Saudi government opened the doors to public events, MDLBEAST has been nurturing local musical talent, hosting live and online events, producing artists on its MDLBEAST Records label and establishing XP Music Futures to accelerate the growth of MENA’s music industry.
Since 2019, MDLBEAST has also curated Soundstorm Festival, the Middle East region’s largest gathering of artists and fans with over 200 acts and three quarters of a million visitors over four days.
Polygon Live is a 360°, immersive sonic experience where speakers play spatialised sound synchronised with an immersive light installation, while different aromas are dispersed around the stage to enhance the immersive experience.
The Polygon stage at Soundstorm offered an audio canvas that allowed performers to freely move sound within a hemisphere of loudspeaker sources, encompassing the audience with surround and overhead layers.
"We chose to use L-ISA because of the simplicity and intuitive nature of how the controller acts. It is a very hands-on and creative platform for spatialised content, whilst also being a very aesthetically pleasing user interface to work with,” said Matt Hill, spatial sound engineer at Polygon.
“The power of the processors allows for incredibly high channel count, whilst the management of channels and in-depth scope of snapshots within Controller provides an extremely comprehensive and robust means of show management. I love the introduction of features in L-ISA 3.0 and I can’t wait to explore how further integration with other content and software can lead to exciting, creative and interactive outcomes."