TiMax SoundHub brings immersive audio to the Polish History Museum

Two SoundHub surround audio engines TiMax Spatial have been installed in separate performance rooms of this museum to create soundscapes based on objects.

He Polish History Museum (Polish History Museum) not only adds a Versailles award as one of the most beautiful public buildings in the world, but inside it now offers its visitors an experience of immersive audio with the technology of TiMax Spatial.

For this project, The museum officials selected the proposal ESS Audio, TiMaxSpatial distributor in Poland, based on the installation of of SoundHub engines from this developer, one for the multifunctional auditorium and another for the cinema and theater room.

The objective for these spaces has been create sophisticated object-based soundscapes through the dynamic delay matrix processing from the TiMax platform, offering every visitor the same level of acoustic experience.

One of the biggest challenges that ESS Audio had to face was precisely the award-winning architecture and design of this building., with complex interior acoustics, for which a standard audio system did not work.

The distributed spatial audio solution and directed by TiMax offers an immersive installation “that gives the impression that the sound system interacts with the natural acoustics of both spaces,” he points out. Maciej Barański, by ESS Audio-. The immersive system is very useful in this case to obtain the natural sound of the acoustic instruments and a high 'resolution' for each listening position.".

TiMax works harmoniously in the auditorium, increasing the clarity of individual instruments, which in turn, como observa Barański, “makes live mixing much easier. We opted for this solution due to the naturalness of the sound and we have verified that producers appreciate its simplicity when mixing the sound and the possibility of identifying the sound in a very suggestive way. sound source matching physical location on stage, which elevates the experience”.

in this space, ESS Audio has deployed a spatial sound system primarily for live performances. Specifically, TiMax controls four teams of speakers VTX A8 of JBL Professional, with front padding supplied by models VTX A6 and supported by subwoofers VTX B18 from this manufacturer.

The space-wide delay is provided by a system JBL CBT70 with the support of speakers Sonance PS-C83T installed on the ceiling. The sound mixing is carried out by the tables DiGiCo Quantum 338 y 225.

For the cinema and theater room, in which different representations are offered, The objective was the vocal localization of the actors, in addition to using the TiMax playback engine 64 tracks for sound effects in productions.

With a configuration system similar to that of the auditorium, but smaller, This room has a JBL speaker system, controlados para el sonido espacial con TiMax, that feeds the amplification of the equipment Crown and the DSP of BSS Audio through the Dante signal distribution. The mixing tables Yamaha CL5 y CL1 They integrate with this system through MIDI.

“Thanks to TiMax processors, There are no better or worse seats in either room.. The public can hear the same sound scene in each of them. The museum is a very multifunctional space. With TiMax at the heart of the system, The sound can be easily reconfigured to suit anything.”, subraya Barański.