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Paris, France – March 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n While immersive audio performances have taken on a new popularity during this year of virtual concerts, the French electronic music producer \u00c9l\u00e9phantMat (the alter-ego of artist\/producer\/engineer Mathieu Rossier) has been creating live events in 3D audio for several years.<\/p>\n Describing his music as \u201corganic and unlabeled techno, at the border of tribe, psyche, and prog,\u201d<\/em> \u00c9l\u00e9phantMat is among only a handful of artists who perform fully in the 3D realm.<\/p>\n Rossier is also founder of Des Sons Anim\u00e9s, a 32-channel spatial sound studio where he hosts live 3D spatialized audio streams via his Facebook page, streaming his Ableton Live screen and his live performance.<\/p>\n Des Sons Anim\u00e9s is among the very first private studios in France to utilize wave field synthesis in live musical applications. The studio is designed to virtualize a wide range of configurations, including Object-based, Dolby Atmos, 5.1, 7.1, MPEGH, ambisonic, Auro-3D and more. One of his indispensable tools is SPAT Revolution from FLUX:: Immersive.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.flux.audio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FLUX-Elephantmat-Grd-Palais-9906.png” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ alt=”ElephantMat Grand Palais” title_text=”FLUX-Elephantmat Grd Palais-9906″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″]<\/p>\n With most venues shut down, Des Sons Anim\u00e9s teamed with promotors BNK to create CAPTURE, a series of livestreamed immersive events performed and recorded in national heritage locations.<\/p>\n For one recent CAPTURE event, Rossier\u2019s Des Sons Anim\u00e9s crew installed an 18-channel immersive system at the renowned Grand Palais, where \u00c9l\u00e9phantMat presented a live two-hour spatialized performance piece. Des Sons Anim\u00e9s recorded the multitrack audio in object-based format, remixing the soundtrack using binaural encoding with SPAT Revolution. The event was streamed live without an audience,<\/p>\n \u201cWe placed 16 speakers in a circle around me at a diameter of 8 meters (26 feet), with two subwoofers outside the circle,\u201d<\/em> Rossier explains.<\/p>\n \u201cWithout an audience, we didn\u2019t have to concern ourselves with acoustic treatment for the space, which was far too large to really address. The distance from the speakers provided me with a good level of monitoring and placement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.flux.audio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FLUX-Elephantmat-Grd-Palais-9703.png” alt=”ElephantMat Grand Palais” title_text=”FLUX-Elephantmat Grd Palais-9703″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|on||||||” text_text_color=”#6b6b6b” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||30px||false|false” custom_padding=”|40px||40px|false|false”]<\/p>\n \u201d<\/span>\u00a0SPAT is an ideal tool for immersive audio. It responds to every mixing challenge I encounter and enables me to mix in multiple configurations. For the Grand Palais mix, SPAT allowed me to create a binaural version that was faithful to my score\u2019s spatial intention. I was able to manage each object individually and use all the internal tools to optimize the rendering.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.4″ custom_margin=”-6px|||||” custom_padding=”16px|||||”]<\/p>\n Rossier sent sequences from Ableton Live directly to objects within SPAT Revolution.<\/p>\n \u201cFor this project, I knew I wouldn\u2019t have any elevation since all the speakers were mounted at the same level, so I used a 3D spatial partition, including elevation, which I then monitored in 2D on the Grand Palais setup. SPAT enabled us to create two mixing streams, one for the studio monitoring and one for the stream\u2019s binaural rendering. Once back in the Des Sons Anim\u00e9s studio, all I had to do was send the recorded session into SPAT, with audio and data in OSC, and use SPAT\u2019s binaural rendering to lay it down to a two channel mix for the video.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Long a proponent of immersive audio, Rossier is keen to share the art with others. In addition to Rossier\u2019s own performances, Des Sons Anim\u00e9 offers residency programs to artists looking to integrate 3D audio into their work.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, working in stereo becomes almost prehistoric once you have composed and mixed in 3D,\u201d<\/em> he offers.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce you\u2019ve tasted the world of spatialized sound, there is an immediate addiction. One can play with space, depth, and elevation, add life to instruments, animate them with movement and trajectories. The score gains in intelligibility, and the creative potential is dramatically increased. It\u2019s crazy \u2013 every artist should be able to try this creative approach.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.flux.audio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Elephantmat-Grd-Palais-9582.png” alt=”ElephantMat Grand Palais” title_text=”Elephantmat Grd Palais-9582″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.0″]<\/p>\n Rossier points to SPAT Revolution as an indispensable tool in immersive content creation.<\/p>\n \u201cSPAT is an ideal tool for immersive audio. It responds to every mixing challenge I encounter and enables me to mix in multiple configurations. For the Grand Palais mix, SPAT allowed me to create a binaural version that was faithful to my score\u2019s spatial intention. I was able to manage each object individually and use all the internal tools to optimize the rendering. The mix breathes, the spatial definition is superb, and the dynamics are precisely preserved. The results were simply wonderful. There is no other tool on the market that can manage this kind of project with this degree of stability and sonic quality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n Capture Grand Palais, Paris – Official Teaser<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n PHOTO CREDIT: Louis Lefranc<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=”4.4.3″][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris, France – March 2021 While immersive audio performances have taken on a new popularity during this year of virtual concerts, the French electronic music producer \u00c9l\u00e9phantMat (the alter-ego of artist\/producer\/engineer Mathieu Rossier) has been creating live events in 3D audio for several years. 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