Delaymatrix

Hardware & software

1998

Spatial audio mixer

The Delaymatrix is a spatial audio mixer that Technica Del Arte developed in 1998 for the opera Aida during a very successful collaboration with BV Oorzaak. It is a variation on Lupa that makes it possible in large arenas with the public all around, to process the sound in such a way that it seems that the amplified sound from each individual instrument or singer actually comes from the place where they are, regardless of where the listener is located. It was the first time that so many critics had paid compliments to the sound.

From the Volkskrant, 26 January 1998:
“In the Ahoy, Aida is finally given the space it needs. The quality of the sound throughout the entire arena was startlingly good. More than this, the use of ingenious computer processing reproduced the solo sections through the loudspeakers in such a way that the sound seemed to come from the point where the singer actually stood.”

Download a demo version here

Aida in Ahoy