Vache Baroque brings together Focusrite brands for Operatic miracle

Performances of Pergolesi’s 1735 three-act opera L’Olimpiade were experienced as never before by audiences in the grounds of The Vache, a Grade II*-listed estate in Chalfont St. Giles, recently. A cast of seven members of operatic company Vache Baroque (plus narrator) delivered Pergolesi’s arias under the sensitive direction of Laura Attridge, while the 17-piece orchestra, […]

The anti-acoustic adventures of Concrete Voids and TiMax panLab

Concrete Voids at London’s Southbank Centre is provocatively described by creator Tony Birch as anti-acoustic. The experimental audio project explores the acoustic possibilities of the empty concrete spaces that surround the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium to create an unconventional and organic sound environment. A social media moment and subsequent collaboration with TiMax panLab originator, Dan […]

Two powerful spatial audio worlds collide as TiMax launches TiMax panLab

TiMax – the innovative pioneer of spatial audio technology – has announced the launch of TiMax panLab. Continuing its mission to democratise access to spatial audio, the new macOS application packs a vastly augmented feature set to enable users to take spatialised audio designs further in both entry-level and large-scale systems. TiMax panLab is the […]

TiMax assures peak spatial performance on Germany’s oldest outdoor stage

Central Europe’s outdoor performance tradition determinedly eschews standard staging formats, seeking instead the most picturesque yet challenging environments to deliver their tales to audiences in their thousands. Set in a rock labyrinth with certain upstage scene elements offset at heights up to 25m above the main stage area, Wundsiedel’s Luisenburg Festspiele, on Germany’s oldest outdoor […]

Give The Audience What They Deserve By Brad Berridge

From the very first sound system deployment around 1915 and countless others since, we sound people have made a compromise.  In an ideal world we’d put a loudspeaker in front of each sound source, be that presenter, singer or instrument. In practice of course this would ruin the visual picture and detract from the physical […]

TiMax launches brand new website

TiMax – the UK-based initiators of object-based audio for vocal intelligibility and audience immersion – has launched a new website showcasing the brand and full suite of performance, presentation and experiential products, including panLab the latest innovation to join the fold. Following the recent move into the Focusrite Group and with its backing, the time […]

Rik Kirby Joins TiMax and OutBoard as Commercial Manager

Rik Kirby has been appointed to the newly-created role of Commercial Manager for spatial audio innovator, TiMax, and the industry-standard OutBoard motor control brands, recently acquired by Focusrite PLC. Kirby brings with him a wealth of experience from previous roles in sales and channel management. Originally from the UK where he worked in international sales […]

Focusrite plc purchase Innovate Audio to support immersive sound strategy

Focusrite plc has announced the acquisition of UK-based Innovate Audio, the company behind the popular panLab spatial audio solutions. This follows the earlier acquisition of TiMax and builds upon Focusrite Group’s commitment to immersive sound. With the acquisition it has been agreed that panLab solutions will join the TiMax brand, meaning TiMax can now offer […]