{"id":52512,"date":"2023-12-12T20:36:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=press-release&p=52512"},"modified":"2024-04-29T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T13:30:39","slug":"byus-new-school-of-music-building-doubles-the-immersive-sound-experience-with-two-l-isa-systems","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/byus-new-school-of-music-building-doubles-the-immersive-sound-experience-with-two-l-isa-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"BYU\u2019s New School of Music Building Doubles the Immersive Sound Experience with Two L-ISA Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new 170,000-square-foot complex houses Brigham Young University School of Music\u2019s Recital Hall and The Box, both of which are now at the leading edge of immersive audio thanks to L-ISA technology, while the center\u2019s Concert Hall also features a Kiva II system<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROVO, Utah \u2013 December 2023 \u2013<\/strong> Construction of Brigham Young University\u2019s new School of Music Building took two years to complete, and it was worth the wait. The 170,000-square-foot center was built to house BYU School of Music\u2019s performance and academic spaces and relieve some of the burden on the university\u2019s Harris Fine Arts Center, which hosted over 500 performances a year before its demolition this past March, paving the way for a new Arts Building to be completed on the same site in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Music Building has four levels and features several mid-sized spaces for rehearsals and recitals, including practice rooms on the upper floor. The cornerstone of the facility is a 1,000-seat Concert Hall built in the vineyard style in which the performance space takes center stage, with tiers of audience seating rising above them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A wide angle view of the Recital Hall in BYU\u2019s new Music Building, home to L-Acoustics L-ISA technology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Helping to put this new center, which is part of BYU\u2019s College of Fine Arts and Communications, at the cutting edge of music performance is the inclusion of two L-Acoustics L-ISA immersive sound systems: one in the Recital Hall performance space and the other in a teaching space, The Box, both installed by Salt Lake City-based Poll Sound Integration, who also installed an L-Acoustics Kiva II system into the building\u2019s new Concert Hall. The ability to move between teaching and performance spaces and remain in a fully immersive environment sets a new benchmark for immersive audio in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both the Recital Hall and The Box are fitted with L-ISA immersive audio technology. The Box was initially envisioned as an opera rehearsal room, but including L-ISA has allowed it become a much more versatile performance space, now used for classes, rehearsals, and immersive audio composition groups. Kevin Anthony, assistant professor in the composition department and an electronic music composer, says the decision to outfit both spaces with immersive audio emerged from discussions amongst the AV team and faculty members who saw that L-ISA technology could greatly increase the flexibility of those spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five A10i arrays serve as the Recital Hall\u2019s frontal Scene system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was exactly what we need for much of the electronic music that our students produce,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd we also want to be able to host electronic music conferences here, so having L-ISA immersive sound was precisely what we required.\u201d Asked if immersive audio had made inroads into academic settings yet, as it has in cinema and other sectors, Anthony replied that this was the first such installation he\u2019d seen. \u201cIt’s a dream setup to have,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That \u201cdream setup\u201d in the Recital Hall consists of five A10i Focus and ten A10i Wide loudspeakers plus six KS21<\/a> subs, eight coaxial X8<\/a>, and 15 ultra-shallow Soka<\/a> colinear enclosures, collectively driven by a combination of LA12X<\/a> and LA4X<\/a> amplified controllers and an L-ISA Processor. In The Box, the immersive speaker array comprises five Syva colinear loudspeakers, two KS21 subs, and 21 X8, all controlled by an L-ISA Processor and powered by LA4X amplified controllers. Equally nice is the new Concert Hall\u2019s sound system, with its 24 flown Kiva II<\/a> speakers buttressed by five A10i Focus<\/a>, five A10i Wide<\/a>, and six SB15m<\/a> subs, all driven by LA12X amps and a P1<\/a> processor. In addition, four rehearsal rooms each utilize two self-powered 108P and a pair of SB15P subs; a dozen classrooms all feature two 108P; and a portable PA system comprising a combination of X8, X12, and KS21, powered via LA12X and LA4X, is ready for deployment as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifteen Soka colinear enclosures line the Recital Hall\u2019s rear and side walls while eight coaxial X8 are flown overhead for fully immersive sound experience reproduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BYU Director of Audio Visual Services Brad Streeter, who designed all of the new facility\u2019s sound systems in concert with L-Acoustics technicians and Poll Sound AV System Designer\/Project Engineers Neil Yates and Bryce Stettler, and PM Dan Salmond, noted that research around immersive sound for the new facility extended beyond the new music facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were doing AV design work for two buildings concurrently: the Music Building, which was begun and completed first, and a new Arts Building currently under construction. We were also researching immersive systems for the Arts Building, experiencing different manufacturers\u2019 demos at trade shows,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe had evaluated several of the products, and we all felt the L-Acoustics L-ISA technology was the best fit for the proscenium theater in the new Arts Building, and the research showed it was also relevant to the spaces in the Music Building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Box features five Syva colinear loudspeakers at the front of the room, two KS21 subs overhead, and 21 X8 around the perimeter of the room and above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Reaction to the new immersive audio capabilities in the facility has been highly positive. Anthony says they\u2019ve been used for applications ranging from teaching to composition to performance, all while introducing students to the concept of immersive audio. \u201cOne of our grad students, Jinxin Fu, is composing a piece specifically to be performed using L-ISA, and several other music students are taking advantage of its real-time spatialization capabilities in an upcoming concert,\u201d he says. \u201cComposition faculty member Steve Ricks just staged a large-scale opera performance in The Box where I designed a \u2018weather\u2019 system with sounds of trees and other natural effects that were spatialized throughout the space. It was cool to see that space and the sound system used to its full measure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BYU is far from finished with L-Acoustics technology. Bryce Stettler, in charge of commercial sales at Poll Sound, noted that the company is gearing up to install a new K2 system in the Marriott Center, the multipurpose arena on the university\u2019s Provo campus that is home to BYU Cougars men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams. With seating for nearly 18,000 people, it is the largest venue in the entire Big 12 Conference and among the largest on-campus basketball arenas in the nation. \u201cWe look forward to doing it again when we finish the new K2 system with all of the required rigging and support gear in the Marriott Center, as well as for the upcoming new Arts Building on the campus when it\u2019s finished,\u201d he says. \u201cL-Acoustics has technology and systems for each school\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BYU Assistant Professor Kevin Anthony controlling multi-source panning in real-time on The Box\u2019s L-Acoustics Syva and X8 speakers with a Gametrak controller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, BYU\u2019s music faculty is still finding new ways to apply the L-ISA immersive technology to their work. They anticipate making it part of the learning and performance experience in the new facility. \u201cI think as far as these systems are concerned, they’re new to us and a new technology for campus,\u201d says Anthony. \u201cBut we\u2019re looking forward to doing a lot of experimentation and seeing where it’ll be most useful, and that\u2019s tremendously exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For details on Brigham Young University\u2019s new School of Music Building, visit w<\/a>ww.byu.edu<\/a>. Poll Sound can be found online at www.pollsound.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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