d&b audiotechnik announces that it has partnered with Gareth Owen Sound to launch En-Snap cue automation software, a significant step in advancing the application of d&b’s Soundscape immersive sound technology.
Specifically, En-Snap is designed to provide more efficient and seamless Soundscape integration within wider entertainment ecosystems. The new tool is available free of charge to registered d&b Soundscape customers and users.
Gareth Owen, a noted sound designer, has been using Soundscape and an early version of the En-Snap tool on recent productions, including the Olivier Award-winning sound design for Come From Away in London as well as the Broadway production of Diana and the German productions of Bat Out of Hell and Starlight Express..
“The public launch of En-Snap is of huge significance to Soundscape users everywhere,” states Owen. “It provides a seamless and efficient way to integrate Soundscape into show programming and operation, greatly reducing the amount of time sound designers and engineers spend in the production phase.”
En-Snap has been designed to offer a straightforward cue-based control within the Soundscape environment. It connects directly to the d&b DS100 Signal engine and, with a single click, stores the parameter values of all 64 sound objects and any En-Space room emulation setting as an En-Snap cue. User-specified transition time, and recall safe functions in every cue, help ensure seamless user options for scenes and applications.
En-Snap sound cues can be manually operated as well as integrated into automated production workflows, by cue recall, via OSC and MIDI timecode for up to two DS100s simultaneously.
“By partnering with Gareth Owen Sound, we continue to expand the possibilities of Soundscape for the needs of creatives, designers and the market,” says Georg Stummer, Product Manager, d&b audiotechnik. “It is important that we plan ahead for when performances restart in, 2021. The introduction of En-Snap to the Soundscape environment will bring productions to life faster, with even more creativity, flexibility and functionality.”
