Outdoor, Muchmusic
Live Virtual Surround
Television and Internet
Broadcast, October 2000.
This was the
first broadcast
using the Production
versions of the Holophone®
and the Virtual Surround
feature in our new PCM-7,
Preamplifier Control
Module.
Muchmusic, the Canadian equivalent to MTV, hosted the awards show
outside the City TV/Muchmusic Studios on Queen St. West in Downtown
Toronto, on a rainy evening. The station utilized three stages for the
show, (one small inside, and two large outdoor stages) We set up three
different Holophone® system at the front of each stage at different
distances to the performers depending on the stage size. This gave us
the ability to monitor and broadcast three very unique live-music venues
at the same time.
What a party! On hand to perform that evening were Lenny Kravitz, The
Guess Who ( who did a very cool version of 'American Woman' with
Kravitz), Moby, Destiny's Child (Va-voom!), The Barenaked Ladies, Blink
182 and many others.
As usual, it rained, but we were very well prepared that night and
the systems performed flawlessly. We learned a lot about the way the
Holophone® must be used in conjunction with the existing technologies
involved in a Stereo broadcast, and most specifically, how much 'space'
the Virtual Surround Signal must be given in order to achieve it's
desired effect. It sure sounded cool. And the show was a blast!