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Equipment file · Object-based signal engine and spatial toolkit

Soundscape

d&b audiotechnik · February 2018

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A DS100-based platform for source-oriented reinforcement and room-emulation functions.

Introduced
February 2018
Category
Object-based signal engine and spatial toolkit
Intended use
Concert, theatre, opera, and room-emulation production
Production
2018 onward; DS110 succeeds DS100

Equipment photographs · 1

d&b DS100 Signal Engine, the processor at the core of Soundscape

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d&b DS100 Signal Engine, the processor at the core of Soundscape·d&b audiotechnik·© d&b audiotechnik, used for identification and historical commentary

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    Combined source positioning and room emulation in a touring-ready d&b control ecosystem.

  2. 02

    Applied object-based localization to existing d&b loudspeaker systems through a central networked matrix.

Engineering record

DS100 engine
The original DS100 was a 3RU, Dante-networked 64×64 level-and-delay matrix.[1]
Software
En-Scene handled object positioning while En-Space supplied room acoustic emulation.[2]

Original pricing

No official launch MSRP located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

A later UK rental price exists, but it is not an original purchase price and is therefore excluded.

Use in the field

Pre-release field work included Kraftwerk, the Ravenna Festival, and an opera production at Sydney Opera House.[3]

Professional reactions

“Soundscape allows us to do that. It's the truest case of the d&b goal of ‘Democracy for Listeners.’”
Ralf Zuleeg, Head of Sales Services and Application EngineeringSoundscape launch · Manufacturer-published case study[1]d&b audiotechnik · Introducing d&b Soundscape

Release-period reaction · 2018

Zuleeg wanted to move beyond stereo and conventional effects and compression toward new spatial experiences. His excitement was about a different way of presenting a performance, rather than another refinement to the familiar left-right PA.

Ralf Zuleeg, d&b head of Sales Services and Application Engineering2018 presentation at indigo at The O2; the platform developer’s viewpoint, not an independent endorsement. · Manufacturer representative in trade interview · Paraphrased account[4]SoundLightUp · d&b Soundscape presentation indigo at The O2, London

Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1Introducing d&b Soundscaped&b audiotechnik · reference · 2018
  2. 2DS100 Signal Engined&b audiotechnik · reference
  3. 3Soundscape presentation at indigo at The O2SoundLightUp · reference
  4. 4d&b Soundscape presentation indigo at The O2, LondonSoundLightUp · interview · 13 November 2018

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