HOLOPHONIX spatial sound technology was originally designed to break out of the stereophonic paradigm, and provide audiences with a high-resolution sound localization experience.

In traditional sound reinforcement systems, there is no way to accurately locate sound sources unless the listeners are at the center of the venue. As a result, only a few people in the “sweet spot” can hear in stereo during live performances.

With the HOLOPHONIX technology, the sweet spot disappears. Almost every seat becomes a privileged position.

Over the past five years, more than two million people have experienced HOLOPHONIX spatial sound technology in hundreds of creative projects and cultural venues.

HOLOPHONIX users and customers are spread across the world.

Improving the intelligibility and localization of actors and musicians in the vast area of the Pope’s Courtyard of Honor area has been a long quest that I and my predecessors have pursued since the Festival’s inception in 1947. Thanks to the new technologies serving the performing arts, we are beginning to achieve an unprecedented level of quality and we will continue the quest and innovate as we refine the system in the future.

Michael Petit

Technical Director | Festival d'Avignon

We selected the HOLOPHONIX technology at Paris-based Chaillot National Theater to increase artist creativity and improve audience’s experiences. This is probably the most advanced platform to date for spatial sound mixing and immersive creation.

Marc Piera

Sound Department Director | French National Theatre of Dance

We wanted to build a system that would be able to adapt to any live show and any concert – even the most acoustically and sonically challenging.

Frederic Biessy

Director | La Scala

Under the growing influence of cinema, the work of actors on theater stages has evolved considerably over the past 50 or 60 years. But if the actors are now almost always equipped with microphones, are we – as spectators – obliged to suffer the sound of voices whose depth, and spatial nuances seem to have disappeared in favor of a certain form of monophony? 

HOLOPHONIX, by developing new spatialization tools, lets us return to the live theater – performing arts – and brings us closer to the intimacy of the actors.

Félix Lefebvre 

Scenographer | Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Radio France, Opéra du Grand Avignon, Théâtre des Variétés

Technical Director | La Grande Halle de la Villette, Théâtre des Amandiers (Nanterre), Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris)…

HOLOPHONIX technology is compatible with show control software and many popular DAWs that support the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol – including Ableton Live, Cubase, Digital Performer, IanniX, Logic Pro, Mandrin, Max, Nuendo, PureData, Pyramix, QLab, Reaktor, REAPER, Reason, Traktor — allowing composers to add a control layer to existing software, hardware or network systems used for original on-site creations, such as installations or performances that incorporate graphic, video and/or sound content.