ZYLIA presents the first of its kind “Jordan Rudess & Friends in 3D Audio” 360° immersive VR concert – available now on Oculus App Lab!
POZNAŃ, Poland, NEW YORK, United States — April 21, 2022
Put on your VR goggles and enter the famous Dreamland Recording Studios to take part in an immersive, deep, and emotionally engaging music experience. Three outstanding musicians: Jordan Rudess, Steve Horelick, and Jerry Marotta gathered at Dreamland for a spectacular and singular concert which was captured by multiple 360° cameras and the ZYLIA 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) solution for 3D Audio recording. With the concert in the Oculus application, you will be able not only to listen to beautiful performances of fantastic artists but also switch between several 360° vantage spots and spin around in each of them. What’s more, the sound you hear will correspond to your position and movement giving you the most realistic impressions possible. Stand next to Jordan’s piano or watch Jerry’s drumming in close-up. Look around and admire the majestic space and stunning, colorful glass windows of the former St. John's Church. The result is a truly striking experience that you will long remember.
“Spatial audio offers a whole different perspective, allowing listeners a dynamic sonic experience that is truly 360°. The artists and engineers at ZYLIA have created a cutting-edge technology that enables us to be truly immersed in the audio world, and experience music as if it’s happening all around us, literally because it is,” said Jordan Rudess, keyboardist of progressive metal band Dream Theater and progressive metal super-group Liquid Tension Experiment.
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By watching the concert, you join the artists and ZYLIA in financially supporting the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the largest community of Audio Experts.
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HOW TO WATCH THE CONCERT?
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The immersive concert “Jordan Rudess & Friends in 3D Audio” is available to watch now on Oculus App Lab for the nominal fee of $14.99. The proceeds from the concert will be donated to the AES – a non-profit organization that unites engineers, creative artists, scientists, and students worldwide. The link to the concert can be found here:
"The “Jordan Rudess and Friends in 3D Audio” production is a compelling introduction to technology that realizes the potential of immersive audio,” said Professor Agnieszka Roginska, a Fellow and a Past-President of the Audio Engineering Society. “From the perspective of the AES’s decades of leadership in spatial and immersive audio technologies, the AES recognizes Zylia’s commitment to extending the application of these technologies. We are delighted and grateful for their support of AES’s mission with their generous contribution of the project’s proceeds to the Society.”
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THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE CONCERT
360° cameras are already quite popular among filmmakers. ZYLIA, however, has furthered the real potential of 360° video production by combining the view from multiple such cameras with 3D audio. This novel approach can change the way we virtually interact with artists, music, and places. An immersive audio-video experience in 360° and VR productions is achieved through the application of ZYLIA’s years-long research into the application of Ambisonic technology to the recorded audio.
WHAT IS AMBISONICS?
Ambisonic sound is a representation of natural spatial listening – the human ability to recognize sounds in the 3D space through the characteristics of intensity, direction, height, and timbre. Recording with an Ambisonics microphone captures an entire 360° sphere around the mic – the entire 3D sound-space. Ambisonics audio can be further described by ‘orders’ – the higher the order, the greater the accuracy of the reproduced sound, the greater depth or, in other words, the higher the resolution of the recorded sound-sphere.
ZYLIA’s 6 Degrees of Freedom solution as used in the “Jordan Rudess & Friends in 3D Audio” production is based on multiple ZM-1S, 3rd Order Ambisonics microphones. During the recording session at the Dreamland Recording Studios, the system captured the entire 3D sound sphere in the studio, including not only the instruments being played but also the acoustics and ambient sounds of the venue. The audio is perfectly synchronized with 360° video, so a viewer using VR goggles and headphones will hear a lifelike shift in sound every time they change their view of the recorded performance.
ZYLIA’s 6 Degrees of Freedom solution as used in the “Jordan Rudess & Friends in 3D Audio” production is based on multiple ZM-1S, 3rd Order Ambisonics microphones. During the recording session at the Dreamland Recording Studios, the system captured the entire 3D sound sphere in the studio, including not only the instruments being played but also the acoustics and ambient sounds of the venue. The audio is perfectly synchronized with 360° video, so a viewer using VR goggles and headphones will hear a lifelike shift in sound every time they change their view of the recorded performance.
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The ZYLIA 6 Degrees of Freedom Navigable Audio solution can be used for many different applications, including:
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“We believe that 3D audio is a critical element in the ever-evolving worlds of gaming, filmmaking, and music production. Experiencing sound as a dynamic and multi-dimensional entity creates the sensation that listeners are actually there, fully immersed in the world of the music. It is ZYLIA’s goal to make 360° sonic experiences available to audiences everywhere.”– said Tomasz Żernicki, CEO of ZYLIA.
About Jordan Rudess
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Voted "Best Keyboardist of All Time", Jordan Rudess is best known as the keyboardist / multi-instrumentalist and technologist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy-nominated prog rock band, Dream Theater, and the instrumental band, Liquid Tension Experiment. A classical prodigy who began his studies at the Juilliard School of Music at the age of 10, Jordan’s music is a unique blend of classical and rock influence.
In addition to playing in Dream Theater, Jordan has worked with a wide range of artists including David Bowie, Deep Purple, Jan Hammer, Enrique Iglesias, Paul Winter Consort, Annie Haslam, Tony Levin, Marco Minneman, Liquid Tension Experiment, Steven Wilson, Aviv Geffen, the Dixie Dregs, Rod Morgenstein and Tony Williams among others. |
About Steve Horelick
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A musical adventurer, performer and educator, Steve Horelick's career encompasses an expanding spectrum of the music universe. His TV credits include more than 350 episodes for many award-winning children productions including PBS's acclaimed, Reading Rainbow, for which he composed the iconic "Butterfly in the Sky" theme song, and all the incidental scores. His songs have been recorded by Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, John Sebastian, Phoebe Snow, Peabo Bryson, LeVar Burton, Patti LaBelle and Kermit the Frog.
He has several EMMY nominations and awards for his many TV and advertising soundtracks including the prestigious Gold at New York Film Festival. |
As an educator and lecturer he has taught songwriting, and film scoring at Queens College and City College in New York City. He is currently the publisher and Executive VP at NonLinear Educating, Inc., overseeing the production of over 2000 courses for their macProVideo.com, Ask.Video, Ask.Audio websites.
As a performer his immersive, surround performances have entertained audiences from San Francisco to Berlin. Steve’s main instruments are the ones designed by the great electronic musical instrument maker Donald Buchla who custom-designed Steve’s first “Buchla” in 1976. SteveHmusic
As a performer his immersive, surround performances have entertained audiences from San Francisco to Berlin. Steve’s main instruments are the ones designed by the great electronic musical instrument maker Donald Buchla who custom-designed Steve’s first “Buchla” in 1976. SteveHmusic
About Jerry Marotta
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Jerry Marotta has recorded and toured with Peter Gabriel, The Indigo Girls, Hall and Oates, Tears For Fears, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, 10,000 Maniacs, Suzanne Vega and Los Lonely Boys to name only a few. Through his extensive touring experience and performances on hundreds of albums Jerry has worked with many of the greatest producers in the world.
As a performer or composer Jerry has contributed to various movie and TV projects including Small Miracles starring Judge Hirsch, Dovid Meyer, ABC’s I’m with Her with Rhett Miller, and Survivor. |
Currently Jerry is spreading his time between The Marotta Brothers Band (with Rick), The Fragile Fate with Rupert Greenall (The Fixx), Flav Martin, Security Project with Trey Gunn, Reelin’ in the Years, and Annie & The Hedonists.
Jerry now carries his experiences into his own career as a producer. All the skills he brings to studio sessions as a performer are now combined with album production. There are very few styles of music or personalities that he has not worked with! Jerry also contributed the production of two tracks to the Indigo Girls’ 1200 Curfews album. Jerrys producer credits now include Kristin Hall, Larry Gowan, Andrew Caine, Pam Goldin, Gabriella Schaaf, Barbara Kessler, Ellis Paul, and Sarah Perrotta.
Word is getting out about Jerry Marotta’s availability as a producer. We know him as one of the finest and most sought after drummers in the world. The albums he has produced speak for themselves.
He is already one of the world’s most sought after drummers!
Jerry now carries his experiences into his own career as a producer. All the skills he brings to studio sessions as a performer are now combined with album production. There are very few styles of music or personalities that he has not worked with! Jerry also contributed the production of two tracks to the Indigo Girls’ 1200 Curfews album. Jerrys producer credits now include Kristin Hall, Larry Gowan, Andrew Caine, Pam Goldin, Gabriella Schaaf, Barbara Kessler, Ellis Paul, and Sarah Perrotta.
Word is getting out about Jerry Marotta’s availability as a producer. We know him as one of the finest and most sought after drummers in the world. The albums he has produced speak for themselves.
He is already one of the world’s most sought after drummers!
About Zylia
Zylia ( https://www.zylia.co ) develops innovative, world-class 3D audio recording technologies and turns them into products that improve the lives of musicians and audio creatives. With a passionate and dedicated team of experts in music production, audio research, software, business and product development, the company crafts and delivers products with the potential to redefine and revolutionize the way 3D sound and musical performances are recorded and produced. Leveraging their personal experience as musicians and tech gurus, along with input from music and audio communities around the world, Zylia’s experts bring musicians agile recording tools that make it easy to be creative in any environment.
Our solutions are used by musicians and sound engineers who work with Sony, Disney, Game of Thrones, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Red Bull, and many others.
We also love to support artists! Zylia is involved in organizing volunteer efforts including Music CovAid by Zylia.
More information is available at www.zylia.co.
Zylia ( https://www.zylia.co ) develops innovative, world-class 3D audio recording technologies and turns them into products that improve the lives of musicians and audio creatives. With a passionate and dedicated team of experts in music production, audio research, software, business and product development, the company crafts and delivers products with the potential to redefine and revolutionize the way 3D sound and musical performances are recorded and produced. Leveraging their personal experience as musicians and tech gurus, along with input from music and audio communities around the world, Zylia’s experts bring musicians agile recording tools that make it easy to be creative in any environment.
Our solutions are used by musicians and sound engineers who work with Sony, Disney, Game of Thrones, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Red Bull, and many others.
We also love to support artists! Zylia is involved in organizing volunteer efforts including Music CovAid by Zylia.
More information is available at www.zylia.co.
