This week at Amsterdam Dance Event, a Brussels startup is asking DJs to work with a parameter most club mixers ignore. The Ambrio Spatial Performance Mixer, or SPM, is in use at Currents, FIBER’s spatial sound programme at Loods6, on Friday 23 October, with two hands-on masterclasses at the same venue the following day. It is billed as the first DJ mixer built for intuitive 3D spatial control.
The premise is simple. Most club systems receive a stereo signal, however many cabinets surround the floor. Immersive platforms such as d&b Soundscape exist, but they generally depend on dedicated processing, software and an engineer…
