The Cinema Designer Announces High Render Channel Count Immersive Audio Update
The Cinema Designer(August 17, 2017) If properly integrating an 11-channel immersive sound speaker array is time consuming, imagine designing and installing a technically accurate 32-channel system. For the high-end custom installer, large room systems are common place and there’s little room for installation error. That’s why a package like The Cinema Designer (TCD) is so important.
The Cinema Designer is a cloud-based system that custom installers can use to design dedicated home theater and media rooms in mere minutes. Users are given the tools to create detailed room design plans, aesthetic renders and 3D CAD drawings, and audio and video calibration reports. And because TCD creates peer-reviewed standard designs, subjectivity is completely eliminated from the equation and the bar for overall room performance is raised to exceptional levels.
Recently, TCD announced an interesting update to its standard functionality, incorporating Trinnov Audio’s recommended speaker whitepaper, which allows home theater designers to quickly create 32-channel theater rooms for both Atmos and DTS:X immersive sound duty. In a matter of minutes, designers can render technically perfect audio spaces backed by standards-based and scientifically accurate drawings.
“Designing high channel count theatres for optimal results is something few people have much experience doing,” said Jon Herron, High End Audio, Director of Sales, Americas, Trinnov Audio. “The Cinema Designer incorporates the experience we have gained by being involved with virtually all of the high spatial resolution residential systems completed to date.”
Herron continued by explaining that traditional design methods typically take weeks to create the kind of documentation that the TCD can produce in a matter of minutes. Using the software, installers can spend less time and resources on design work and more time on selling and installing.
Trinnov is throwing its weight behind the tool, requiring a company to receive education and proficiency with TCD in order to achieve “Level 1 Certification” from the manufacturer. As an alternative, Level 1 status can be acquired by a company demonstrating that it has proper engineering resources to design and execute complex immersive sound installations.
Herron added: “Even those with suitable engineering resources would be well advised to use TCD for proposal generation and first-pass AutoCAD drawings.”
If you’re an enthusiast with a stubborn DIY streak, the functionality of the TCD reads like a dream tool. Unfortunately, its licensing and application will likely stay focused on the custom installer market.
If you’re a theater installation professional, click here to learn more about the The Cinema Designer and how to incorporate it into your business’s operations.
Technology is always moving ahead..
but, definitely interesting to see how things are developing on the custom side.
