3D relax, a Massimo Liverani's installation in 3D-EST®

Le Murate - Firenze, Italia Keep an Ear On Videos & Sound Installations May 20-22 2011. Massimo LIVERANI and Pino GORI have presented "Stazione di rilassamento psicoacustico", (station for psycho-acustic relax).

Liverani and Agostini

Description of the installation: It is an area inscribable in a circle with a diameter below 4 meters, wrapped in canvas supported by bamboo canes, pieces of wood, tufa or stone bases, tied with strings and ropes. The height, including the supporting structure, is of approx. 250 cm. Into the inside area, which can be accessed through special entrances, there are a carpet, camping mats and some cushions, in addition to the acoustic diffusers. People can lie down on the mats and relax themselves. Furthermore, there are lighting devices which project light on the canvas.
Description of the audio part: It is a sound layer lasting approximately 60 minutes, which has been reproduced in loop. We recommended sessions of approximately 10 minutes. The composition is based on the use of binaural beats at Theta frequency (4-8 hz). Even if they are not audible and are perceived as vibrations in a binaural environment, those sounds have relaxing and therapeutic powers, and they stimulate the cerebral cortex. Since their pure sound is not particularly pleasant, the sounds are masked by natural sounds deriving from wooden and seaside environments, which, from a psychoacoustic point of view, are also relaxing. The composition is also overlapped by musical bases composed ad hoc and divided in 6 pieces of approx. 10 minutes, each interpreted by 6 different musicians. The audio has been reproduced in 3D-EST 8.0 thanks to one X-spat player, 6 Empire S-500 and two special speakers handmade by Massimo Liverani.
"Keep an ear on..." is the fifth international symposium on soundscape organized by the FKL (Forum Klanglandschaft). In 2011, the conference has been held in Florence (Italy) in collaboration with the Center for Music Research Tempo Reale and the Centre for Contemporary Art EX3, May 19 to 22, 2011

A 3D-EST soundscape composition by Francesco Landucci for Liz Gehrer’s “Man among influences and changes”

A 3D-EST soundscape composition by Francesco Landucci, spatialized by Luigi Agostini with his X-spat boX2, will complement the latest artwork by Liz Gehrer at Geiger Foundation Exhibition Room from April 23rd to May 29th 2011. The 3D audio playback will be performed using one X-spat player and eight speakers in a custom position chosen by the artist.


Liz Gehrer is a Swiss artist that with her art wishes to show an unusual view of everyday issues, because the day to day is what deserves to be noted, the extraordinary hides within the ordinary. The main themes of her works (sculptures, collages and installations) are vulnerability and at the same time the strength of man and his relations.

3D audio at home? Now you can.

Add two satellite speakers to your 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio compatible home theater (with Lh and Rh), just one meter over the Ls and Rs speakers, and buy a 3D-EST disc for blu-ray players.

The first four titles are available here (on the right of this message) or in the following web stores:
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New A&G Soluzioni Digitali Event

2011 National Assembly of the Forum Klanglandschaft Italy
Saturday, January 22, Auditorium Cesare Chiti
Institute of Musical Studies Pietro Mascagni
Via Galilei 40, Livorno
Morning session for members, 10:00 am Opening of the meeting.
Program of the afternoon session, open to the public, which will
beginning at 16:00:
- Brief presentation of FKL and its goals.
- Arrige Aures
Soundscape composition by Fabio Iaci reproduced in 3D-EST 24.0
- SIGNALI U GRADU (signals in the city), by Albert Mayr
- A Secret Life, by Brian Eno & David Byrne
Original separate tracks, courtesy of the authors, taken from My Life
in the Bush of Ghosts album, released by Sire Records Label in February 1981 and reissued by Virgin in 2006.
Comparison of three different mixes and following debate:
stereo version, 3D-EST 8.0 DTS HD Master Audio and 3D-EST 24.0.

New 3D-EST/DTS HD MA demo is coming...

I am pleased to announce the next release (2011) of a blu-ray disc in DTS HD Master Audio containing three special demo mixed by me in 3D-EST using my X-spat boX2. The three masterpieces, released at no cost under Creative Commons license, are:
1 Shock the monkey, Peter Gabriel;
2 A Secret Life, Brian Eno & David Byrne;
3 Only, Nine Inch Nails.
Stay tuned for more information on how to download free of charge the real-never-heard-before 3D audio versions of the famous songs. Please consider they are listenable only using eight speakers connected to an amplifier compatible DTS HD MA.

Kindle edition of 'Creating Soundscapes' available now on Amazon.com!

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We live all our lives surrounded by sounds. Sounds are communication and aggression, emotions and alienation, art and…pollution. Creating sound landscapes means becoming aware of the existence of an individual acoustic space and learning how to enjoy it while respecting other people’s spaces. How? By developing an aesthetic sensitivity that will allow us to distinguish quality sounds from noises that damage our health; by building a new ecologic conscience to correct compromised environments; by listening… and not just to music.

Second part includes the point of views of 1. Sabino Cannone 2. Darwin Chamber 3. Angelo Farina 4. Italo Lombardo 5. Francesco Michi 6. Charlie Richmond 7. Louis Siciliano 8. Angelo Talocci 9. Andrea Valassina.

Listen in 3D at home? Now you can. (Press release)

The new codifying and de-codifying system for Blu-Ray® DTS-HD Master Audio® has today been certified compatible with the technology patented by A&G Soluzioni Digitali® for the creation of three-dimensional sound landscapes, called 3D-EST® (3D Enhanced Surround Technology). DTS-HD Master Audio® technology, for the first time since the arrival of digital audio, allows the reproduction of eight audio tracks identical to the master produced in the studio, thanks to the higher audio streaming speed of the Blu-Ray disc. 3D audio that can be achieved through the X-spat boX² workstation for productions in 3D-EST™ created and marketed by A&G Soluzioni Digitali, when played back through a 7.0 or 8.0 speaker setup, is the most lifelike and spectacular audio experience for a home theatre system currently available on the market.

“Since 1997 A&G Soluzioni Digitali has invested substantial resources and capitals in research and development focused on the problem of three-dimensional audio reproduction” says Luigi Agostini, sole director of A&G, “ and even if our X-spat boX² was already the best practical and economical solution on the market for installations and live performances, in the consumer sector the absence of a truly non compressed format with a minimum of eight channels for digital media was seriously hampering the quality of our algorithms in the distribution phase. Now, by producing in 3D-EST on Blu-Ray protected in DTS-HD Master Audio, record companies will have at their disposal the long awaited concrete solution to re-master and market in real 3D all their catalogues with truly state of the art quality.”
A&G Soluzioni Digitali started the evolution of 3D audio production in the 90s participating in the E.A.S.Y. European Project, and re-invented 3D Audio Workstations in 2004 with its X-Spatialisation Card for Apogee Rosetta 800. Today A&G Soluzioni Digitali is still in the forefront of innovation in its industrial sector with its 3D Audio Workstations and its professional applications for iPhone® and for the Apple Mac OS X operative system.

My bestseller "Creating Soundscape" is downloadable since yesterday from Amazon UK, for Kindle PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android...

Sinossi: We live all our lives surrounded by sounds. Sounds are communication and aggression, emotions and alienation, art and...pollution. Creating sound landscapes means becoming aware of the existence of an individual acoustic space and learning how to enjoy it while respecting other people's spaces. How? By developing an aesthetic sensitivity that will allow us to distinguish quality sounds from noises that damage our health; by building a new ecologic conscience to correct compromised environments; by listening... and not just to music.