TiMax has announced the launch of its TiMax panLab spatial audio technology software, a macOS application that enables users to engage with spatialised audio designs in entry-level and large-scale systems.
TiMax panLab adds 3D rendering capabilities to QLab, as well as a range of mixing consoles and system processors, including TiMax SoundHub.
A drag and drop interface allows users to visualise and manipulate audio in a 3D space, enabling quick positioning of elements such as speakers and sources on to the 3D visual interface for complex 3D spatial audio environments.
Access to improved spatial pan programming and live Cue management is available for shows and systems mapped and rendered in the TiMax SoundHub spatial processor.
panLab’s 3D user interface can also be programmed in offline mode without connection to a QLab workspace, using a 3D amplitude-based panning algorithm to manipulate object positions on the x and y axes, as well as on the height axis.
Sequence paths can be drawn directly in to the 3D space where individual nodes or the complex path can be moved, changed, and looped. When sequences are played back in QLab, the movement automation is displayed in the panLab.
The software adds a tap tempo function and the ability to specify the number of bars each sequence should play across, with multi-selection available across the user interface to add speed and accuracy to object updates both for positioning or object level control.