Out Board’s TiMax TrackerD4 stagetracking made its Hong Kong debut in a musical play, The Originals, staged at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The TiMax TrackerD4 delivered real-time control of vocal localisation throughout the musical’s fast-paced staging.
Provided by Hong Kong’s L-Supply, TiMax TrackerD4 precision stagetracking enabled the principle eight performers to move freely across and around the stage without working strictly to pre-assigned cue-points.
Discreet TTd4 Tags worn by the performers were small enough to be secured into virtually any costume location with no interference. Four TTd4 sensors installed among the overhead stage lighting rig granted full coverage of the actors’ movements. Multiple sensor viewpoints add redundancy as only two sensors need to see a Tag for reliable 3D tracking to be achieved.
L-Supply’s Omega Lam, explained: “The TTd4 Sensors were so easy to install that, with the theatre’s audio team, we were able to move sensors a couple of times to achieve the best tracking performance. When all eight actors sang together, the audio team was very impressed with the headroom we created and the clarity of each individual voice as they move around the stage.”
Sound designer Candog Ha Yan-pui specified TiMax TrackerD4 to control separation of vocal mic inputs being fed into a d&b Soundscape processor and multichannel speaker system. Candog explained that she wanted to achieve the ‘natural and realistic voice of the actor’, choosing the TiMax TrackerD4 automation for its fluidity and precision over the potentially arduous task of lengthy cue blocking.