The inaugural CAN post-rock music festival was recently held at Daqingshan National Park in China's Zhejiang province, and saw the deployment of L-Acoustics L-ISA immersive sound solutions at the venue.
Post-rock is a genre that eschews traditional song structures in favor of atmospheric, textural soundscapes. To fully immerse festival attendees in this genre, the organisers appointed L-Acoustics certified provider Rightway Audio Consultants (RAC) to design and deploy an L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound system.
Sound system designer of Can Festival and RAC's director of L-ISA immersive sound, Li Feng, worked closely with the festival team and visiting band engineers to create a 5.1 L-ISA configuration. This included a scene system of five hangs of twelve L-Acoustics K2 speakers, with an extension system of two further hangs of 12 Kara speakers. Front-fill was accomplished with 16 Kara boxes atop 32 KS28 subwoofers, ground-stacked in groups of eight. Nine Kara boxes placed around the audience area created a surround system.
Despite challenging weather conditions during setup, the L-Acoustics K Series IP55 rating ensured the system remained reliable throughout the three-day event. Visiting engineers were able to integrate their pre-mixed spatial audio files into the L-ISA workflow.