(February 21, 2024) KORG and a supporting cast of key technologies are poised to host a first-of-its-kind demonstration where a transcontinental concert experience is streamed from Japan to LA. The thought of sharing audio and video from one side of the world to the other is hardly revolutionary, but doing so with a stream comprising uncompressed immersive audio and full 1080p video is quite the feat. And to sweeten the pot, KORG is allowing members of the public to participate – read on for details!
Organized by KORG with support from media company and TV broadcaster WOWOW, distributor Syntax Japan, and Genelec Japan, the concert will take place at the Hall of Halls, Kiyosato Moeginomura Museum in Yamanashi, Japan. The performance, “The Sound of the Previous Century Into the Future," will last one hour. It will feature a marimba performance by Tatsushi Omori and Yoko Kamihara, performed with and accompanied by early 20th century instruments such as the world's last remaining Chickering Ampico Grand Player Piano and a “Limonaire 1900” organ used at the Paris World Exposition in 1900.
The concert will be streamed to a demo room in Los Angeles, where press and key partners will be gathered. The event will start at 6 PM Pacific Time on February 28, 2024.
The demonstration centers around KORG’s Live Extreme, an encoding technology that eliminates the need for compression and workarounds to deliver a bit-for-bit experience of any audio/video source. Live Extreme will use AURO-3D’s Auro-Codec real-time encoder to stream multi-channel 24bit/96kHz AURO-3D immersive audio and a high-definition H.264 1080p 15 Mbps video stream.
“Technological limitations have thwarted the ability to stream immersive audio and high-res video in one stream," explains AURO-3D CEO Rudy Van Duppen. "Now, thanks to our partnerships with like-minded technological innovators Artist Connection and KORG Live Extreme, we can stream, in real-time, true H.264 1080p video married to uncompromised, lossless 24bit/96kHz AURO-3D immersive audio over the same public internet that the other music distribution services use to deliver lesser quality streams. We can't wait to see the reaction from press and partners when they hear and see this steam live.”
The concert will be streamed free to the public on the Artist Connection platform, which is the only streaming platform that delivers premium streams that marry immersive audio and high-res video. Artist Connection has native support for both the KORG Live Extreme Encoder and a built-in AURO-3D decoder.
Compatible Playback devices include:
- Auro-3D compatible AV Receivers via HDMI
- Microsoft Windows 10 or later (supported browser: Chrome)
- Apple MacOS 11 or later (supported browsers: Safari and Chrome)
- Nvidia Shield TV and Shield TV Pro (player application: Artist Connection)
Headphone Playback
- Apple iPhone/iPad (player application: Artist Connection)
- Google Android (player application: Artist Connection)
If you have one of the capabilities listed above and would like to participate, KORG is opening public access to the first 100 registered viewers. To watch the event live, users should visit https://live-extreme.net/hall-of-halls-us.
