{"id":341261,"date":"2017-05-18T05:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T21:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1492425"},"modified":"2017-05-18T05:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T21:45:22","slug":"with-mixhalo-incubus-guitarist-mike-einziger-aims-to-deliver-studio-quality-sound-at-live-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/with-mixhalo-incubus-guitarist-mike-einziger-aims-to-deliver-studio-quality-sound-at-live-events\/","title":{"rendered":"With MIXhalo, Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger aims to deliver studio-quality sound at live events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most of you have probably been to concerts where the sound sucked, where all of the music was blown out and you couldn\u2019t make out a single word of\u00a0the lyrics.<\/p>\n

Now, you might have had a great time regardless\u00a0(concerts are funny that way), but bad sound isn\u2019t exactly a selling point. It can be particularly frustrating if you\u2019re seeing a musician\u00a0you love playing your favorite songs \u2014 and I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s even more painful when\u00a0you\u2019re the musician.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Mike Einziger<\/a>, guitarist of the band Incubus, is launching MIXhalo<\/a>. He told me that when musicians are on-stage, they can hear their performances through headphones\u00a0with great\u00a0audio,\u00a0but then they have to \u201cblast music at people through speakers.\u201d\u00a0Even if those speakers are good, the sound changes depending on \u201cthe physics of the space,\u201d with quality varying in different parts of the venue.<\/p>\n

With MIXhalo, on the other hand, you install the iOS app (there are plans for an Android version, too), connect to a special MIXhalo network and then you can hear what Einziger called a \u201ca really, really high quality, studio-quality audio experience,\u201d even if you\u2019re \u201ca thousand feet away from the stage.\u201d He said it draws on\u00a0the audio that the performs\u00a0are already hearing, except it\u2019s mixed specifically for the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s potential for a much more intimate experience,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Einziger founded the company with audio engineer Darren La Groe (he was the engineer for Incubus), who developed the tech. Matt Salsamendi from Beam (the startup that won Disrupt NY last year) is an adviser.<\/p>\n