The Box at Trilith LIVE Pioneers Immersive Entertainment with d&b audiotechnik Soundscape System

	"We wanted to ensure that no matter where you sit, your experience is at the highest level," says McClain.

Trilith LIVE, a premier entertainment complex within the Town at Trilith in Fayetteville, Georgia, has completed a landmark acoustics and audiovisual installation at its venue, The Box. With architectural acoustics and audio-video systems designed by Threshold Acoustics and AV integrated by 3G Productions, the multi-purpose theatre features a comprehensive d&b audiotechnik Soundscape 180-degree system. Combining SL-Series line array loudspeakers and subwoofers, A-Series augmented arrays, and the DS100 Signal Engine running both En-Scene and En-Space software, the system delivers a pristine, intimate auditory experience that adapts from high-energy rock shows to spoken word conferences and weekly worship services.

Conceived as the centerpiece of a creative community, The Box is inspired by Austin's Moody Center, home of Austin City Limits. The intimate, three-tier, 2,200-seat venue features a stage thrust, wrapping audience members 180 degrees, ensuring no seat is more than 75' away. To serve its diverse programming and primary Sunday tenant, Passion City Church, Trilith Live required a versatile, rider-friendly sound solution.

"We wanted to ensure that no matter where you sit, your experience is at the highest level," says Matt McClain, general manager and executive director of Trilith LIVE. "d&b audiotechnik stood out as the right provider. They are highly respected, and having this caliber of gear immediately puts touring engineers at ease."

To achieve complete coverage without overpowering the intimate room, the Threshold team specified a d&b Soundscape system. En-Scene object-based positioning aligns what the eyes see with what the ears hear, while En-Space room emulation adds natural-sounding acoustics. Maddie Daily, principal consultant at Threshold Acoustics. " Soundscape offers robust coverage regardless of SPL, and we optimized the space using room mics fed through En-Space so congregants and audience members can hear each other singing along, fostering a community-oriented energy." Because Soundscape systems produce audio from multiple loudspeakers simultaneously using both level and delay, the perception of loudness is very high while the measured SPL is lower than a traditional system.

Daily also notes that the system's exceptional broadband directivity control helps mitigate reflections in the untreated theater, resulting in improved musical clarity and speech intelligibility for the listening audience. "Moreover, the cardioid pattern control keeps the stage remarkably quieter for performers and production crews," he adds.

The venue's physical versatility added further complexity. The Box features multiple mechanical stage lifts that transition from a proscenium stage to various thrust layouts, allowing for various configurations. To handle altered performance boundaries, front fill speakers are built into the lifts. Threshold developed 15 distinct ArrayCalc files to map out coverage, allowing the staff to instantly reconfigure the PA profile via presets in d&b R1 Remote control software. The same flexibility guided the venue's video and control design, so a single room can serve a touring concert, a film screening, a corporate general session, or a Sunday service without reconfiguration becoming a production in itself.

The venue also incorporates a d&b audiotechnik DS100 Soundscape processor with En-Scene, which enables productions to create object-based mixes and alter the acoustics of the room using the d&b En-Space module to meet the needs of varying productions. "The nice thing about Soundscape is that visiting engineers don't need a crash course in spatial mixing," explains Jerrod Cring, director of integration at 3G Productions. "They can easily feed a standard left-right mix on the front end, and the DS100 processor handles the Soundscape distribution seamlessly so acts immediately get perfect, even coverage. The ultimate compliment is when a major touring act rolls up with five trucks of gear, and all of their P.A. equipment stays on the trucks. That's one of the benefits of choosing d&b audiotechnik."

The Box has already hosted acts like Dwight Yoakam, 38 Special, America, Lalah Hathaway, and Peebo Bryson in his final historic performance, alongside corporate conventions and Passion City Church's weekly gatherings. "The partnership between d&b, Threshold, and 3G was second to none," McClain concludes. "The feedback has been glowing. There isn't a bad seat in the venue."

The d&b audiotechnik system at The Box is a Soundscape 180-degree configuration, with pre-installed conduit and rack space prepared for a future 360-degree expansion. The main PA is deployed across seven hangs combining XSL and A-Series augmented array loudspeakers, supported by five hangs utilizing SL-Sub subwoofers for cardioid low-frequency pattern control. Dedicated 44S front fills are integrated directly into the stage's mechanical lifts. The entire system is driven by efficient d&b installation amplifiers and managed by dual DS100 Signal Engines networked via DS10 Audio Network Bridges and controlled by R1 Remote control software.