Naostage’s automatic tracking solution improves Karlín Musical Theatre’s audiovisual fusion for the audience by tracking lighting and other stage essentials.
Located in Prague’s Karlíndistrict, the Karlín MusicalTheatreis the third oldest,second largest and widely considered the most beautiful theatre in the Czech capital. Famous for its staging of musical productions and operettas, the majority of the theatre’s shows are musicals. The venue recently sought to upgrade its audiovisual technology to improve its performance and enhance its audience experience. As part of this update of the technical infrastructure, the theatre invested in Naostage’s automatic and beaconless tracking solution, K SYSTEM.
Leading the installation was Petr Šťásek, technical consultant at Pro Music, Naostage’s newly appointed distributor for Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The technical team installed an L-Acoustics L-ISA audio system with a nine-cluster frontal system providing high horizontal resolution.
“The next logical step was to track the actors on stage, so the corresponding audio objects move seamlessly with them, allowing the audience to hear the vocals naturally from the direction of the actors,” he explains. Before the installation, the team carried out a test of the system to assess its capabilities at Pro Music’s local UFFO theatre in Trutnov, also equipped with a similar spatial audio system.
After conducting a thorough market analysis, Šťásek, who first heard about Naostage at ISE 2024 in Barcelona, realised that the company’s K SYSTEM was the most suitable and reliable tracking solution, due to its unique computer vision and AI technology. Supported by RF beacon identification, the setup provides precise and seamless tracking of the actors. The venue wanted to be able to track atleast16 actors at the same time, as accurately aspossible during a single show.
“It’s a very challenging environment,” explains Šťásek.
“Eachshow brings more complexity, with numerous decorations on stage and actors wearing elaborate costumes.” He praises the different advantages of K SYSTEM that led him to adopt this technology for the Karlín Musical Theatre. “In my opinion, K SYSTEM is the most advanced tracking solution in the market,” he says.
Šťásek is particularly impressed with the flexibility, precision and automation capabilities offered by the K SYSTEM, which significantly help enhance the audience’s overall audiovisual experience.
