Mercedes-AMG used Los Angeles’s Sixth Street Bridge as a mock Autobahn for the global premiere of its new electric AMG GT 4-door coupe. The audio brief combined a large main PA for the audience and an A-list musical act with multiple smaller flown systems intended to place the audience inside the action. TiMax SoundHub, supplied by PRG, became the system used to track the car’s sound in real time across more than 300 meters of bridge.
Sound designer Anthony Narciso handled the spatial rendering needed to realize event sound designer Peter Phillips’s concept. Because the AMG GT stayed under wraps until a single rehearsal before showtime, Narciso mapped more than 300 meters of bridge in TiMax Panspace before the car was available. During pre-programming he built roughly 26 test cues using different Image Definitions, fade automations and movement speeds, then used TiMax’s built-in playback engine with loaded samples to refine the work before the vehicle arrived.
For synchronization, the stunt drivers used a test vehicle to map their speed runs while the team timed when the car passed specific markers, allowing Narciso to fine-tune TiMax cue timing. Once the live feed from the AMG GT came online on event night, the team swapped source inputs and the existing programming tracked without further adjustment. TiMax also accommodated late loudspeaker moves, a larger ground plan, localized DJ playback on a dedicated system section and a custom Stream Deck control panel built with the onboard OSC library.