Hearing is believing

FletcherMachine was developed with both sound engineering and artistic emotion in mind, and with a no compromise focus on audio quality. Pure and pristine sound with no audible artifacts is delivered. This makes the FletcherMachine the first choice in any immersive application, even for the most demanding environments.

Stage

FletcherMachine is available as a 3U 19" rack unit, with a 5" color touchscreen, allowing for IP address change, levels control and other various quick checks.

Traveler

And for those who like to travel light, we made the Traveler model.

Virtual

As a standalone Windows and MacOS application.

State of the Art

FletcherMachine is being developed by musicians and sound engineers with a high degree of knowledge and concern for the needs in real life situations. It benefits from a genuine development where sound spatialization relies on both amplitude and delay differences. Signals that are send to the loudspeakers are calculated from the objects point of view, ensuring the best spatial coherence for the listeners. FletcherMachine offers a complete set of OSC (Open Sound Control) and MIDI integrations, so it can be externally controlled by a mixing desk using a dedicated plugin (under development), Real Time Tracking System, or any other interface using these protocols.

Wide Coherent Listening Zone

The sound objects are perceived at their correct position in azimuth and depth wherever you are in the listening area.

Natural Sound

FletcherMachine offers a high degree of sound source unmasking. The music becomes easier to mix and needs less EQ and dynamic processing.

Reverb Redefined

The Core Engine of FletcherMachine offers an entirely newly developed reverb engine that allows for creating astonishing effects and beautiful acoustic spaces.

Highest Versatility

Your project evolving: frontal stages, front fills, surround loudspeakers, a 3D dome with elevation speakers, delay lines under balconies, a central stage. FletcherMachine is your preferred choice, as it brings a simple and coherent approach to all circumstances.

Spatialized Low End

With FletcherMachine, you can spatialize the low end. This allows for adjustable coverage with very limited loss of impact. You can instantly modify the sound and coverage of each object.

Three Rendering Modes

Minimum delay: The smallest object to output delay value is subtracted from all delay values, retaining relative offsets and minimizing overall latency.
Full Delay: The time-of-flight from the object to the output is taken into account.
No delay: Distance based amplitude panning.
Direct routing of any object to any output is also available.

Dynamic Content

Object movements can be created internally using really simple, fast and highly efficient tools; trajectories that can be individually recalled and/or jittering around an object's position, all synchronized on tempo.

OSC, VST, AU And MIDI Spoken

Interfacing with a mixing desk and/or DAW is just as easy as turning a knob for snapshot recall and parameter automation. Dedicated VST, AU plugins available.

Tracking System Integration

TTA Stage Tracker and Cast BlackTrax have already been interfaced with FletcherMachine, allowing for automatic position tracking. More systems will interface with AFM in the near future.

Products

FletcherMachine comprises a calculation core and a Remote control software. The Remote is available for Windows 10 and 11, MacOSX including Big Sur running on M1 platforms.

Core Engine

The hardware core engine is available as a 3U 19" rack unit (Stage) or a small form factor unit (Traveller). Both are available with a Dante or an AVB/MADI interface.

Reliable Connections

The rear of the Stage model is equipped with a complete set of reliable, high quality connectors.

	Software	Hardware
	VIRTUAL	TRAVELER ENTRY	TRAVELER FULL	STAGE STANDARD	STAGE EXTENDED *

Main Features

Form Factor	Software MacOS, Windows	Small Form Factor	Small Form Factor	3U / 19'' rack	3U / 19'' rack

Front Panel Touch Screen				✔	✔

Audio Interface	Sound Card	Dante™ or AVB / MADI	Dante™ or AVB / MADI	Dante™ or AVB / MADI	Dante™ or AVB / MADI

Sample Rate (kHz)	44 / 48 / 88 / 96	44 / 48 / 88 / 96	44 / 48 / 88 / 96	44 / 48 / 88 / 96	44 / 48 / 88 / 96

Number of Inputs	24	32	64	64	128

Number of Outputs	12	32	32	64	128

Latency @ 48 & 96 kHz (ms)	12	1.33	1.33	1.33	*

Reverb Engine

High Quality Generator Engine	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

High Quality Impulse Response Engine		✔	✔	✔	✔

Stereo IRs or Internal Frontal / Surround / 3D	Surround only	✔	✔	✔	✔

Speaker Processing

Number of Layers	2	4	6	8	12

Aux Sends

Number of Pre / Post Fader Auxiliary Sends	0	4	4	4	4

VCA

Number of VCA-like Level Controllers	8	8	8	8	16

Remote Control

Dedicated Remote Controller MacOS, Win10, 11	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

MIDI / OSC Implementation	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Power Supply

Universal 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz		✔	✔	✔	✔

Redundant, hot swappable Power Supply				✔	✔

Dimensions & Weight

Dimensions H x W x D (mm)		270 x 110 x 200	270 x 110 x 200	3U x 19’’ x 450	3U x 19’’ x 450

Weight (kg)		3.2	3.2	13.2	13.2

(*) To be announced

Objects Processing

Polarity 0 / 180°
4-Band PEQ plus Low Cut and High Shelf
Compressor Ratio 1:1 to 20:1
Delay up to 300 ms
Object Visible / Hidden in Main View

Object Positioning

Manual or external Control via OSC Messages
Embedded 2D/3D Trajectory Generator
Single / Loop Trajectory Modes
Individual Trajectory recall

Audio Rendering

Minimum delay, full delay, no Delay
Direct Routing
Rendering Mode selectable per Object
Adjustable Object Width
Variable Distance Attenuation
Variable Atmospheric Absorption

Reverb Engine

Internal exclusive Generator
High Quality Impulse Response Engine
Stereo IRs or Internal Frontal / Surround / 3D
Variable Pre-Delay
4-Band PEQ, Low Cut and High Shelf

Speaker Processing

Gain -84 to +12 dB
8-Band PEQ, Low Cut and High Shelf
Additional Delay
On the fly Speaker adding

Mixer

Send on Fader for Speakers, Aux, Reverb and VCAs
Dedicated Page for Solo in Place
Custom Fader Page
Mixdown

Remote

FletcherMachine offers a user friendly interface, that was thought of much like a mixing desk. Object positioning is facilitated with a touchscreen based interface. It includes an easy to use yet complete set of mixing functionalities, including object Eq, compressor, auxiliary sends, adjustable distance attenuation and atmospheric absorption, easy to set, synchronize and recall individual trajectories, continuous or discrete position jitter, object grouping and functions linking, 8 VCA-style faders, up to 10 loudspeaker layers (depending on version), loudspeaker positioning in 3 dimensions with Blueprint import, output Eq, delay, crossover and many more.