Adamson Fletcher Machine

The Fletcher Machine 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. The Fletcher Machine 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.

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 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. Max for Live objects are available for Ableton Live users; a dedicated VST plugin is being developed.

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

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

Spatialized Low End
With the Fletcher Machine, 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.

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
The Fletcher Machine 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 the Fletcher Machine offers an entirely newly developed reverb engine that allows for creating astonishing effects and beautiful acoustic spaces.

The Fletcher Machine 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.