Peex let me remix augmented reality sounds at Elton John’s concert

Above: Elton John live at the Chase Center in San Francisco. Peex is a United Kingdom tech startup that has invented a concert audio remixing system that lets fans control and customize the audio at live concerts , allowing them to hear the music with close to studio-quality remixed sounds. Peex Live promises to deliver perfect sounds, no matter where your seats are in a big stadium. John’s final tour before retirement was a great chance to test the Peex technology on the road in America. I tried out Peex Live at last week’s concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco, which featured Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour . And it really worked. I felt like I could hear more of the legendary singer’s voice and his piano skills, instead of being overwhelmed by the drums, bass guitar, keyboards, and guitar. To me, it was an amazing experience that made me feel like John still had a solid singing voice, as I remembered from his records decades ago. Above: Elton John amid the confetti. Normally, the concert sounds I hear — like I remember from John’s previous tour in San Jose, California — are muddy. They blur together, and his voice gets drowned out by other noises. But to me, the remix that I created with the Peex headset and mobile app, sounded great. On the other hand, my wife couldn’t tolerate the loud sounds in the remix, and she had to take the headset off. Therein lies the complexity of the concert music problem that Peex is trying to fix. Every listener is different. Graham Tull, chief technology officer and cofounder at Peex, calls it “augmented audio reality.” During John’s goodbye tour, Peex is renting out audio wearables and headsets to concert-goers as part of […]

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