Lobe is a 4DSOUND spatial sound studio located centrally in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighborhood.
Founded in Vancouver in 2020, Lobe is the first dedicated spatial sound studio in North America to work with a permanently integrated 4DSOUND system.
An array of speakers across the ceiling and under the floor, in conjunction with custom-designed vibroacoustic floor panels, entirely surround the listener in an immersive and haptic listening experience. Using 4DSOUND technology, sound ebbs and flows, forming sonic environments holographically and without perceivable sources.
Strathcona Spatial Sound Society, the non-profit which operates Lobe, focuses on projects and practices related to immersive listening and the health of listeners and listening communities in relation with their environment.
Lobe is located on the unceded traditional and ancestral homelands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. It is our privilege and honour to live, work and play on these lands.
Lobe was built by a group of dedicated volunteers and community enthusiasts; everything Lobe is and will become owes itself to their initial enthusiasm and efforts.
