Mixhalo wants to change the way you experience live events

Led by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger, Mixhalo built a super-fast audio platform that's worked with the biggest names in music and sports. Now the company is bringing its technology to conferences and events with real-time AI translation — reimagining how audiences experience live audio.

Mixhalo has worked with the biggest names in music and sports. Now it’s bringing its super-fast audio platform to conferences and events with AI translation. Photo by picjumbo.com: https://www.pexels.com/photo/crowd-in-front-of-people-playing-musical-instrument-during-nighttime-196652/ Led by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and his wife Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger, a renowned violinist, Mixhalo set out to change the way you listen to live music. As it built its platform, used by stars from Aerosmith to Sting, its technology is now set to power AI translation at conferences and events around the world. Where it began : Mixhalo was born out of an Incubus concert. Einziger and his bandmates had in-ear monitors to capture their sound from the stage, and the band gave an extra headset to a friend that listened to the show from the audience. “He went out into the crowd, danced around. He said it was an amazing experience,” said Mixhalo CEO John Vars. “He felt like he was on stage with the band.” That real-time, immersive audio experience led Einziger and his wife to launch Mixhalo, an app built to provide that same level of low-latency, high-quality audio to all concertgoers. The startup’s technology allows for real-time HD audio broadcasts, giving fans concert sound from their own smartphone and headphones without any lag time, Vars said. The Mixhalo app went on the road with Incubus. Metallica was an early user, along with Aerosmith and Sting. Pharrell and Rick Rubin were among its first investors. Putting in headphones at a live concert may feel counterintuitive. After all, you’re there to unplug and experience music in the real world. But Mixhalo aims to amplify in-person concerts, Vars said, giving fans a sharper listening experience no matter where they are in the arena. “If you can get people to do it, it creates front-row behavior,” Vars said. “It collapses the distance to the stage.” “You're changing behavior,” he added. “But we found that once people do it, 100%

By Jim Dallke at TechNexus Venture Collaborative