ReelWorks Denver Becomes the Second Venue in the Americas to Install L-Acoustics DJ

Housed in the historic 1940s Goldberg Brothers Tinners factory, which produced most of Hollywood’s metal film reels during the studio system’s Golden Age, ReelWorks Denver has spent more than two decades reinventing itself. Its owners bought the building in 2001 and ran it for years as a warehouse and event space before converting it, after the pandemic, into the independent, 2,000-capacity concert venue and event space it is today, at the heart of Denver’s vibrant River North (RiNo) Art District.

The venue already billed itself as a fully immersive experience, with 360° 3D projection-mapped walls and intelligent lighting, but it was held back by a house sound system dating to 2007, adequate for corporate events, yet no match for the concerts its team wanted to host. To close that gap, ReelWorks brought in local integrator Brown Note Productions, and the result puts the venue at the leading edge of live electronic music: an L2D spatial loudspeaker system paired with L-Acoustics DJ, the first complete solution for turning ordinary stereo mixes into true, three-dimensional spatial audio, live. With it, ReelWorks becomes only the second venue in the Americas, after The Breakbeat in Chico, California, to make L-Acoustics DJ a permanent centerpiece, both installations delivered by Brown Note.

“We had completely outgrown what that old room could do,” recalls ReelWorks Denver Director of Operations Basil Osman. “It was fine for corporate events, but the moment we set our sights on hosting real concerts, we knew we needed to be operating on a completely different level.”

L-Acoustics DJ Builds Momentum in the Americas
Introduced by L-Acoustics in 2025, L-Acoustics DJ is the first complete solution to transform standard stereo DJ mixes into a true spatial audio experience, live. At its core, the company’s proprietary Source Separate technology uses low-latency machine learning to split any stereo track into discrete stems—its beats, basslines, melodies, and vocals—and routes them straight into a spatial mix engine, so a DJ can position and move each element anywhere in the room in real time. Unlike other stem separators, it does so without disrupting a DJ’s existing gear or workflow.

For Brown Note, ReelWorks marked a second L-Acoustics DJ project, following the company’s installation at The Breakbeat in Chico, California, the first permanent L-Acoustics DJ deployment in the Americas.

For Osman, it only took a single demo. “I was very curious to check out L-Acoustics DJ, and next thing I knew, I was on a flight to California to experience the system for myself,” he recalls. “When I heard it, I thought it was absolutely groundbreaking tech. All it took was one listen. The L-ISA Processor part of it was just mind-blowing, and I couldn’t say no. It was fantastic.”

L2D and Soundvision Shape a Full-Room Spatial Design
With the decision made, Brown Note turned to L-Acoustics Soundvision acoustic simulation software to model a system that would carry that immersive experience across the entire room. The design centers on three L2D arrays flown left-center-right above the main stage. The L Series’ compact format preserves sightlines, while the dedicated center array gives DJs a discrete channel to anchor vocals and pinpoint key elements, and L2D’s cardioid directivity keeps energy off the DJ booth so the artist hears exactly what they are playing. Low-end reinforcement comes from eight KS28 subwoofers in a cardioid configuration flanking the stage, for tight, even bass across the floor.

Surround coverage then wraps the room for full immersion. Two mid-room arrays of two A15i Focus over one A15i Wide flank the dance floor, complemented by two rear-room arrays of three A15i Focus over one A15i Wide, with two additional arrays of three A15i Wide handling VIP and entry side-fills. The rear balcony carries its own left and right hangs of an A15i Focus over an A15i Wide and has been pre-wired to extend the room’s surround imaging with additional L-Acoustics A Series and/or X Series enclosures, a deliberate move to future-proof the venue as its programming grows.

Up front, the DJ performance space adds its own immersive layer, with two A15 Focus over two KS21 subs per side—dubbed “Texas headphones”—and two X12 for surround foldback.

Amplification and processing run on L-Acoustics LA7.16i and LA12X amplified controllers, with the L-Acoustics DJ ecosystem driven by the L-ISA Processor II core and managed across the network with LA Network Manager.

L2D and A Series Deliver a Seamless Immersive Field
“L2D was essential to this system,” says Matt Bauer, Senior Integration Project Manager at Brown Note Productions. “The compact arrays preserved sightlines, the LCR arrangement drives the immersive imaging, and the cardioid behavior keeps energy off the DJ booth so the artist can hear exactly what they are doing.” Pairing L2D’s output with the surrounds was just as deliberate. “L2D has plenty of horsepower, so the surround system has to keep up, and A15 made perfect sense,” he adds. “It has the full-range performance and output to match L Series, and with Panflex and the install versions, we could set five degrees between enclosures to focus energy into the far throw.”

L-Acoustics DJ Brings ReelWorks Into the Future
“ReelWorks Denver is completely 360° projection mapped, and we have a state-of-the-art VJ rig, so while we run visuals on the walls, we can now match the audio and move it around the room, creating a fully immersive experience for every concertgoer who walks in,” says Osman. “I believe we have the most advanced sound system in the region with L-Acoustics DJ and L2D. It’s aurally the perfect fit with what’s happening here visually, and I just love this system. It’s so clear and crisp; it hits you in all the right places.”

For all the science and engineering under the hood, the payoff for artists is immediacy. “With L-Acoustics DJ, we just let the customer jump right into it,” says Bauer. “It drops straight into their existing workflow, so we can hand it to a DJ, tell them to play around with it, and they are off and running.”

What that ease unlocks, he says, is the scale of the experience. “ReelWorks has already wowed roomfuls of people who had never experienced electronic music this way, and we are just now on the precipice of creating some truly magical experiences that will make lifetime memories. With L-Acoustics, we are setting the standard for electronic music and clubs, and it has been a joy making this dream come true for our customer.”