🎭 Theater & Live Performance · sound design

EchoPass · x402

A real-time soundscape metering protocol for live performance. Audio engineers use an x402-enabled DAW plugin to 'check out' high-fidelity environmental presets. Each time a specific atmospheric trigger is fired during a show (100ms of grain-delay, a specific synth patch, or a spatialized reverb tail), a 0.01 USDC event is signed by the sound board's Magic Link email sign-in. This facilitates per-staged-use revenue for sound designers, replacing flat-fee licensing with live usage settlement. Audience members can pay per-stroll to 'Unlock Live Stem' via QR to listen to isolated audio layers on their devices.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the sound design engine is metered with x402: 0.01 HBAR or 0.01 HTS USDC per call, paid from the embedded wallet, so directors — or the agents working for them — pay per query and get a HashScan receipt every time.

Why this primitiveTheater designers are often underpaid for 'background' assets. By moving from static NFT minting to a pay-per-trigger model, the sound designer transitions from a one-time seller to a micro-royalty participant in every night's performance. The HTS transfer flow ensures the board operator doesn't need to manually sign transactions during a live cue sequence.

Kernel
an x402 v2 paywall metering access at 0.01 HBAR or 0.01 HTS USDC (token 0.0.429274) per call, paid from the embedded wallet through the relay and verified by a self-hosted facilitator against the Hedera mirror node
Drives the UI as
a 'pay 0.01 HBAR or USDC to unlock' button with a live flow log and a HashScan link for every settlement
Appendix · Secrets

Required keys.

HEDERA_OPERATOR_ID
Hedera testnet account id (0.0.xxxxxx). Create and fund it free.
open ↗
HEDERA_OPERATOR_KEY
ECDSA private key for that account, from the Hedera portal dashboard.
open ↗
REOWN_PROJECT_ID
Free project id powering the HashPack pairing modal.
open ↗
HEDERA_RPC_URL
Optional. JSON-RPC relay, defaults to the public Hashio endpoint.
open ↗
PINATA_JWT
Pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS.
open ↗

Add these in your Lovable project under Settings → Secrets before pasting the prompt below.

Appendix · Mega-prompt

The build prompt.

Paste into a fresh Lovable project. Make sure all five secrets above are set first. read the build strategy →

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Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$3.2B
Global theatrical production, live event sound design, and themed entertainment audio integration.
SAM
$450M
The touring performance market and immersive theater sound licensing (Off-Broadway, Vegas Residencies, West End).
SOM
$12M
Independent fringe festival creators and immersive 'sleep no more' style audio-first experiences.

Indicative figures for hackathon pitches — refine with your own research before raising.

See also

Adjacent entries.