There is one microphone Mike Thornton has always wanted but never could justify buying as the price was so high, making the Soundfield microphone an ideal candidate for our fantasy Christmas present series.
What Is Immersive Audio?
In this article, Nuno Fonseca from Sound Particles aims to give you an overview of the terms immersive audio, 3D audio or spatial audio to help you to be able to navigate this world of 3D sound better.
Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation - What Now?
In our article, What Happens When Audio Software And Plugins Become Unavailable? one of the discontinued products we looked at was the Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation. In this article, we look at some of the alternatives that are being put forward.
Personalised HRTFs The Holy Grail For Modern Mixing
Recently we have heard a lot about personalised HRTFs and why we need them. But do we always need them every time we are working in binaural? In this article, we explore when it's best to use standard or generic HRTFs and when it's best to use a personalised HRTF for converting audio into binaural.
My First Steps In Dolby Atmos - A Personal Journey
Making the leap into a new technology can be pretty daunting. Last year David Thomas decided to learn Dolby Atmos and this is his story of head scratching, googling and lightbulbs.
FLUX:: Immersive ELIXIR Essential Released
FLUX:: Immersive, a leading brand in the creation of software tools for immersive audio production, has announced the release of ELIXIR Essential - True Peak Limiter for Immersive mixing with full Atmos support.
How To Upmix And Downmix With Confidence
PerfectSurround now have 3 Upmix options Penteo 16 Pro, Penteo 360 and Penteo 16 Pro+. Not sure which plugin is right for you? No problem, in this article, we have the information to help you decide.
How To Record Ambisonics For Any Immersive Format Including VR
In this article, Tom Lowe starts by looking at the basics of ambisonics sound and how you can start recording sound in this immersive format and why ambisonics is a format you should consider using.
Steinberg Nuendo 11 Impressions From A Pro Tools User
In this article Tom Lowe gives in to curiosity and downloads Nuendo to see whether it is a potential alternative to Pro Tools for him in his work in immersive audio.
Is Steinberg Nuendo 11 The Solution For Dolby Atmos?
Following Apple’s recent announcement of Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos on Apple Music at no additional cost, we decided to look further afield and see what other DAWs can offer when it comes to producing Dolby Atmos content. In this article, we take a look at the features in Steinberg’s Nuendo 11, designed to be a completely integrated solution to create Dolby Atmos content.
Free Immersive Room Tones Sound Effects Library
Room tones are a crucial part of the audio post-production workflow. With the increasing use of immersive formats like Dolby Atmos, having immersive sound effects with height components really helps. Here is your chance to download a free library with 60 files in B-Format Ambix and native dummy head binaural formats.
Is dearVR MONITOR Your Perfect Virtual Mix Room?
In this video for Production Expert, Tom Lowe takes a first look at dearVR MONITOR by Dear Reality — Your Perfect Virtual Mix Room.
Cinematic Rooms Professional Review: A Reverb Purpose Built For The Post Professional
Choosing a reverb is a bit like choosing a car. They will all get you to where you are going, but some are better suited than others for the road ahead. While there are certainly some crowd favourites when it comes to reverbs for post, LiquidSonics’ new Cinematic Rooms Professional is truly designed from the ground up with post professionals in mind. Korey Pereira investigates.
Ambisonic Formats Explained - What Is The Difference Between A Format And B Format
What is A Format, what is B format? What about FuMa and AmbiX? Some basic Ambisoncs questions answered.
Penteo 16 Pro Upmixing And Downmixing Plugin - Mike Thornton's Product Of The Year 2019
In our roundup podcast episode 400, the last of 2019, Julian, Dan and myself shared our top picks of 2019, along with some suggestions from the community and one of Mike’s choices was the Penteo 16 Pro upmixing and downmixing plugin. and it is his Product of the year.
VR Audio Specialist Dear Reality Becomes Part Of The Sennheiser Group
Spatial audio specialists and Sennheiser have been working closely for a while now, sharing booths at trade shows and developing VR workflows together. The two companies have now announced that The Sennheiser Group has taken a majority shareholding in Dear Reality GmbH.
7 Reasons to Get Into Ambisonics - Do You Know What It Is And Why It's Useful Even If You Only Ever Work In Stereo?
Ambisonics isn’t new. It’s been around since the 70s but for a few reasons it was a technology which was before its time. Thankfully the world has caught up with Ambisonics and most of the barriers which prevented it thriving first time around have largely fallen away. Even if you only ever record in stereo you might be missing out if you don’t learn about Ambisonics and what it can do.
Is This The Answer To TV Audio Critics? Object Based Audio Case Studies Presented At The AES 146th Convention In Dublin
Following on from our Object Based Audio article, in this article we will explore 3 case studies of applications for object based audio presented at the Dublin AES Convention from recent live events where engineers from the EBU, Fraunhofer and Dolby experimented with delivering object based audio to the end user.
Ambisonics - Testing The New AMBI MICRO, Ambeo VR And Ambi Head Plug-ins
In this article we test and compare 3 Ambisonics plug-ins, the Sennheiser AMBEO A-B convertor, Dear Reality AMBI MICRO and Noise Maker’s AMBI HEAD HD to see how they performed side by side in Ambisonics workflows.
Free AMBI MICRO Ambisonics Plug-in With Binaural And Head Tracking Support From Dear Reality
Dear Reality, the makers of dearVR ambisonics and immersive audio software, have just released AMBI MICRO, a free plug-in which converts ambisonics A-format to B-format and binaural audio with the added twist of supporting head tracking with a VR headset. dearVR have produced this free plug-in in cooperation with Sennheiser meaning it has a A to B-format convertor optimised for their AMBEO VR microphone.