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Let’s Test: 3D Audio Spatialization Plugins

March 29, 2018 by Richard Gould

This mammoth guest contribution comes to us from Sound Designer Chris Lane. Chris is an independent sound designer and audio programmer based in Los Angeles. His recent credits include Black Panther, the Childish Gambino VR Experience: Pharos, and Apple’s Logic/Garageband. For this month's theme of "Eureka!", Chris put on his lab coat and did some in depth experimentation … [Read more...]

A Case Study in Quad-Binaural Mixing for Linear VR/360

September 27, 2017 by Shaun Farley

A screenshot of Pro Tools showing the required channel mutes and mix rotation plug-ins to generate the "90 degree" side mix

In the fall of 2016, I was asked to sound design and mix a VR/360 short called UTURN. While there’s a lot of discussion surrounding immersive/3D sound for games, I don’t see a lot of conversation on the linear side. I’ve been meaning to get something written up regarding the approach we took, and my schedule finally lightened up enough to for me to follow through on … [Read more...]

Youtube Spatial Audio Inverse Filter

October 9, 2016 by Michael Klier

Bruce Wiggins, lecturer for Electronics and Sound at the University of Derby, UK released a inverse filter IR which aims to equalize the coloring that happens due to the different HRTFs used by Youtube for content delivery. You can read the full article on Bruce Wiggin's blog. … [Read more...]

The Importance of 3D Audio for VR

June 30, 2016 by Richard Gould

This is a guest contribution by Chris Hegstrom. Chris started his audio career doing live sound for Blue Man Group while studying Music Synthesis at Berklee College of Music. He got into the games industry by way of web audio & shipped console titles like Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Ep. 3, Burnout Paradise & God of War 3. In 2010 he joined Microsoft … [Read more...]

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