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A working repository of spatial sound production information and tools
Foundations
- Ambisonics — ICST overview ↗
Practical intro and tools.
- Resonance Audio / Omnitone ↗
Spatial audio for the web — ambisonic decoding in the browser.
- Wikipedia: Ambisonics ↗
Encoding/decoding theory.
Software
- REAPER ↗
Multichannel-friendly DAW.
- IEM Plug-in Suite ↗
Free, comprehensive ambisonic tools.
- Envelop for Live ↗
Max for Live suite for spatial audio production in Ableton Live.
Capture
- Sennheiser AMBEO VR Mic ↗
First-order ambisonic mic.
- Zoom H2n ↗
Handheld recorder with ambisonic B-format capture (firmware v2.0+).
Reading
- Pauline Oliveros — Deep Listening ↗
Foundational practice for listening as composition.
- Brandon LaBelle — Acoustic Territories ↗
Sound and the city.
- Salomé Voegelin — Listening to Noise and Silence ↗
Phenomenology of sound.
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