Spatial Audio Glossary

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• Contents

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• General Terms
  • Spatial Audio
  • HRTFs
  • Binaural
  • Spatial Audio Perception Terms

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• Mixing Terms
  • Common Workflow Terms
  • Processing Effect Terms
  • Spatial Mix Dimensions
  • Spatial Mixing Types
  • Channel-based Soundfields
  • Object-based Soundfields
  • Scene-based / Ambisonic Soundfields

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• Technical Terms
  • Degrees of Freedom (DOF)
  • Inputs & Outputs
  • Describing Rotations
  • Spatial Audio: Common Issues
  • Additional Technologies
  • Technical Descriptions
  • Assumptions on Hearing
  • Interaction

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• Existing Formats

  Spatial Audio Formats:

  • Mach1 Spatial
  • Ambisonics
  • Facebook360
  • Dolby Atmos
  • Sony 360 Reality
  • Surround

  Runtime Spatial Audio Implementations:

  • Apple Spatial Audio
  • Game Engine Object Audio
  • THX

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• Misc
  • Loose Terms

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Contributions:

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Contributors:

Aïli Arakida Niimura
Dylan Marcus