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ICST Ambisonics
- The ICST Ambisonics Tools
- The ICST Ambisonics Plugins Overview
- Specification:
- Downloads:
- Video Tutorials
- ICST Ambisonics Listening Sessions
- ICST Ambisonics UDO’s
ICST Website
3rd-party tools:
- Ambisonic Toolkit (ATK) for REAPER
- IEM Plugin suite
- Sparta Plugins
- Wigware
- aXPlugin Suite
- DearVR Ambi Micro
- Grapes 3D Audio Control
- Audio Brewers
- Envelop
- Blue Ripple Sound Core Suite
- Kronlachner Ambix
- Noisemaker
- VVAudio
- Harpex
- TripinLab
- SoundParticles
- Rode
- Dear Reality
- Zylia
Ambisonics Studios & Institutes
Ambisonics Links:
- Ambisonics (Wikipedia)
- ambisonic.net
- Springer: Ambisonics Reference Entry
- Waves: Ambisonics Explained
- Reaper Ambisonics Forum
Literature: Books & Papers
Books
- Ambisonics: A Practical 3D Audio Theory (Zotter, Frank, 2019, Open Access)
- Parametric Time-Frequency Domain Spatial Audio (Pulkki, Delikaris-Manias, Politis, 2017)
- Immersive Sound: The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio (Rumsey, 2012)
Key Papers
- Periphony: With-Height Sound Reproduction (Gerzon, JAES, 1973)
- Ambisonics in Multichannel Broadcasting and Video (Gerzon, JAES, 1985 issue reference)
- Sector-Based Parametric Sound Field Reproduction in the Spherical Harmonic Domain (Politis, Vilkamo, Pulkki, 2015)
- Parametric Spatial Audio Reproduction with Higher-Order B-Format Microphone Input (Pulkki et al., AES 134th Convention, 2013)
Further Ambisonics Resources
- Ambisonics Symposium / Xchange
- ambiX Format Specification (ACN/SN3D)
- Spatial Audio Framework (SAF)
- OpenAIR Library
- RØDE SoundField Library
- AES Technical Committee: Spatial Audio
- Omnitone (Web Ambisonics Renderer)
- Envelop for Live
No guarantee of completeness
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