This episode is sponsored by Berlin-based pro-audio company HOLOPLOT, which features the multi-award-winning X1 Matrix Array. X1 is software-driven, combining 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis to achieve authentic sound localisation and complete control over sound in both the vertical and horizontal axes. HOLOPLOT is pivoting the revolution in sound control, enabling the positioning of virtual loudspeakers within a space, allowing for a completely new way of designing and...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel travels to Southampton, UK, to visit the HQ of Audioscenic, whose mission is to revolutionise and pivot binaural audio over speakers to the masses. Their team developed technology that uses real-time head tracking and sound-field control to create virtual headphones that render personal 3D Audio to the listener's position in a. Their first commercial success came in the form of a partnership with Razer and subsequent release of...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel travels to Southampton, UK, to visit the HQ of Audioscenic, whose mission is to revolutionise and pivot binaural audio over speakers to the masses. Their team developed technology that uses real-time head tracking and sound-field control to create virtual headphones that render personal 3D Audio to the listener's position in a. Their first commercial success came in the form of a partnership with Razer and subsequent release of...

This episode is sponsored by Spatial, the immersive audio software that gives a new dimension to sound. Spatial gives creators the tools to create interactive soundscapes using our powerful 3D authoring tool, Spatial Studio. Their software modernises traditional channel-based audio; by rethinking how we hear and feel immersive experiences, anywhere. To find more go to https://www.spatialinc.com. In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the...

This episode is sponsored by Spatial, the immersive audio software that gives a new dimension to sound. Spatial gives creators the tools to create interactive soundscapes using our powerful 3D authoring tool, Spatial Studio. Their software modernises traditional channel-based audio; by rethinking how we hear and feel immersive experiences, anywhere. To find more go to https://www.spatialinc.com. In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the...

This episode is sponsored by Spatial, the immersive audio software that gives a new dimension to sound. Spatial gives creators the tools to create interactive soundscapes using our powerful 3D authoring tool, Spatial Studio. Their software modernizes traditional channel-based audio; by rethinking how we hear and feel immersive experiences, anywhere. To find more go to https://www.spatialinc.com. In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the...

This episode is sponsored by Spatial, the immersive audio software that gives a new dimension to sound. Spatial gives creators the tools to create interactive soundscapes using our powerful 3D authoring tool, Spatial Studio. Their software modernises traditional channel-based audio; by rethinking how we hear and feel immersive experiences, anywhere. To find more go to https://www.spatialinc.com. In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by the Senior Product...

This episode is sponsored by Spatial, the immersive audio software that gives a new dimension to sound. Spatial gives creators the tools to create interactive soundscapes using our powerful 3D authoring tool, Spatial Studio. Their software modernises traditional channel-based audio; by rethinking how we hear and feel immersive experiences, anywhere. To find more go to https://www.spatialinc.com. In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by Poul Holleman and Salvador Breed the co-founders of the spatial sound and creative development studio - 4DSOUND, from Amsterdam, Netherlands. Poul Holleman is co-founder and technical director of the spatial sound and creative development studio, 4DSOUND. As a creative technologist, Poul focuses on the application of spatial sound to a variety of art forms, ranging from light installations to...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the CEO of Atmoky - Markus Zaunschirm from Graz, Austria.    Markus Zaunschirm MSc, PhD is a renowned spatial audio expert and co-founder of Atmoky. During his research, he combined advanced signal processing with the models of human perception and invented a unique method for spatial audio playback for headphones. Building on that technological foundation, Markus co-founded Atmoky, a spatial audio...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the Head of Screenwriting at Royal Holloway, University of London and Head of the Writers Room at StoryFutures Academy – Professor Adam Ganz and the Project Manager for the Second World War and Holocaust Partnership Programme at Imperial War Museums Rachel Donnelly, from London, UK. Professor Adam Ganz is Head of Screenwriting at Royal Holloway, University of London and Head of the Writers Room at...

n this three-part series of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel will travel to Zurich in Switzerland for an exclusive opportunity to speak to the entire Ambeo Mobility team. The use of spatial audio is becoming ever so ubiquitous, it seems that it’s just a matter of time before we get to enjoy immersive content from the comfort of our cars on a regular basis. Join us on this journey to explore and learn about the cutting-edge applications of spatial audio in automotive. This episode...

In this three-part series of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel will travel to Zurich in Switzerland for an exclusive opportunity to speak to the entire Ambeo Mobility team. The use of spatial audio is becoming ever so ubiquitous, it seems that it’s just a matter of time before we get to enjoy immersive content from the comfort of our cars on a regular basis. Join us on this journey to explore and learn about the cutting-edge applications of spatial audio in automotive. This episode...

In this three-part series of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel will travel to Zurich in Switzerland for an exclusive opportunity to speak to the entire Ambeo Mobility team. The use of spatial audio is becoming ever so ubiquitous, it seems that it’s just a matter of time before we get to enjoy immersive content from the comfort of our cars on a regular basis. Join us on this journey to explore and learn about the cutting-edge applications of spatial audio in automotive. This episode...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by a director for interactive audio at Skywalker Sound - Kevin Bolen from California, US.  Kevin Bolen supervises Skywalker Sound’s interactive audio department, which combines decades of cinematic audio experience with bleeding-edge technologies to create unforgettable immersive audio experiences such as the Academy Award-winning Carne y Arena, the Peabody Award-winning Queerskins: A Love Story, and...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel, Monica Bolles and Bjørn Jacobsen are joined by a Principal Dev Leader at the Mixed Reality division at Microsft Noel Cross and Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Nikunj Raghuvanshi from Redmond, US. Nikunj likes to invent techniques that create immersive sight and sound from computation. He is endlessly fascinated with simulating the laws of physics in real-time and finds it thrilling to search for simple algorithms...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by a tech journalist and founder of Immersive Wire - Tom Ffisk from London, UK.    Tom is Chief Editor of Immersive Wire, the newsletter dedicated to immersive technologies and the metaverse, analysing the sector and charting its steady growth over time. In this episode, Tom shares his view on the current state of play of the Metaverse vision and talks about his upcoming book The Metaverse: A...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel, Monica Bolles and Bjørn Jacobsen are joined by Ken Felton, Sound Designer at Spatial, from the San Francisco Bay Area, US.    Ken is an Audio Director and Sound Designer with decades of experience in professional audio, and a passion for storytelling and immersive soundscapes. Ken started in pro-audio by touring N. America and running sound reinforcement systems. In 1994 he moved to Northern California and started working with...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory at the University of Huddersfield – Hyunkook Lee. Dr Hyunkook Lee is a Reader (i.e., Associate Professor) in Music Technology and the Director of the Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory, University of Huddersfield, U.K. His research over the last 10 years contributed to advancing the understanding of three-dimensional (3D) audio perception and...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Bjørn Jacobsen are joined by the co-founder and a managing director at the Encircled Max Röhrbein from Berlin, Germany. Max is a co-founder and a managing director at Encircled audio.solutions GmbH where Encircled is the official and only licensee of the IOSONO software. In this episode, Max discusses the technical capabilities of the entire IOSONO software and hardware ecosystem and we dive deep into this episode's hot topic...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the ambassador and key collaborator of the FLUX:: Immersive – SPAT Revolution audio engine project Hugo Larin from Montreal, Canada. Hugo Larin has deep roots in audio mixing, design, and operation as well as in networked control and data distribution. He launched his career in production equipment rentals and in-studio recording. His passion for technology and for the entertainment production...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the founder and CEO of Sound Particles Nuno Fonseca from Leiria, Portugal.  Nuno Fonseca (PhD), is the founder and CEO of Sound Particles company, and was the creator of Sound Particles software, a 3D CGI-like audio software used in all major Hollywood studios in productions such as “Star Wars 9”, “Frozen II”, “Aquaman” or “Game of Thrones”. Former university professor (computer science and music...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by Varun Nair from Edinburgh, Scotland. Varun has spent the past 15 years building technologies, products, teams, and companies in Silicon Valley, UK, and India. Most recently he was head of AR/VR audio software at Facebook. Prior to that, he co-founded Two Big Ears, an immersive audio technology company, which was acquired by Facebook in 2016. In this episode, Varun shares the story of the creation of the Two Big Ears...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by Tom Slater from London, UK. Tom is an artist and producer who specialises in spatial sound for art and music in physical spaces. Tom co-founded Call & Response Studios in 2011 which is now based at Somerset House and houses a 25.2 surround sound creative production space. In this episode, we dive into the topic of spatial audio in physical spaces, Tom shares his experience working with large...

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by head of the SoundLab group Ulli Scuda and research engineer Philipp Eibl at Fraunhofer IIS, over Zoom from Bavaria, Germany. Ulli Scuda got a Tonmeister degree at the Film University Potsdam-Babelsberg where he also got his PhD. His experience covers sound recording, sound design and mixing for various film and music formats, ranging from binaural up to 22.2. He was a visiting lecturer at the Ansbach University of...