[X3D-Public] Spatial Audio - was Re: potential free audio formats for X3D - ogg and flac

[Michael Aratow]

The Reason sound engine looks excellent for any type of audio effect, 
but it doesn't seem to deal with binaural processing, does it?  
Spatialization really is key.

Mike A.
On 5/11/13 2:13 PM, Dave A wrote:
> Propellerheads still in business it seems: 
> http://www.musicradar.com/gear/tech/computers-software/digital-audio-workstations-daws/reason-7-574636
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> Do they have anything they would share, at least conceptually, that 
> the rest of us could use?
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> Dave A.
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> On 5/11/2013 2:00 PM, John A. Stewart wrote:
>> Dave:
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>>> ... put on The Rift thinking you'll be taken by the scenery, and you 
>>> are (don't get me wrong) but to the point where you want to close 
>>> your eyes and take in the ambiance of Tuscany or Fiji. And then 
>>> there's no good sound. Umph!
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>> For a good while, FreeWRL had links to Propellerheads' Reason sound 
>> engine. This is one of the best (if not the best) professional audio 
>> synthesizers out there.
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>> Worked well, nice to get echos off of walls, attenuation due to 
>> buildings, etc, etc.
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>> Despite trying to push it, it never got much traction. Maybe I was 
>> just not focusing on the right area.
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>> Right now, the reason links are commented out, and the shared library 
>> API was used under an NDA, so the code is DOA, but when it was 
>> running, it certainly was about 1,000 times better than what was in 
>> the X3D spec sound-wise...
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>> Just an FYI of what kinds of things are possible. (the main interface 
>> was by using MIDI, so FreeWRL had MIDI interaction capabilities, MIDI 
>> commands controlled Reason audio devices, which in turn were set up 
>> in the Reason UI.)
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>> Audio *is* a big issue.
>>
>> John A. Stewart.
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