Viewing posts by pacocreative

Towards personal spatial sound systems

Posted by: pacocreative 2 months ago

Spatial sound reality — access is still an exception

No sugarcoating: for most artists, access to spatial sound is quite limited. You don't own an immersive sound studio or a beamformer. Instead, you apply for a grant or a residency, and if you’re lucky, you get a few days with a system  —  just enough to get lost in the manual and maybe try out an idea or two. Every instrument is a new learning curve, and by the time you start to get comfortable, your slot is up and you’re back to headphones and stereo mixes, or at best vague approximations.