Monitoring Ambisonics Audio Binaurally via the Phones Channel

The Control Room Phones channel allows you to listen to Ambisonics audio binaurally via headphones, automatically using VST AmbiDecoder for decoding.

Prerequisite

  • In the Audio Connections window, you have set an Ambisonics output bus as main mix and enabled the Control Room.

  • For the audio preview function to work, you must activate Use Phones Channel as Preview Channel in the Preferences dialog on the VST - Control Room page.

Procedure

  1. In the MixConsole, route your audio tracks to the Ambisonics output bus.
  2. Click Open/Close Ambisonics Decoder.
  3. On the VST AmbiDecoder panel, select Headphones as output.
  4. Make your changes for the HRTF Mode.

Result

You can play back Ambisonics audio binaurally via headphones.

Note

Instead of VST AmbiDecoder, you can also use third-party binaural decoding plug-ins that are suited for use within the Control Room Phones channel. Select the decoder from the pop-up menu in the Control Room Phones section.