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 decoder plug-in panel, make your binaural settings.

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.