{"product_id":"audio-ease-360pan-suite-3","title":"Audio Ease 360pan suite 3","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 360pan suite is a suite of plug-ins for Windows and macOS designed to provide up to third-order ambisonics mixes for immersive audio: audio from all directions, intended for headphone playback, that stays where it is even when you turn the head.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eYou can do all your panning, distancing and even mixing in the video window of your DAW (Reaper or Pro Tools HD\/Ultimate). There is no need to have any plug-in interfaces open while working.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the 360pan package for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThe 360pan suite allows you to deliver ambisonic audio, AmbiX audio in b format to be precise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThere are many names for the type of video that 360pan Suite can provide this spatial (or localized, immersive, 3D) audio for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e360° video\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\t \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eVR Video\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eVirtual reality video\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003ePanoramic video\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eSpherical video\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eto name the most common\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThese types of videos require a soundtrack that can rotate when the viewer's head with VR glasses, head-mounted device (HMD) turned on, or their phone is turned on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThere are several playback platforms for 360 VR videos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eFacebook 360\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eOculus Video\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eYouTube 360\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eSamsungVR\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eTour\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eLive\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eSteamVR\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003ePlayStation VR\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThey all chose Ambisonics as the technology that enables interactive audio mixing. This means that post-audio people need to produce Ambisonics mixes. Ambisonics mixes are in a format called b format, which consists of four channels (for first order, nine channels for second order, and sixteen channels for third order). Format B comes in two channel orders: AmbiX or FuMa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eYouTube requires Ambisonics soundtracks in AmbiX format, so that's what 360pan offers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eFacebook requires 2nd order Ambisonics, the 360pan suite offers this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e360pan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e360pan allows you to pan mono, stereo, or four-channel input files in Ambisonics, using disks that move on top of the video window (Pro Tools HD\/Ultimate).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eReverb gain, distance and width, along with the disc itself, will appear in the video window (Pro Tools HD\/Ultimate) when a panner is inserted and 'show puck' and 'show overlay' are turned on. The three sliders appear when you click the three sliders icon that appears when you hover over a disc in the video window.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esignal flow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eIt is possible to use 360reverb in a traditional way using sends and busses, but it was designed to be used in a more intelligent way:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eMono or stereo sources are converted to Ambisonics, while giving a left-right, up-down, and distance position on the Ambisonic bus. A panner is inserted into each sound source track to do this. So panners get mono or stereo (or up to 4 channels) of Ambisonics input and output.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eEach 360reverb creates a private Ambisonics input, a kind of backdoor, accessible only by 360pan instances. Each 360reverb appears as a send destination in each 360panner. This links the 360pan to the reverb in such a way that you can adjust the distance and width of the reverb per source pan. This goes for an unlimited amount of sources, even if there is only a single 360reverb in your project (which is the most common configuration).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eIn addition to all this, the usual main reverb input still works (also simultaneously with the private input).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePosition Blur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eRotate position blur to create sound objects that should appear larger than a point source. The pan position will then be their center and they will become larger in the mix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHead Lock Audio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eIf the position blur is all the way up, the audio will be mono and will not move when the listener turns their head. You can use this to mix voiceovers or music (mono) that shouldn't move.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eStereo music pan hard left and right and half-open position blur to create a head-locked effect in an Ambisonics mix, which does not require separate head-locked tracks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e360monitor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e360monitor extracts video frames from the video window and sends them to a browser-style drag-and-pan screen while decoding the Ambisonics mix to binaural for headphones (or 5.0) for speaker playback, so that you can look around and hear your soaking mix as you do it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eIn the image, the selected mixing format is 8 channels (8 channels). This 360 monitor is therefore on an eight-channel bus (7.1). It doubles the audio to 2 channels for listening with headphones. It does this in the manner technically described in Appendix 2 'Ambisonics for binaural conversion' of the 360pan suite manual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eTip: 360monitor can be CPU heavy when visible. This is because it is transporting frames from the Pro Tools HD\/Ultimate video window to the 360monitor user interface. The smaller the Pro Tools HD\/Ultimate video window, the lighter the 360monitor operates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e360reverb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e360reverb is the first truly omnidirectional convolution reverb. A single instance can provide pan-following reverb with individually adjustable reverb width for an unlimited amount of sound sources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThe dry\/wet balance and spread controls only work on the main (traditional plug-in) reverb input. 360reverb accepts Ambisonics input and provides Ambisonics output. There is a separate private input that can be selected in all 360pan plugin instances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThe dry\/wet balance and propagation controls do nothing on the private audio lines that each 360pan has for the reverb. The reverb distance and width parameters for the private inputs are set in the 360pan plug-in (or via the pop-up faders in the video overlay).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e360limiter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eThe 360limiter is a first to third order Ambisonics, look ahead, brickwall peak limiter with adaptive automatic release timing determination and added EBU R128 volume measurement (LUFS).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eYour spatial audio mix will sound great compared to other mixes from other professional sources, like Google Spotlight Stories on YouTube.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eLive Ambisonics recordings generally have a large dynamic range, where occasional peaks can prevent the user from gaining without clipping the peaks. 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The 360limiter can transparently smooth out these spikes, allowing the user to win the program without clipping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px\"\u003eSPECIFICATIONS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eAudio Ease\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLicense storage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eiLok account\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e64-bit support\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eYes\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternet access\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eInternet access required to download software and future updates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRAM memory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eMinimum 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOperational system\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eMac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac OS X 10.13 (High Sierra), Mac OS X 12 (Monterey)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDVD reader\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eIt is not necessary\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded items\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eActivation code, Registration, Activation and Installation Guide (PDF – in Portuguese), Technical support for Sweetspot customers\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes software\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eSoftware obtained from the manufacturer's system, after registering the activation code\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLicense type\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eFull license\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelivery method\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003eDigital transfer of activation code, registered in the order and sent by email.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Audio Ease","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44121884721370,"sku":"AUD360PAN","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0656\/6720\/3290\/products\/360pan.png?v=1696620497","url":"https:\/\/musicsa.store\/products\/audio-ease-360pan-suite-3","provider":"Music SA - Plugins de Áudio e Equipamentos Musicais","version":"1.0","type":"link"}