First public release of the D4 spatialization library

[Kevin Austin]

From: Ivica Ico Bukvic <i...@vt.edu>

Subject: First public release of the D4 spatialization library

Date: 2016 June 20 at 5:01:25 PM GMT-4

Please excuse x-posting...

Announcing the first public release of the D4 spatialization library for Max featuring:

• Innovative Layer Based Amplitude Panning algorithm that can handle just about any loudspeaker arrangement with particular focus on High Density Loudspeaker Arrays (HDLAs)
  
• Innovative implementation of high precision audio source radius, Spatial Mask, and Motion Blur
• Unique visual spatialization editing tools for hobbyists and professionals alike, including spatial source painting
• Ability to spatialize a broad array of multidimensional data by leveraging the Jitter library
• Multilayered system with independent layers and focus on perimeter-based 3D immersion
• 3D visualization of spatial audio and hooks for immersive scenarios, including Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
• A comprehensive collection of time-based editing tools
• A Mostly Open Source Software (MOSS) approach empowering users to tinker and improve the system
• Lean and optimized implementation leveraging maximum amount of built-in MaxMSP objects, including dynamic creation and parallel processing
• A drop-in replacement for the existing spatialization options (e.g. using azimuth and elevation)
• Ideal for researchers, production engineers, and artists alike

D⁴ has been utilized in the Virginia Tech ICAT Cube with 128 channels of audio at 48KHz 24-bit using Dante interface with single audio buffer size of 256 bytes (or 5.33ms) with 21 simultaneous audio streams, 5 of which were in constant motion, for a total of 1,018 software audio streams being mixed down to 128 physical channels. No audio dropouts were observed in the said scenario.

D⁴ will be officially unveiled on July 4th, with the first workshop being held on July 6th in Canberra, Australia, as part of the ICAD 2016 conference. Later this fall, D⁴ will be also presented as part of the ICMC 2016 workshop in Utrecht, Netherlands.

D⁴ is currently available at an introductory price for both students and professionals.

For additional info visit http://ico.bukvic.net/main/d4/

Questions? i...@bukvic.net

Best,
Ico-- 

Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Associate Professor
Creative Technologies in Music
ICAT Senior Fellow
Director -- DISIS, L2Ork
Virginia Tech
School of Performing Arts – 0141
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
www.performingarts.vt.edu
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