Within its constraints, one of Nuendo neat routing feature is that it will respect channel routing based on channel denomination when going from one speaker setup to another one. Since most of the Ambisonic VST plug-ins used to process first order B-Format (four channels WXYZ) expect that the four channels will be presented to the plug-in's first four inputs, we must ensure that it will be so with Nuendo. Part of the trick when doing a hybrid mix in Nuendo is «fooling» it into using speaker channels for the B-Format routing. We call this type of surround sound mixing, that integrates traditional surround and Ambisonic surround, hybrid surround sound mixing. This task is not straightforward, but certainly not impossible. The challenge then with Nuendo is integrating audio streams that are speaker-ready (traditional surround) with audio streams that are not speaker-ready (Ambisonic B-Format) into the same mix. The Nuendo approach is more traditional and is also usually easier to understand. ![]() ![]() On the other hand, Steinberg Nuendo, version 2, 3 and 4, handles surround sound audio streams in a speaker-ready fashion. The B-Format stream has to be decoded to a speaker-ready stream (historically referred to as «D-Format»). The Ambisonic B-Format is a multichannel surround sound format that is not intended to be directly played back on loudspeakers. Most of the files available there have a «.amb» extension: if Nuendo can't recognize the files, replace the «.amb» with «.wav». We recommend the following book as the reference on Ambisonics audio production:Īmbisonics: A Practical 3D Audio Theory for Recording, Studio Production, Sound Reinforcement, and Virtual RealityĪmbisonic B-Format files can be downloaded from the Ambisonia website. We recommend upgrading to Nuendo 8.2 or later and installing the following plug-ins:Īalto University SPARTA and COMPASS plug-ins | IEM Plug-in Suite | Matthias Kronlachner's ambiX plug-ins | Blue Ripple Sound's O3A Core suite | Nuendo 8 update ![]() Combined with some freely available ambisonic VST plug-ins, ambisonic production in Nuendo has never been so easy. The information on this page is now obsolete.Īs of version 8.2, Steinberg Nuendo is Ambisonics-aware, providing busses for B-Format up to 3rd order. Ambisonic Studio | Hybrid Surround Sound Mixing with Nuendo
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