Immersive Audio Explored - Really, What Is Immersive Audio?

Any form of audio and entertainment content today is produced and distributed as files, which are then streamed to consumers. MC Patel, the founder and CEO of Emotion Systems, explores immersive audio from the deliverables standpoint. The article discusses the evolution of immersive audio and all the implications of dealing with its formats and unique requirements. The article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2023.

Emotion Systems, a British company specialized in file-based audio processing and analysis tools, has now addressed the critical challenge of ensuring audio consistency and quality in bulk content ingest. Its new Emotion Verification Engine (EVE) is a new approach, giving users quick and easy to interpret information on the detail of the audio components, something which is largely ignored by today’s automated quality control tools.

Dutch company Grimm Audio announced the introduction of its LevelOne V2 software with new exciting features. LevelOne has been a standard desktop loudness normalizer tool from the early start of the loudness revolution. The new version improves on existing functionality, adding user-requested features such as a True Peak Limiter function, multiple ‘hot folders’ automation and FFmpeg compatibility to support more file formats. LevelOne Version 2 is available from Grimm Audio’s loudness software partner, BeatRig.

Audio files can now be corrected and adjusted for loudness, Dolby-E shuffling and up/down mixing without being sent back to post-production suites. TSL Products’ new Phinix Suite of Software are now available and will be showcased for the first time in Europe at IBC 2015, in Amsterdam.

Nugen Audio announced that its Loudness Management Batch (LMB) Processor has received certification by the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) as an AS-11 DPP-compliant product. Nugen’s LMB Processor demonstrated compliance with the new standard for MXF contribution of loudness-compliant audio.