Sennheiser and Solid State Logic have announced their partnership over the framework of Sennheiser’s Ambeo for VR partnership programme – SSL’s S500, S300 and TCR System T broadcast mixing consoles will now feature onboard Ambeo A-B conversion for the Sennheiser Ambeo VR Mic.
‘The partnership with Sennheiser Ambeo expands our growing functionality to provide processing for multiple audio formats for immersive and three-dimensional audio; channel-based, objects, Ambisonics and binaural,’ says SSL Broadcast Product Manager, Tom Knowles. ‘System T now provides onboard A-B format conversion support for the Ambeo VR Mic, with a 360 transcoder to render to a wide range of multichannel outputs from 4.0 to 7.1.4. This allows our clients to use the Ambeo VR Mic to add ambient sound to a live immersive production or provide decoding for a live VR mix.’
The Ambeo A-B converter works hand-in-hand with SSL’s 360 transcoder – while the converter provides the processing-ready B-format from the Ambisonics Ambeo VR Mic, the transcoder converts this signal to a broad range of output formats and loudspeaker arrangements, ranging from 4.0. to 5.1.4 and 7.1.4. Broadcast engineers will be able to record and process immersive content with far greater ease, and without the need for any additional physical equipment.
