A guide to recording spatial audio for 360-degree video

[ronmac]

I thought this may be interesting for those hopping into the 360 world....

 

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As immersive video formats grow in popularity, NPR audio engineers have been experimenting with techniques for how to record high-quality spatial audio — an audio format that allows a listener to experience sound in all directions.

NPR’s initial foray into 360-degree video began as part of the Journalism 360 Challenge(J360), which focused on exploring some of the simplest ways to work in an immersive medium with a compact and portable equipment setup.

During a recent trip to Puerto Rico, I helped engineer a rich, immersive audio-video project on the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Our audio engineering team also explored new territory — combining sound-rich and immersive audio with in-depth reporting and narrative.

As an audio engineer, I was asked to join the project to focus explicitly on high-end immersive spatial audio. This meant two things: First, capturing audio from the camera position with a higher-quality microphone and recorder setup. And second, using more advanced techniques and tools in post-production to enhance the final product, including adding additional audio recorded separately from the main spatial rig.

In this post, we provide a detailed look at recording spatial audio from an engineer’s perspective. It will be most useful for those with a basic understanding of audio engineering fundamentals. We’ll use our recent trip to Puerto Rico to demonstrate one example of an immersive spatial audio workflow.

 

https://training.npr.org/audio/360-audio/

[mikewest]

My SoundField SPS200 achieves that, is compact and ideal for location and music work

 

mike

[ALVIN]

yes mike , i agree.

 i have before and since being offered a similar job , been experimenting with 

4x cardioids , which is basically the same , less expensive , but far , far more fragile.

they work... yes ok, even very good . The likely hood of one being displaced 

negates this use. each one being at 90 degrees to each other.

go for the soundfield!