All You Need to Know About 3D Audio – Free eBook

Get to grips with immersive sound through All You Need to Know About 3D Audio, an educational eBook from Sound Particles. Rather than a plugin that processes audio, this guide explains the concepts behind spatial listening and modern surround formats. Explore channel-based audio from stereo to 7.1, object-based workflows with beds and Dolby Atmos, Ambisonics microphones and VR applications, plus binaural perception and HRTF individualization. Written by Sound Particles founder Nuno Fonseca, PhD, and based on his AES convention talks, it helps make unfamiliar terminology easier to navigate. It suits music producers, sound designers and audio enthusiasts who want a clearer understanding of immersive audio for music, film, games, virtual reality and installations. Use it as a starting point for learning how different 3D audio approaches represent sound around a listener.