Commercial products related to spatial sound and general audio. Includes sound cards, speakers, microphones etc.
Creative Arts Advanced Technology Center's Spatial Sound Group. The group researches and implements advanced DSP algorithms and software technology for 3D positional audio and environmental effects in Creative audio products. Provides some links to environmental audio information, recent documents related to Creative products and several publications.
http://www.sei.com/algorithms/spatial-sound.htmlSound Surge - Product review, articles, etc. related to 3D sound equipment, products, software etc. (e.g. sound cards, speakers....) excellent site!!!
http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/QSound's 3D audio technology Q3D. Editorial describing Q3D. Q3D was introduced in 1991 and is a 3D audio technology used in several sound cards and is used in devices such as Sega's Dreamcast, VLSI's Thunderbird and Trident's 4DWAVE-DX and 4DWAVE-NX chips.
http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/features/articles/QSound.htmlTucker Davis Technologies (TDT), developer of signal processing workstations for life sciences research, including the RP2.1 Real-time processor for 3D sound research.
http://www.tdt.comLake Technologies (formerly Lake DSP). A leading supplier of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology. "Lake has been the world's leading supplier of real-time acoustic simulation technology, which allows you to hear a computer model of a room or any environment - without it needing to be physically built". Plenty of information related to VR professional and research tools/equipment).
http://www.lakedsp.com/Spatializer Audio Laboratories. "A leading developer, licenser and marketer of next-generation audio technologies for the consumer electronics, computing and entertainment industries".
http://www.spatializer.com/HEAD Acoustics. Specialize in measurement and analysis systems for sound research and the design of technical sound system products. Also makers of the HEAD dummy head used for audio recordings, HRTF recording etc.
http://www.head-acoustics.de/2p-fra-e.htmYamaha LSIs - Audio Systems: Digital signal interfaces, acoustic control LSIs for amps, 3D-surround LSIs for TVs, and karaoke LSIs designed for great sounding home entertainment.
http://www.yamaha.com/lsi/products/audio.htmVirtual Surround - SSP-200 Spatial Sound Processor -a programmable multi-channel surround sound panner which can be used stand alone or in combination with any mixing console to simulate sound movements and sound locations in a two or three dimensional sound field.
http://www.omnisound.com/The Miles Sound System: "The Miles Sound System SDK is a powerful developer tool that completely handles all aspects of sound - digital audio, 3D audio, digital decompression (MPEG Layer-3 and ADPCM), Internet Voice Chat codecs, interactive MIDI, red-book CD-audio, and other audio related system services."
http://www.radgametools.com/miles.htmBinaural Source: Binaural recorded sound tracks and includes good FAQ on binaural audio etc.
http://www.binaural.com faq: http://www.binaural.com/binfaq.htmlAKG Acoustics. Manufacturers of microphones, speakers and other audio related products.
http://www.akg-acoustics.com/english/microphones/index.htmlG.R.A.S Sound and Vibration. A complete line of precision measurement microphones, pre-amplifiers and calibrators (Denmark).
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