Facebook 360 Training

Immersive & Spatial Audio

Presenters:
Andres A. Mayo, Andres Mayo Mastering & Audio Post - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abesh Thakur, Facebook - California, USA

Crash course on the end-to-end workflow for spatial audio design and asset preparation of 360 and 180 immersive videos using the Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation tools. This workshop will go through: 

a) What is spatial audio, and why is it important for Immersive videos; 
b) Formats and standards that are accepted on popular delivery platforms such as Facebook, Oculus or YouTube; 
c) Using plugins in a DAW to author ambisonic mixes that respond to real-time headtracking during runtime; 
d) Basic setup for live streaming 360 videos with ambisonic audio; 
e) Overview of popular 360 cameras and ambisonic microphones that can be used for linear spatial audio design.