ANN: first public release of the D4 spatialization library

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Announcing the first public release of the D4 spatialization library for Max featuring:

*Innovative Layer Based Amplitude Panning algorithm that can handle just about any loudspeaker arrangement with particular focus on High Density Loudspeaker Arrays (HDLAs)
*Innovative implementation of high precision audio source radius, Spatial Mask, and Motion Blur
*Unique visual spatialization editing tools for hobbyists and professionals alike, including spatial source painting
*Ability to spatialize a broad array of multidimensional data by leveraging the Jitter library
*Multilayered system with independent layers and focus on perimeter-based 3D immersion
*3D visualization of spatial audio and hooks for immersive scenarios, including Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
*A comprehensive collection of time-based editing tools
*A Mostly Open Source Software (MOSS) approach empowering users to tinker and improve the system
*Lean and optimized implementation leveraging maximum amount of built-in MaxMSP objects, including dynamic creation and parallel processing
*A drop-in replacement for the existing spatialization options (e.g. using azimuth and elevation)
*Ideal for researchers, production engineers, and artists alike

D4 has been utilized in the Virginia Tech ICAT Cube with 128 channels of audio at 48KHz 24-bit using Dante interface with single audio buffer size of 256 bytes (or 5.33ms) with 21 simultaneous audio streams, 5 of which were in constant motion, for a total of 1,018 software audio streams being mixed down to 128 physical channels. No audio dropouts were observed in the said scenario.

D4 will be officially unveiled on July 4th, with the first workshop being held on July 6th in Canberra, Australia, as part of the ICAD 2016 conference. Later this fall, D4 will be also presented as part of the ICMC 2016 workshop in Utrecht, Netherlands.

D4 is currently available at an introductory price for both students and professionals.

For additional info visit http://ico.bukvic.net/main/d4/

Questions? ico@bukvic.net