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Spatial audio
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Imagine future iPhones being able to record in Spatial Audio.
Ummmm.....I’m not sure you understand what it is.
Cheers for the disparaging comment. Anyway, we're just here to discuss tech, not one-up on tech intelligence.
I’m not anyway...
Sorry...wasn’t meant to be disparaging....this entire thread is about “hearing” spatial audio.
The source recording, while not irrelevant, has less to do with what and how you hear “spatial audio” than the coding does to make you hear it.
At the end of the day, spatial audio is more about AirPods and less about the recording source....that’s all.
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I was actually thinking the same thing... from the perspective of “now that I can hear it, I want to create it!”
Several years ago, “Computational Photography” wasn’t even a thing one would expect to see on anything like a cellular phone and it essentially uses the data we’re able to actually truly capture to interpolate better images. Since iPhones can now record in stereo I would not be surprised if the computational abilities are there that would allow either the creation of a sound stage during recording OR defining the sound stage in post on an iOS/iPadOS device.
It would still have value EVEN if it required separate hardware to physically record enough additional data.
It would definitely require post at a minimum, but most likely additional hardware so audio can be synched to the video on the phone.
The whole point of spatial audio is to separate out what is typically the "center channel" or main voice track from the "stereo" sound to give the surround sound effects that it does. Until someone invents software to detect and separate a voice from other noises surrounding it, the iPhone simply will not have the capability to do much if anything about spatial audio on its own.
Christ, it won't even have a single port to connect external mics into in another year or two.
That’s pretty much any computing problem, though.
Until someone invented software to take a surround sound signal and, utilizing the positioning information of a source and the targets to “agree” on a “center” and then deliver custom audio streams to each of the two targets in real time such that the surround sound is simulated... the iPhone couldn’t do it! And, Apple’s already doing computational audio using the iPhone microphones for capturing Stereo and performing Audio Zoom, so it’s within their area of focus.But, I’d imagine, nearer term, something like the imaginary RØDE i16 would work nicely, LOL
That’s pretty much any computing problem, though.
But, I’d imagine, nearer term, something like the imaginary RØDE i16 would work nicely, LOL
Oh...I didn't say it wouldn't or couldn't happen...just not at this exact moment. Hell, it may even be an iOS15 feature!
And, that’s what Ralfi was speculating in saying “Imagine future iPhones being able to record in Spatial Audio”. It’d be a cool thing!
Just setup my airpod pros... updated to the latest firmware and have the spatial audio toggle, but no "See how it works" link directly beneath that?
Also, no TV I play through the Apple TV app seems to demonstrate the spatial audio tracking as I move my phone around?
Also, no TV I play through the Apple TV app seems to demonstrate the spatial audio tracking as I move my phone around?
Which device are you connected to? Try restarting the thing.
Spatial Audio only works on certain devices for now. TV‘s aren’t one of them. You can watch selected Apple TV+ programs in Spatial Audio on your IOS devices though. Many trailers you can test it with.