SSA Plugins aXPlugins Suite a3 v2022.09

SSA Plugins makes tools for audio engineers and artists working with spatial audio. We specialise in Ambisonic plugins aimed at making it as easy as possible to be creative.

aXPlugins Suite
The aX Ambisonics Suite provide you with the tools for a full signal chain working with spatial and immersive audio - from encoding to decoding and plenty in between.
The aX Suite includes plugins for Ambisonics panning and monitoring to get you into the world of spatial audio.
It also includes effects to use directly on your Ambisonics signals: delay, EQ, compression, noise gate and deesser.
What is Ambisonics?
Ambisonics is a spatial audio format that has been around since the 1970s. Since then, its popularity has risen and fallen a few times but is undergoing a resurgence with the emergence of virtual reality (VR). In fact, Ambisonics is now used by some of the biggest video platforms on the internet: YouTube and Facebook!
How does Ambisonics work?
Ambisonics works in three steps: encoding, processing and decoding. The encoding stage takes your mono or stereo track and converts (using a plugin such as the aXPanner) it to B-format - a multichannel format where the gain and polarity relationship between the channels is determined by the source position (azimuth and elevation). B-format is independent of the playback stage and can't be listened to directly. First order Ambisonics (FOA) has 4 channels: W (omnidirectional), X, Y and Z (along the Cartesian axes).
The processing step is where you manipulate your sound sources, either individually or as a group. This manipulation can include dynamic range compression, EQ-ing, adding effects such as delay, etc. You can also rotate everything at the same time. Of course, the B-format signals have to be treated carefully to avoid destroying the spatial...

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