Spatial Audio Tidepool
The 2025 Spatial Audio Tidepool
Learn how to create immersive sound and music at the 2025 Spatial Audio Tidepool, featuring the world-leading high-density loudspeaker arrays at Virginia Tech.
The Spatial Audio Tidepool (SpaAT) is a two-session immersive gathering for audio professionals to learn the techniques of sound spatialization. The first session is focused on experiential instruction, covering stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1, octophonic, and then onto high density loudspeaker arrays (HDLAs) including the 24.4 channel Perform Studio, the 32 channel Tesseract, and finally the 140 channel Cube system. The second session is for participants to realize their own immersive sound projects on Virginia Tech HDLA systems, with individual guidance from the instructors. Session Two is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Session One runs during June 2-4 and Session Two runs during June 5-7. Participants may enroll in either one or both sections, subject to availability.
Important Dates
- Enrollment opens December 2, 2024
- Early Bird Deadline April 15, 2024
Fees
- Session One $750 early bird, $900 standard
- Session Two $1350 early bird, $1500 standard
- Corporate Sponsorship, $500
Contact
Please email ericlyon@vt.edu or upty@vt.edu with any questions.
Why Tidepool?
A tidepool is an isolated, nutrient-rich body of water where specialized ecosystems can flourish. Given the still relatively small (but constantly increasing) number of HDLA systems like the Virginia Tech Cube, the tidepool feels like an appropriate metaphor for bringing together spatial audio enthusiasts, engineers, and creatives at one of the few places in the world where immersive audio for HDLAs can be deeply explored.