Exploring the Open Ambisonics Toolkit UbiMus Workshop

This Workshop on the Open Ambisonics Toolkit will have practical, pedagogical, and theoretical elements. The increasing number of possible ap- plications for spatial audio technologies has caused renewed interest on the subject from academic institutions and resulted in a more wide-spread diffusion of techniques and practices. However, the lack of an integrated methodology for teaching these technologies is clear. This served as a motivation for our team to develop the Open Ambisonics Toolkit (OAT), a hardware-software system for spatial sound pedagogy. We are making experiments and developing a flexible approach to using OAT in various configurations. At this point in developing the project, we seek to engage with potential users of different profiles, experience levels, and expectations, to spread knowledge about our approach and to receive constructive feedback. At UbiMus, we will present the system components and engage participants in a listening experiment and a discussion on spatial audio with a low-cost DIY system.