Welcome to SPAT Revolution
First of all, thank you for acquiring SPAT Revolution. We hope it will provide you with new levels of productivity, creativity and experience in sound design. Our goal was to deliver the most comprehensive real-time spatial audio renderer ever designed, and to make the whole process of spatialized audio production powerful and intuitive for beginners and professionals alike. Our real-time audio environment provides easy access to some of the most advanced spatialization algorithms currently available, at the very best sound quality currently possible.
‘SPAT’ is short for Spatialisateur in French. It is a real-time audio library that allows composers, sound artists, performers and sound engineers to control the localization of sound sources in virtual and real 3D auditory spaces.
SPAT Revolution wraps the ‘Spat’ processing library in a luxurious and characteristic graphic environment to help visualize many aspects of a spatial audio composition in real time. This graphic interface allows sound mixes to be composed as interactive spatial models existing in Virtual Room. SPAT contains a powerful multichannel reverberation engine that can be applied to design and add a sense of auditory space in studio mixes and real time on location.
Artificial Reverberation Editor
SPAT Revolution maintains the highest audio quality throughout the entire signal flow.
SPAT Revolution’s Heritage
SPAT Revolution is underpinned by 30 years of technical research and development in acoustics and sound.
Behind SPAT Revolution is the partnership of FLUX:: SE and Ircam in Paris, France. Founded in 1977, Ircam is one of the world’s leading public research institutes in the fields of musical expression, science of music, sound and acoustics. The first result of this partnership was the plugin suite IRCAM Tools. That release was the first incarnation of SPAT as a DAW plugin based on over 30 years of research with Ircam’s Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team. After decades of development the next step was the full production environment for spatial audio - SPAT Revolution through the elegant simplicity of the graphic interface, SPAT Revolution represents a formidable achievement. It brings together the technical expertise from decades of academic research and development at IRCAM into an easy-to-use package that is flexible and powerful enough to meet all the demands of spatial audio production, from day-to-day surround sound post-production to the most challenging real time installations. As you will discover, SPAT Revolution can handle a virtually unlimited number of input and output audio streams and is prepared for all formats and 3D-audio workflows currently available or imaginable in the audio industry.
Although this user guide cannot cover every technical aspect of the algorithms and expert knowledge contained within SPAT Revolution we hope you will feel assured that the science behind the sound is absolutely correct.
About this Guide
This guide has been written for practitioners already working in immersive sound production yet new to the SPAT Revolution software environment. Is also intended to be read as a practical introduction to surround and immersive audio production for those who are new to the medium and coming to it through SPAT Revolution. Of course, there is plenty more knowledge to be had in the field of immersive audio and the technology behind it, which will strengthen your understanding and decision-making.
We strongly suggest spending the time to read through this guide before starting on your first major production and keeping it on hand during the process. Expert support and advice can also be sought from the FLUX Immersive FB user group and the Web-based Knowledge base.
Let us start now with a practical guide on getting the software installed and running.
Getting started
In the following section, we will explain how to install the application using the FLUX::Centre and how to redeem and activate your licenses.
We will also explain all the differences between the Ultimate and Essential licenses.
Furthermore, if you are searching for a quick start guide, check this document : quick start guide.