Binaural Encoding Tool

HEar provides faithful reproduction of a stereo or surround mix with a pair of conventional stereo headphones. It relies on proven technology to model the various phenomenons that occur when playing back audio material through a loudspeaker system.

This allows monitoring a full surround mix in situations when a surround-capable environment is not available. Another typical use of HEar is when doing precise checking of a mix. It's more convenient with headphones on, as these provide asurgical and very detailed rendering of the audio.

HEar can also prove very useful in a studio environment, and whenever noise isolation is a concern, as it helps achieving a more realistic sound environment.

Product Features:

• Up to 16 channels processing (Channel Based Virtualization) with support for Dolby Atmos®
• Pro Tools HD 7.1.2 & 7.0.2 Dolby Atmos® Bus Support
• Space Presets, presenting a range of spaces with subtly different colorations
• Routing Matrix for mapping between the plugins inputs from the DAW track to the virtual speaker internal outputs
• Speaker Mode specifies the emulated virtual speaker configuration
• Speaker Width to control the width between virtual speakers, expressed in degrees, which allows for narrowing or broadening the stereo image.
• Angle Shift to control the angle between the listener and the center of the virtual speakers
• HEar relies on HRTF filter measurements made using a KEMAR (Knowles Electronics Manikin For Acoustic Research) dummy head and torso simulation.

System requirements:

Windows:

• Windows 10 - 64-bit
• USB displays are not supported.
• A graphic card fully supporting OpenGL 2.0 is required. If your computer has an ATi or NVidia graphics card, please make sure the latest graphic drivers from the ATi or NVidia website are installed.
• In order to use the software, an iLok.com user account is required (the iLok USB Smart Key is not required).

Mac:

• MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra and above
• USB displays are not supported.
• Mac OS X : Mac Pro 1.1 & Mac Pro 2.1 are not supported.
• DAW/Host Application with 64 bit support
• In order to use the software, an iLok.com user account is required (the iLok USB Smart Key is not required).

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