Audiocube have just announced the launch of a new plug-in that embeds a complete 3D acoustic environment inside any major DAW. Named Audiocube Space, the new arrival offers full 360-degree sound placement, acoustic simulation and multichannel mixing in formats up to 9.1.6 directly inside VST3, AU and AAX hosts

With spatial audio becoming an increasingly common element of modern music production, Audiocube say their aim with Space is to provide a single interface that combines sound placement, room simulation, movement automation and creative sound design. Users are provided with detailed control over a sources position in a 3D space, and it’s possible to link multiple instances of the plug-in so that sources across different tracks can be adjusted from a single window. 

Acoustic simulation is taken care of by Audiocube’s Ripple Engine, and as well as placing static sources, it’s possible to apply predefined and custom motion paths to add some movement to tracks. There’s also an onboard reverb engine that offers a choice of ten room shapes and 12 simulated construction materials, along with a Cloud effect that uses granular processing to create experimental, ambient soundscapes. A Master section then offers parallel processing and stereo-width controls, as well as automatic gain compensation and a built-in limiter. 

• Place and move sound anywhere in a 360-degree acoustic space, inside your DAW.
• Link plug-in instances to control every source from one visual interface.
• Shared, freely movable listening position across all linked tracks.
• Custom reverb engine: 10 room shapes, 11 surface materials, plus impulse response import.
• Output from stereo and binaural (HRTF included) to 9.1.6 and fully custom speaker arrays.
• Real-time automation recording and BPM-synced motion presets.
• Integrated spatial granulator with key/scale-linked pitching, ADSR and feedback.

"While experimenting with ways to bring the standalone Audiocube application into traditional DAW workflows, I realised the best approach was to rebuild its engine as a plug-in. Now, users can simply insert Audiocube Space anywhere in their DAW and access 3D audio processing directly. My goal is to bridge the gap between conventional DAWs and 3D audio technology." — Noah Feasey-Kemp, Founder & Developer, Audiocube

Audiocube Space is supported on Windows and macOS systems (no minimum versions specified). VST3, AU and AAX plug-in versions are available. 

Audiocube Space is available now, priced at $50.

www.audiocube.app/space