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Mint Muse Sound Flare

Sound Flare is a new digital audio workstation (DAW) built from the ground up for mixing 3D spatial audio in VR. Its intuitive design enables fast audio production in VR and efficient production schedules for both 3D audio and 3D video projects.

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Release Date:

Feb 24, 2017

Developer:

Mint Muse Inc

Publisher:

Mint Muse Inc

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Note: This Early Access software is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to use this software in its current state, then you should wait to see if it progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Sound Flare is a large piece of software, with many features left to implement. Getting it into the hands of consumers will allow us to see how people are using the software and prioritize certain features based off consumer feedback. Since it is the first audio software of its kind, there are many variables and uncertainties with development and design, and so having user feedback will be extremely beneficial to us.”

Approximately how long will this software be in Early Access?

“We estimate leaving Early Access and moving into 1.0 in Q2 2017.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Sound Flare is missing many features that we plan on adding in the next few releases. Right now, it is useful in positioning multiple audio sources in a 3D environment, but we plan on turning it into a full featured DAW as we continue working on it. The main features left to implement are:
- Removing the limit for number of sound sources in the scene
- Saving and loading scenes
- Recording and editing clips from within the editor
- More precise rendering of the sound wave when zoomed in
- Adding multiple clips to one track and dragging them around freely
- Support for other VR headsets
- Support for other audio file formats”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Right now, you can browse local files for audio clips, and then drag them into the scene. Up to 7 audio clips can be loaded into the tracks at once. These audio clips can be dragged forward and backward in time to line them up. You can position each audio clip in 3D space and hear how they sound from that position immediately. You can also adjust the volume of each clip and mute or solo them. Once the audio is positioned, you can save the mix as a WAV file for listening or further editing with other software.

Additionally, you can load a 3D video into the scene and it will play around you, along with the audio clips.”

Will this software be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The price will increase as we add new features. The final price will reflect that of a fully featured DAW.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“The community will use it and help us get a better idea on which features are most important. This allows us to prioritize what to work on for the full release.”

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About This Software

Sound Flare is the industry's first full native VR audio workstation (not plugin) that enables intuitive and WYSIWYG VR audio editing. The VR DAW revolutionizes the iteration process of audio monitoring in VR, which directly improves sound localization and production efficiency.

A whole new interaction and editing experience:
Sound Flare is the very first DAW built for virtual reality. You can look around your mixing environment and interact with the controls as if you were in a full sound studio. Sound clips can be added to the scene, dropped into the tracks, and then intuitively dragged around in 3D space all with the Vive controllers.

WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) VR audio editing:
Once the sound clips are arranged in the scene as desired, you can press play and listen to what the mix will sound like in full 3D, without ever taking off the Vive headset. If a sound is not coming from the desired location, use the Vive controllers to grab it and move it as needed, and then press play again to immediately test how it sounds in the new location. This 3D audio mixing process is much faster and more efficient than using a plugin for a traditional DAW. Once the mixing is complete, the audio can be saved into a WAV file for future use.
Note: Currently only supports binaural audio, but we will be adding full ambisonics mixing in a coming update.

Direct support from Mint Muse’s audio engine and lower level SDK:
All sound processing is done in real-time by Mint Muse’s custom 3D audio engine. This engine gives a great sense of 3D presence by moving the audio from inside your head to anywhere in the environment with any standard pair of headphones. Move a clip far to the left or behind and it will really sound as though it is coming from that position. The Mint Muse audio engine does all this processing for you - quickly, efficiently, and with very low latency. latency.

System Requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
Processor: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater
Storage: 1 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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