SoundScape Renderer (SSR)
SoundScape Renderer community
The SoundScape Renderer (SSR) is a tool for real-time spatial audio reproduction supporting multiple rendering algorithms within a unified framework: Wave Field Synthesis, Higher Order Ambisonics, Vector Base Amplitude Panning, Distance-Coded Ambisonics, Binaural Room Synthesis, and binaural rendering with SOFA support, used in research, teaching, and spatial audio production.
History & Background
Originally developed at the Quality and Usability Lab, TU Berlin, with continuing development at the Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Universität Rostock, and the Division of Applied Acoustics, Chalmers University of Technology. Released under GPLv3 or later. Provides Pure Data externals and an experimental browser-based 3D GUI via WebSocket.