Spatial audio is creating waves in the electronic music scene right now, particularly after Apple’s decision to adopt the format for its platform and Logic Pro adding spatial mixing to its list of native plug-ins. However, with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich recently dismissing the format as “rubbish”, the jury is out on whether spatial audio can transform the scene in revolutionary new ways or whether it is just another gimmick destined to eventually be consigned to the scrapheap of technological fads.
In defining spatial audio we should perhaps make clear that the various guises and names it has gone under over the…
