SoundRenderer

SoundRenderer is a spatialized audio rendering plugin for Maya to simulate 3D-positional audio. It can be used to create a multicannel audiotrack from many mono wav-files positioned in the scene for later synchronization with the rendererd video.

SoundRenderer

The plugin uses the audiofiles set up in the 3d scene and renders them to a variable number of channels (mono, stereo, 5.1 etc). To simulate a realistic surrounding, it uses several realworld effects:

* distance-delay
* doppler-effect
* air-absorption
* panning

Nodes

There are two different kinds of nodes available. The speaker nodes can be linked to wav-files which are triggered either by a keyframe or an expression, but can also be looped (for constant environmental sounds). The listener node can contain a variable number of speakers and offers a customization of the different effects and their precision.

Mixer

The mixer offers a parallel configuration of the Speakers in the scene without having to find and select them. It also allows to change the triggering mode.

ee also

*3D audio effect
*Maya (software)
*List of Maya plugins

External links

* [http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/plugins/utility_external/misc/1344.html SoundRenderer download page]