The rendering sessions for Track 2 encoded the guitar tracks within the following source array and virtual environment model. The use of sources in each diagonal direction, combined with the two vertical sources has been done to maximise the ray distribution in the upper hemisphere of the listener perspective. The six sources all contain ambisonic components to allow for stereo signals to be outputting from each individual source, generating raycast cues which maintain this stereo image on reflections from surrounding geometry.

With considering directions this virtual rendering environment implementation could be taken for further post-production uses, one that comes to mind would be as a reamping setup where stems can be rerecorded with additional timbre and dynamics. To investigate the implementation of this practically, this session will investigate into the setup and configuration of applying virtual acoustic encoding in emulation of the re-amp process.

Starting this session, the aim of integrating VA rendering into a post-production mixing workflow was the focus of research. Going into this session, it was focused on gaining an understanding for how this encoding process may integrate alongside mixing to create immersive sound from mono / stereo stems in a typical stereo mix session.

Running through the first implementation gained valuable insights on the recording process of the Steam Audio implementation in Unity engine. With the initial setup across Logic Pro X and Unity Engine sessions, the internal routing software Blackhole had led to a mismatch between the two project sessions due to unconfigured sample rate settings, leading to slowed audio in the engine and heavily distorted recordings in the DAW. Despite this the initial setup itself was quick and straightforward, with the CPU and memory demand being reasonable.