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 The 3D Enhanced Surround Technology (3D-EST) is a new way to create surround soundscapes developed by Luigi Agostini for A&G Soluzioni Digitali.

The first product that offers all the 3D-EST features in a unique package is the
X-spat boX2, distributed as always by A&G Soluzioni Digitali:
x-spat box2, preview of the first prototype

The philosophy at the base of this technology has been presented by Luigi in his book "Creating Soundscapes", 2007 Ed. Lulu.com, ISBN 978-1-4092-0036-9.
Available also on Amazon.com,  IBS.it e Barnes & Noble.

A brief history...

At the end of a Tetrapc TTN European Community Project called E.A.S.Y (Expandable Audio Spatialisation sYstem, 2001), A&G Soluzioni Digitali had acquired the rights of a technology patented in Italy and still in course of extension in the world:
(WO/2003/015471) DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULATION OF THE PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE SOUND SOURCES IN VIRTUAL POSITIONS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACOUSTIC SPACE.
Working on this base, the company developed a first system composed by a PCI card and a Windows software. The I.M.E.A.S.Y system become quickly obsolete and in 2004 had been replaced by a card for the Apogee Electronics Rosetta 800, the Spatialisation X-series card.

From the ashes of that expansion card came out the first X-spat boX:

x-spat box logo

The product, still available and used by a huge number of sound designer in all the world, will be soon discontinued because of the next release of X-spat boX2.

It's not another codec...

The technology is an evolution of the state of the art, not a revolution. It can be easily included in any production chain and feature ReWire, TDM and VST compatibility. Basically add real-time floating-point psycho-acoustic algorithms to the surround soundscape using a new software user interface. Among the others you can find Spatialisation, ITD, Doppler, Elevation, HF Damping, Obscuration, source direction and Bell Factor. The possibility to freely set the number and the positions of the speakers used to reproduce the soundscape, makes 3D-EST the best solution for any kind of audio installation, live set or interactive applications. Adding the See'n'Sound software, the workstation is the perfect solution also for DVD and cinema production.

...but it is compatible with all of them!

For more information please visit the following web sites:
  1. http://www.aegweb.it
  2. http://xspat.aegweb.com
  3. http://seensound.aegweb.com
  4. http://3Director.aegweb.com (available soon)
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