Spatial9 Academy

A free immersive audio course for university students in music technology, film sound and audio engineering. Every lesson trains your ears in the Spatial9 demo. Start the course.

Student plan $9: upload your own stereo tracks or stems, 9 projects every month, youtube eclipsa audio video export, binaural, stereo mixdown and 5.1.4 speaker file, auro 3d and ambisonics orders 1 to 4, every surround layout from 3.1 to 9.1.6, one-click all package archive. Get the student plan.

Module 1: Foundations

How we hear in 3D, where immersive sound came from and the language of formats.

  1. Lesson 1: How we hear in 3D (14 min)
  2. Lesson 2: From mono to immersive (12 min)
  3. Lesson 3: The language of formats (15 min)

Module 2: The Spatial9 approach

Our philosophy, our pipeline and how GravityLLM learns and generates a spatial scene.

  1. Lesson 4: AI as a creative partner (12 min)
  2. Lesson 5: Inside the pipeline (15 min)
  3. Lesson 6: How GravityLLM learns (14 min)
  4. Lesson 7: Generating a spatial scene (13 min)

Module 3: Inside the Immersive Classroom

Every tool in the classroom studio: the Sphere and 7.1.4, the console, movement, motion capture, 1,459 effects, Niner and delivery.

  1. Lesson 8: Tour the Immersive Classroom (18 min)
  2. Lab 9: Place sound on the Sphere and in 7.1.4 (25 min)
  3. Lesson 10: Console, meters and clarity (16 min)
  4. Lesson 11: Design movement with intent (16 min)
  5. Lab 12: Record movement with your body (25 min)
  6. Lesson 13: 1,459 effects, one rack (18 min)
  7. Lesson 14: NASA sonification and MIT sound hacks (22 min)
  8. Lab 15: Design effects with your voice (25 min)
  9. Lesson 16: Learn with Niner, your AI tutor (14 min)
  10. Lesson 17: Export, share and deliver (15 min)

Module 4: Hands-on labs

Guided training from critical listening to your first binaural export and sound for picture.

  1. Lab 18: Critical listening in 3D (25 min)
  2. Lab 19: Mix with hands and voice (25 min)
  3. Lab 20: Your first immersive mix (35 min)
  4. Lesson 21: Sound for picture (15 min)

Module 5: The open future

Open formats, what is coming next and where you fit in the industry of tomorrow.

  1. Lesson 22: Open formats and mindset (12 min)
  2. Lesson 23: What comes next (13 min)
  3. Lesson 24: Your place in the industry (20 min)

Academic partnership

Universities and organizations partner with Spatial9 and every covered student gets access at no personal cost. Annual plans are paid upfront and save 25%.

  • Course & Lab

    Up to 100 students: $500 a month or $4,500 a year. One course, production lab or small program.

  • Department

    Up to 500 students: $1,000 a month or $9,000 a year. Several classes in music, film, audio or media.

  • School

    Up to 2,500 students: $2,000 a month or $18,000 a year. Multiple departments or a larger creative school.

  • Campus

    Up to 5,000 students: from $3,500 a month or from $31,500 a year. A broader institutional deployment across campus.

Every partnership includes: covered students need no personal subscription; unlimited music projects for every covered student; youtube eclipsa audio, binaural, stereo, 5.1.4, auro 3d, ambisonics 1 to 4 and every surround layout; eclipsa audio previews for coursework; every spatial9 academy lesson and lab as course material; video processing while video is in early access. A departmental package is available for 101 to 500 students. Contact us about a partnership.