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I would not want to spam this mailing list as I have the utmost respect for my peers here, but I really believe that my news should be shared with you. I'm writing to you to announce the release of our soundscape editor called Echotopia <https://soundfellas.com/software/echotopia/>, currently for Windows and soon for Mac/Linux. I'm searching for interested peers who would like to use it so I can get feedback from various creative sectors. I'm offering a free license to anyone that's interested, and I'll be happy to get feedback on how you would use it in your work or any ideas about changes and new features. You see, Echotopia is still in its infancy, and now it's a good chance to pave the way for its future. Learn more about Echotopia here: https://soundfellas.com/software/echotopia/. If you like a free license, please use this form <https://forms.gle/BubjLHVaBmgxnzd6A> to send us your request. Echotopia combines a 2D map editor with a stochastic audio player (similar to game audio tools). Some of Echotopia's features: - Drawing layers on top of map images. - Creating audio sources in layers. - Audio sources can randomize or loop one or multiple sound files (random container). - Audio sources have stochastic behaviours to randomize playback and give naturalness to the resulting audio. - Each layer has reverberation and inward occlusion using impulse responses. - You can hear the scene/map from any position by positioning the listener object. - You can export the audio from the listener's position to audio files up to eight channels planar (octagon). - It comes with a sound library of more than 20.000 sounds produced for cutting-edge spatial/immersive audio practices (dereverberated, isolated, noiseprints). - The library also includes a lot of impulse responses for both reverberation and occlusion. - Preset system with storytelling taxonomy with more than 200 professionally-made presets covering all storytelling genres and settings. - Projects and presets are portable. What I believe makes Echotopia innovative as a workflow is that you can start by working your sound concept on a map where your project's story takes place, continue working there, and finally export the audio from any location to use in your final product. For example, if a film scene is taking place in an apartment and another scene outside on a road with traffic, by using Echotopia with two layers (one with the sounds from the street and one with the apartment with only the occlusion of the walls) you can get the sounds of both outside and inside the apartment, so it's half the sound design work. If the director moves the camera further in the apartment and you move the listener further away from the source, it will sound natural. So, it saves you the configuration of filters, reverb, etc., on those scene changes. Of course, this is just an example of how cartographic sound design can elevate productions with such needs. Echotopia can be used: - To create ambiences for podcasts/audio dramas, audiobooks, and other forms of aural storytelling media. - To create ambiences for games and film. - To map recorded ambiences from real places for soundscape preservation and presentation. - In escape rooms and installations using a conductor to create experiences. - In dioramas and museums, to add the modality of soundscape on a physical object or to augment the experience. - In theatres and live performances, to play the appropriate ambience according to the location where the story takes place. - For tabletop role-playing games, to create an atmosphere in the room, to communicate more info than a storyteller can describe, and to give aural hints for exploration of the story world. - For anyone who is a worldbuilder for entertainment media, to create or even use soundscapes for inspiration. - To teach about soundscape behaviour using a simple map interface. - For fast and easy sound library production. You create the world and then render any position to an audio file. My team at SoundFellas and I have great plans for Echotopia, and we welcome anyone who is interested in embarking on this journey of soundscape design. With all that in mind, we are willing to give free licenses for the full edition of Echotopia to anyone who is interested. Again, if you like a free license, please use this form <https://forms.gle/BubjLHVaBmgxnzd6A> to send us your request. Looking forward to hearing from you. My best regards to all, Pan *Pan Athen* SoundFellas <https://soundfellas.com/>, *MediaFlake Ltd <http://mediaflake.com/>* Digital Media Services, Content, and Tools -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20240405/e6752a15/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
