Binaural panning

The binaural panner in Logic is very similar to the Ambeo Orbit plugin. But the Logic panner has distance and the Ambeo does not. Distance adjusts the sound level - far away is quieter than close up. Ambeo assumes you use the volume setting in the channel strip to set “distance”. Binaural is not Quad. It has only two outputs, and Quad has four. But Binaural has a definite Quad feel as you move a sound around space. But it requires headphones to get the total effect. Using the VCV Host FX module, you can put the Ambeo plugin into your VCV Rack environment and use it to pan your audio in 3D space. Plus you can animate the motion using CV. The video you posted is using Quad mixers and panners. These need four audio channels out to speakers, but they don’t require headphones. Real Quad versus simulated Quad in Binaural.

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