About
SoundOfSpace is all about getting surround sound out there.
Surround sound, or spatial audio, is one of those things that has been holding so much promise for so many years, but just hasn't delivered.
SoundOfSpace delivers the surround sound promise. It does this by providing an easy-to-use publishing platform for surround producers, and by making it as easy as possible for listeners to listen.
SoundOfSpace brings accessibility to surround sound.
Technology
SoundOfSpace relies on a surround sound technology known as ambisonics. Ambisonics is a spatial encoding technology invented by Michael Gerzon (a british mathematician) and colleagues in the early 1970s. Ambisonics is different to standard 5.1 content. It's more immersive and more realistic, but can still be delivered over a 5.1 system.
Community
An other great thing about ambisonics is that it hosts a very active and passionate community of producers and audio engineers. These are people dedicated to producing the best possible spatial audio experience. This site serves that community by empowering them to get their work 'out there'.
History
SoundOfSpace.com initially began as a little hacked-together site called www.ambisonicbootlegs.net. The idea was to create a centralised repository of ambisonic files. It worked and started to grow. Ambisonicbootlegs eventually changed its name to ambisonia.com, because the name erroneously associated it with illegal activities. There was in fact no illegal activity at all. The 'bootlegging' didn't refer to artists' work, it referred to moments in time. Stealing moments in time by recording them as surround sound imprints.
Ambisonia.com grew, but eventually hit a ceiling. The ceiling of time and money. To survive, ambisonia.com had to morph into a commercial entity that could sustain continued development and refinement. And so work on SoundOfSpace.com began.
SoundOfSpace.com is not just the product of many hours of development, it is also the product of a core philosophy about user experience, accessibility, and technology. And a deep love and excitement for the possibilities of surround sound.
Etienne Deleflie.