Designed for audio engineers, game-sound designers, AR/VR producers, and 3D audio pioneers, the Voyage Audio Spatial Mic Kit 360° Ambisonics Microphone with Dante Connectivity is a professional second-order ambisonics VR microphone capable of single-wire connectivity to your Dante network. It employs an array of eight 14mm condenser capsules to record in 360°, allowing the sound your viewers hear to change as they move and look around in a Virtual Reality or 360° video.
The Spatial Mic's innovative design helps streamline the recording workflow associated with multi-channel microphone arrays. It employs built-in Dante network connectivity, with no external mic preamps, multi-channel cables carrying analog signals, or converters needed. A calibration profile is stored within each mic to ensure consistent purity of signal. Dante recording quality supports resolutions up to 32-bit / 192 kHz.
The mic works in tandem with three powerful apps (free downloads available separately). Used in postproduction, the Spatial Mic Converter DAW plug-in (VST, AAX, MacOS, and Windows 10) transforms the raw capsule output to first- or second-order Ambisonics in AmbiX or Fuma formats, offering the capability to change the microphone's aim to the point in space where the audio was initially recorded. The Spatial Mic Control app allows for remote operation of all hardware controls and more (MacOS and Windows 10). The Spatial Record app enables you to capture and playback high-quality multichannel audio on a Dante network.
Light, compact, and durable, the Spatial Mic features high-quality aluminum and nylon construction, making it ideal for recording both in the studio or in the field. The Dante connector supplies power over ethernet (PoE). To get you recording right out of the box, the Spatial Mic comes in a kit that includes a metal, 1/4"-20 to 5/8"-27 mini swivel ball for hard mounting to a microphone stand and a foam windscreen.
- Eight 14mm condenser capsules for second-order Ambisonics
- Dante audio networking at 32-bit/192 kHz resolutions
- Sample rates USB: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, and 192 kHz
- ADC: 114 dB per channel at 24-bit
- Individual calibration stored in each mic for balanced array sensitivity
- DSP: 32-bit XMOS with 16 real-time logical cores
- DSP modes: Unprocessed up to 192 kHz, all other decoding modes up to 96 kHz
- Output filters, selectable within the Spatial Mic Converter plug-in, have been carefully constructed for precise audio conversion
- Use the Spatial Record App to effortlessly record multichannel audio files up to 24-bit / 96 kHz from Spatial Mic USB with the help of a Dante Virtual Soundcard or other Dante interface.
- MicNet Control provides remote control of the analog stage and internal DSP processing of Spatial Mic Dante.
- Computers on the Dante network running MicNet Control can change the parameters of any microphone on the network.
- MicNet Control can change the audio output format, which is accomplished in the microphone itself via DSP
- Output options include unprocessed (for Spatial Mic Converter Plugin), first-order Ambisonics, surround feeds, and virtual mic mono or stereo pairs.
- A 1/4-20 thread mount on the back of the mic allows for mounting to a standard microphone stand using the included ball head mount.
- For isolation from unwanted vibrations, the mic is designed to fit the Rycote InVision shockmount (available separately).