dearVR AMBI MICRO

Mix, monitor, and render Ambisonics tracks right out of the box. Achieve the most accurate spatialization and sound reproduction together with Sennheiser AMBEO's VR mic.

  • Accurate Ambisonics to headphone rendering
  • Optimized A-to-B conversion for the Sennheiser AMBEO VR microphone
  • HRTF selection (dearVR, YouTube VR, Facebook360, KU100)
  • Easy-to-use sound field controls
  • Ambisonics output (B-format up to 3rd order)
  • Head tracking for VR video production
  • AAX / VST3 / AU support
Easy-to-use Ambisonics

Your tool for creative Ambisonics mixes

Ambisonics on Headphones

Precisely monitor and adjust Ambisonics audio while benefitting from Dear Reality’s pristine binaural rendering engine

AMBEO A-to-B Converter

Enhance your Sennheiser AMBEO VR microphone recordings and access the most common positional control features

Multiple HRTF Sets

Preview in your DAW how your mixes sound on popular video platforms using the built-in binaural rendering option

perfect for first order ambisonics recordings

Encoding and controlling Ambisonics made easy

Benefit from a pristine dearVR CORE binauralization

dearVR plugins rely on the advanced dearVR CORE engine, resulting in best-in-class externalization and true-to-life immersion.

Monitor your Ambisonics mix with an optimized perception of direction and distance.

Take the next step and enhance your music, post-production, game, VR, AR, and 360° video with Dear Reality.

Enhance Ambisonics Recordings

Enhance Ambisonics Recordings

"Does exactly what it says in a simple interface. I like that there are no graphs, scopes, meters, etc. It forces you to use your ears instead of your eyes."

Jason Goldstein

Mixing & Mastering Engineer (Beyonce, The Lonely Island)

Main Features

A-format and B-format input
Control your Ambisonics recordings

A-format and B-format input

Directly input Ambisonics recordings in generic A-format and use the controls YAW, PITCH, and ROLL to shift the sound field.

The B-format input supports up to 3rd order Ambisonics in the AmbiX format.

Enhance your Sennheiser AMBEO VR mic recordings

Sennheiser AMBEO A-format input

dearVR AMBI MICRO offers an optimized A-to-B conversion perfectly matched to the Sennheiser AMBEO VR microphone. Select different mic orientations (Up, Upside Down, Endfire), activate the HPF, and get deeper access to your soundfield.

Sennheiser AMBEO A-format input
Binaural rendering engines
Preview your mix in your DAW

Binaural rendering engines

Select between the advanced dearVR, YouTube VR, Facebook360, or the Neumann KU100 binaural rendering. Assess how your tracks will sound on popular 360° video platforms or game engines.

Key Features

  • Ambisonics A-format input

    Generic Ambisonics four-channel A-format input

  • AMBEO A-format input

    Optimized A-to-B conversion for the Sennheiser AMBEO VR microphone allowing advanced position adjustments

  • Ambisonics B-format input

    Supporting B-format AmbiX up to 3rd order (FOA, SOA, TOA)

  • Output

    Supporting B-format AMBIX up to 3rd order (FOA, SOA, TOA)

  • Control

    Rotate the sound field using YAW - PITCH - ROLL

  • Multiple Binaural rendering options

    Choose between multiple binaural renderings (dearVR, YouTube VR, Facebook360, KU100)

Add the VR controller dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT and the spatializer dearVR PRO

Dive into advanced 360° Ambisonics productions

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Requirements

Plugin format

VST / VST3 / AU / AAX

Mac OS X

OS X 10.9 +
Intel CPU (minimum 2 GHz recommended)

M1 compatibility via Rosetta 2

Windows

Windows 7 through 11
Intel-compatible CPU with SSE2 instruction set (minimum 2GHz recommended)

DAW support

Pro Tools 11 or higher
Most VST / VST3 / AU - compatible hosts running on a supported operating system
64-bit support only

Recommended workflow

Headtracking can be applied through dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT to mix Ambisonics in VR

Supported sample rates

44.1 / 48 / 88.2 / 96 / 176.4 / 192 kHz

DIVE DEEPER INTO dearVR AMBI MICRO

Visit Dear Reality blog for the dearVR AMBI MICRO quickstart guide

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Quickstart Guide

Visit Dear Reality blog for a post about hands-on practices working with dearVR AMBI MICRO in Ambisonics

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Enhance Ambisonics

Download the dearVR AMBI MICRO manual to get detailed insights

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FAQs

dearVR AMBI MICRO handles first-order A-format Ambisonics and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order Ambix Ambisonics B-format. If you want to integrate mono and stereo sources into Ambisonics, we’d suggest using the high-quality spatializer dearVR PRO.

We suggest using the Sennheiser AMBEO VR microphone as dearVR AMBI MICRO integrates perfectly, offering extended controls and additional features.

There are two use-cases: If you want to convert your recording done with the Sennheiser VR microphone from first-order A-format into B-format, you need to insert dearVR AMBI MICRO as the first plugin on the microphone’s track and choose the A-format input and the B-format output options.

If you use AMBI MICRO to monitor your Ambisonics mix on headphones, you need to insert dearVR AMBI MICRO on your master channel and choose the corresponding B-format input and a binaural output option.

We suggest using the dearVR HRTFs as they have the best resolution and, in our opinion, the best sound.

You’re producing an Ambisonics video that will be published on Facebook or YouTube?

dearVR AMBI MICRO enables you to preview your mix in real-time with the platform’s HRTFs to get the same impression the end-users will have when the video is published.