Hello. I consider myself an average user of the Dolby Atmos for Headphones app. It delivers good quality reproduction to my ears on Atmos content, and is remarkably simple to use, to the point of being essentially set-and-forget. But I've been looking to upgrade this experience, and I'm wondering if anybody has tested other software that does a similar purpose (virtualising Atmos content for headphones) that offers something more. I have previously tried Waves NX, but the experience left a lot to be desired. It only supports 7.1 channels (no immersive audio), and the algorithm's use of reverb is unpleasant, despite the out-of-head feeling being superior. There are again other alternatives which I haven't experimented with, such as Redscape Audio or Darin Fong's "Out of Your Head" (that's what it's called) software, but both as well stop at 7.1, and I'm looking for Atmos/DTS-X solutions.
My understanding is that the reference solution is a Smyth Realiser A16, but that is exceptionally beyond my requirements, especially as I'm looking for real-time software only solutions that do not require ear personalization, rather than thousands-of-dollars beast machines. On that note anyway as a secondary unrelated question I do wonder if it's possible to achieve some part of that by using an A16 with a high-quality dummy head and a well-treated room, and sharing the result with the community. There's already open-source software in the manner of HeSuVi that can accept the impulse response and convert it into something Windows usable, but I suppose I leave this as an exercise for the passionate DIY-spirited reader (who would also own an A16 to begin with, like this person who accomplished a similar idea but with a personalized profile instead)
My understanding is that the reference solution is a Smyth Realiser A16, but that is exceptionally beyond my requirements, especially as I'm looking for real-time software only solutions that do not require ear personalization, rather than thousands-of-dollars beast machines. On that note anyway as a secondary unrelated question I do wonder if it's possible to achieve some part of that by using an A16 with a high-quality dummy head and a well-treated room, and sharing the result with the community. There's already open-source software in the manner of HeSuVi that can accept the impulse response and convert it into something Windows usable, but I suppose I leave this as an exercise for the passionate DIY-spirited reader (who would also own an A16 to begin with, like this person who accomplished a similar idea but with a personalized profile instead)
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