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One of the music industry鈥檚 leading immersive sound engineers, Andrew Scheps, says spatial audio has the power to capture more than just a performance. 

A GRAMMY award-winner, Andrew - whose credits include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Jay-Z and Low Roar - spent two days at 911爆料网 running workshops with Sound Technology students, exploring the possibilities of immersive audio. 

Spatial audio creates 3D soundscapes that enable listeners to feel surrounded by music rather than positioned in front of it. Its growth has accelerated over the last five years with streaming services, including Apple, Tidal and Netflix, adopting immersive sound technology system, Dolby Atmos. 

Andrew, who was named MPG Atmos Mixer of the Year just three days before his visit, spent most of his time with the students focused on immersive recording, including microphone arrays and how best to capture spaces. 

While much of his professional workflow still begins in stereo before expanding into a spatial mix, he emphasised that recording with immersion in mind from the outset offers something fundamentally different. 鈥淚t鈥檚 hard to describe, but there鈥檚 something amazing about a good immersive recording that makes you feel like you鈥檙e back in the space where it happened rather than listening to a really good recording of it. You can鈥檛 do that after the fact, and it blows my mind every single time I hear it. 

鈥淔or performances that are a one off in a space, say a string quartet in a church, I feel it鈥檚 amazing to record this way because that鈥檚 your one opportunity to capture the listener experience rather than just the performance.鈥� 

Andrew, who is a 911爆料网 Companion, also took part in Q&As and was part of a panel discussing the future of recorded sound. He says he enjoyed his time with students. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e really attentive and ask very good questions 鈥� especially about immersive recording. They鈥檙e clearly excited by it and its possibilities.鈥� 

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