Spatial9 Academy

A free immersive audio course for university students in music technology, film sound and audio engineering. Every lesson trains your ears in the Spatial9 demo. Start the course.

Student plan $9: unlimited projects in the immersive classroom, binaural and 5.1 exports, eclipsa audio previews for coursework. Get the student plan.

Module 1: Foundations

How we hear in 3D, where immersive sound came from and the language of formats.

  1. Lesson 1: How we hear in 3D (14 min)
  2. Lesson 2: From mono to immersive (12 min)
  3. Lesson 3: The language of formats (15 min)

Module 2: The Spatial9 approach

Our philosophy, our pipeline and how GravityLLM learns and generates a spatial scene.

  1. Lesson 4: AI as a creative partner (12 min)
  2. Lesson 5: Inside the pipeline (15 min)
  3. Lesson 6: How GravityLLM learns (14 min)
  4. Lesson 7: Generating a spatial scene (13 min)

Module 3: Hands-on labs

Guided training in the Immersive Classroom, from critical listening to your first binaural export.

  1. Lab 8: Critical listening in 3D (25 min)
  2. Lab 9: Mix with hands and voice (25 min)
  3. Lab 10: Your first immersive mix (35 min)
  4. Lesson 11: Sound for picture (15 min)

Module 4: The open future

Open formats, what is coming next and where you fit in the industry of tomorrow.

  1. Lesson 12: Open formats and mindset (12 min)
  2. Lesson 13: What comes next (13 min)
  3. Lesson 14: Your place in the industry (20 min)

Academic partnership

Universities and organizations partner with Spatial9 and every covered student gets access at no personal cost. Annual plans are paid upfront and save 25%.

  • Course & Lab

    Up to 100 students: $500 a month or $4,500 a year. One course, production lab or small program.

  • Department

    Up to 500 students: $1,000 a month or $9,000 a year. Several classes in music, film, audio or media.

  • School

    Up to 2,500 students: $2,000 a month or $18,000 a year. Multiple departments or a larger creative school.

  • Campus

    Up to 5,000 students: from $3,500 a month or from $31,500 a year. A broader institutional deployment across campus.

Every partnership includes: covered students need no personal subscription; unlimited music projects for every covered student; binaural and 5.1 exports; eclipsa audio previews for coursework; every spatial9 academy lesson and lab as course material; video processing while video is in early access. A departmental package is available for 101 to 500 students. Contact us about a partnership.