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: access to the demo environment, binaural exports of your own mixes. 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 demo environment, 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%.

  • Small

    Up to 100 students: $500 a month or $4,500 a year. For a single course, studio or lab.

  • Medium

    101 to 2,500 students: $2,000 a month or $18,000 a year. For a department or a whole school of music, film or audio.

  • Large

    2,501+ students: from $3,500 a month or from $31,500 a year. Starting price covers up to 5,000 students. Larger institutions receive a custom quote.

Every partnership includes: free access for every covered student, with no personal subscription; a shared allowance of music transformations and video processing for the institution; every spatial9 academy lesson and lab as ready-made course material; binaural exports from the demo environment; extra usage can be added by the institution at any time. A departmental package is available for 101 to 500 students. Contact us about a partnership.