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Surround Sound
Cubase provides integrated surround sound features with support for several formats. All audio-related channels and busses can handle multi-channel speaker configurations. A channel in the MixConsole can contain either complete surround mixes or an individual speaker channel as part of a surround setup.
Ambisonics Mixes
Cubase allows you to create 3D mixes in Ambisonics format for virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) content. You can use the integrated functions and plug-ins for spatial mixing or head-tracking monitoring, or use dedicated third-party plug-ins.
Playback of Ambisonics Audio
Cubase allows you to decode Ambisonics audio for monitoring via headphones or speakers. For decoding, you can use VST AmbiDecoder or suitable third-party decoder plug-ins.

Playback of Ambisonics Audio

Cubase allows you to decode Ambisonics audio for monitoring via headphones or speakers. For decoding, you can use VST AmbiDecoder or suitable third-party decoder plug-ins.

When working with VST AmbiDecoder, the following applies:

In the Control Room Phones channel, VST AmbiDecoder is automatically used for decoding Ambisonics audio. Alternatively, you can use suited third-party decoder plug-ins.
In the Control Room Main channel, VST AmbiDecoder is automatically used for decoding Ambisonics audio.
You can use third-party Ambisonics decoders as insert plug-ins in the Control Room Main channel.
VST AmbiDecoder allows you to send a head-locked signal into your monitor mix via side-chain.

Note

To monitor your Ambisonics project, an output bus in Ambisonics format must be set as Main Mix.

VST AmbiDecoder supports the following output channel configurations:

Mono
Stereo
5.0
5.1