


In October 2010, at the Spatial Audio Convention in Tokyo, the cinematic formats Auro 11.1 and Auro 13.1 as well as the Auro-Codec and Creative Tool Suite were launched. The first speaker layouts presented here were Auro 9.1 and Auro 10.1 (which added an overhead top speaker). The format was officially introduced to the public at the AES Convention 2006 in Paris (May 20–23) and San Francisco (October 6–8) during the workshop "Surround with Height Channels". The Auro-3D concept and formats were developed in 2005 by Wilfried Van Baelen, CEO and Founder of Galaxy Studios and Auro Technologies.
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Home Theater (Small Rooms): Auro 9.1, Auro 10.1 (with added Top Ceiling channel, the so-called "Voice Of God")Ĭinema (Large Rooms): Auro 11.1 (with added Front Height Center channel), Auro 13.1 (with added Left Rear Surround & Right Rear Surround channel), AuroMax 22.1, AuroMax 26.1 (allowing placement of objects) ģD Over Headphones: A format designed to capture the spatial effect of Auro-3D in a portable environment for personal listening In 2019, Auro published the Auro-Cx format, which can be used for streaming applications.Īuro-3D comes in a variety of listening formats that are compliant with market standards:
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Auro-3D is fully compatible with all existing production processes and theatre systems, and the format also offers a host of compatibility features such as Single Inventory Distribution (multiple formats are combined in one PCM carrier) and full DCI compliancy. The Creative Tool Suite is a set of plugins that can be used to create native immersive 3D audio content. The engine comprises the Auro-Codec and the Auro-Matic upmixing algorithm to convert legacy content into the Auro-3D format.

The Auro-3D technology consists of the Auro-3D Engine and a Creative Tool Suite. The principle employed is similar to other object based formats such as Dolby Atmos or DTS:X.

The height information that is captured during recording is mixed into a standard 5.1 surround PCM carrier, and during playback the Auro-3D decoder extracts the originally recorded height channels from this stream.ĪuroMax expands on the basic layout used by Auro 11.1 and Auro 13.1 by dividing the side, rear and ceiling channels into "zones", to allow for placement of sound at discrete points along the theatre wall or ceiling as well as within the theatre itself. This additional layer reveals both localized sounds and height reflections complementing the sounds that exist in the lower surround layer. Auro-3D creates a spatial sound field by adding a height layer around the audience on top of the traditional 2D surround sound system. It is designed along three layers of sound ( surround, height and overhead ceiling), building on the single horizontal layer used in the 5.1 or 7.1 sound format. Auro-3D is an immersive 3D audio format developed by the Belgium-based company Auro Technologies.
