From Beamforming to ASAF: The Spatial Audio Tools of the Summer of 2025

In this episode, I'm breaking down four major developments that have been quietly reshaping the immersive audio landscape. NovoNotes has updated their 3DX and HPL plugins with crucial 9.1.6 and 7.1.6 speaker configuration support, Audio Brewers just released their groundbreaking Advanced Higher Order Ambisonics Decoder featuring an innovative beamforming algorithm that lets you create virtual microphones within your ambisonic recordings, Eclipsa Audio has finally become accessible to everyday creators with their new Renderer and Element plugins based on the royalty-free IAMF standard, and Apple's new Spatial Audio Format (ASAF) is revolutionizing how we think about interactive spatial audio by creating responsive sound environments rather than static mixes.

Each of these developments deserves its own deep dive, and that's exactly what you'll be getting over the coming weeks. I'll be covering detailed tutorials on the Audio Brewers beamforming technology, exploring Eclipsa Audio's YouTube integration, and showing you the complete ASAF workflow inside DaVinci Resolve Fairlight. Plus, there's another major announcement on the horizon that I can't talk about yet, but trust me—it's going to revolutionize immersive music production at a completely different level. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss these upcoming tutorials and join our Discord server to discuss these exciting developments with the community.