RECORDING MULTIPOINT 3D AUDIO HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER! ZYLIA 6DoF RECORDING APPLICATION V.1.0.0

Tiger Woods once said that no matter how good you get, you can always get better, and that's the exciting part. Here at Zylia, we couldn’t agree more, therefore, we are thrilled to present you a new, and more importantly, improved version of our ZYLIA 6DoF Recording Application.
 
Intuitiveness, efficiency, and a great look that’s how in a few words we can describe the ZYLIA 6DoF Recording Application, which we released just recently. Let's take a closer look at it together!
 
For those, a little less familiar with our products – ZYLIA 6DoF Recording Application is a part of the ZYLIA 6 Degrees of Freedom Navigable Audio solution, which is the most advanced technology on the market for recording and post-processing multipoint 3D audio. The solution is based on multiple Higher Order Ambisonics microphones which capture large sound-scenes in high spatial resolution and a set of software for recording, synchronizing signals, converting audio to B-Format, and rendering HOA files.
 
This new ZYLIA 6DoF Recording Application has replaced the command-line toolkit for recording and synchronization. Thanks to a clear and comfortable graphical user interface, working with the app is fast and easy. We’ve also added a bunch of new features, which significantly improved the user experience.   

GET OFF TO A GOOD START

ZYLIA 6DoF Recording Application was designed as a tool for capturing 3D audio content from multiple ZYLIA ZM-1S microphones (up to 3000 channels on a single computer). To make the entire process smoother, we’ve introduced a set of very useful options:
 

• manual or automatic microphones position configuration,
• import/export of microphones configurations,
• ZM-1S identification via LED lights,
• LED lights control (it is possible to turn on/off the LED on all or on part of the microphones),
• sample by sample synchronization of recorded material from any number of recordings (it gives the high sampling precision necessary for full VR / 6DoF content production).

BETTER THAN EVER 

​Although the command-line toolkit did its job very well, our drive to excellence and constantly paying attention to the opinions of our customers resulted in developing a new, better version of the Recording Application. During the optimization, not only we kept the old, proven features but also added new ones and took care of the visual aspect of the interface. Here are all the great improvements we introduced:
 

• Automatic synchronization

In the command-line version of the app a user before starting recording had to choose the destination folder where the files will be saved. This folder had to be also manually indicated on the stage of synchronization. In the new version of the ZYLIA 6DoF Recording Application, the synchronization is automatic and does not require a source folder to be specified manually.

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• Clippings under control

In the new version of the 6DoF Recording App we have made the Volume Unit meters of each microphone visible on the scene. This allows to monitor the intensity of the sound on every microphone and control unwanted clippings.

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• Protection of the recording

It may happen that during the session, one of the microphones will disconnect from the net. In such a case, the recording automatically stops and saves the files to the specified directory. 

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• Marking recording with notes

A very useful new feature that has been added to the Recording Application is a possibility of taking notes during the recording. All the comments on the given take together with their timestamps are being saved together with the audio. Such notes can be of great help during the post-production process.

THE ICING ON THE CAKE

​While working on the new ZYLIA 6DoF Recording Application, we have not forgotten to make the interface aesthetically pleasing and familiar to our users, granting great usability and a joyful experience. See for yourself: