Audio Render CHOP
Summary
Note: For M1 Macs, this operator only works starting with build 2022.33910.
The Audio Render CHOP uses the Steam Audio SDK to spatially render audio based on the full transforms (translation, rotation, scale) of a listener and an audio source. The Audio Render CHOP takes a mono sound audio source as input, and spatially outputs the sound in the format specified from the Output Format parameter. The number of channels outputted by the Audio Render CHOP depends on the Output Format.
You specify a 3D component for the transform of the listener, plus a 3D component for the transform of a source.
The sample rate of the output is determined by the audio source, which must be either 44100 or 48000.
Look at the Audio Render CHOP example in Help -> Operator Snippets.
See also Oculus Audio CHOP.
Parameters - Setup Page
active
- Turns the Audio Render on or off.
listenerobject
- A COMP that represents the listener. Must be a COMP that contains transform data, such as a Geometry or Camera COMP.
sourceobject
- A COMP that represents the source of the sound. Must be a COMP that contains transform data, such as a Geometry or Camera COMP.
outputformat
- ⊞ - The output format of the audio: Binaural, Stereo, Quadraphonic Surround, 5.1 Surround, 7.1 Surround, Custom Setup, or Ambisonics (AmbiX). Ambisonics is a format for encoding three-dimensional 360 degree audio. The Ambisonics format used in the Audio Render CHOP is the 3rd order SN3D format consisting of 16 encoded channels (WXYZ, RSTUV, KLMNOPQ) that define the sphere of sound. Custom Setup requires use of the Mapping Table.
- Binaural
Binaural
-
- Stereo
stereo
-
- Quadraphonic Surround
quadraphonic
-
- 5.1 Surround
fiveone
-
- 7.1 Surround
sevenone
-
- Custom Setup
custom
-
- AmbiX
ambix
-
attenuation
- Attenuate the sound based on relative distance.
mappingtable
- A DAT Table that specifies the various speakers in the setup and their position. The Table must have 3 columns named x
, y
, z
. Each row specifies an individual speaker, and the 3 columns specify its position. Used with the Custom Setup Output Format. The mapping table will create one channel per row.
Parameters - Common Page
timeslice
- Turning this on forces the channels to be "Time Sliced". A Time Slice is the time between the last cook frame and the current cook frame.
scope
- To determine which channels get affected, some CHOPs use a Scope string on the Common page. See Pattern Matching.
srselect
- ⊞ - Handle cases where multiple input CHOPs' sample rates are different. When Resampling occurs, the curves are interpolated according to the Interpolation Method Option, or "Linear" if the Interpolate Options are not available.
- Resample At First Input's Rate
first
- Use rate of first input to resample others.
- Resample At Maximum Rate
max
- Resample to the highest sample rate.
- Resample At Minimum Rate
min
- Resample to the lowest sample rate.
- Error If Rates Differ
err
- Doesn't accept conflicting sample rates.
exportmethod
- ⊞ - This will determine how to connect the CHOP channel to the parameter. Refer to the Export article for more information.
- DAT Table by Index
datindex
- Uses the docked DAT table and references the channel via the index of the channel in the CHOP.
- DAT Table by Name
datname
- Uses the docked DAT table and references the channel via the name of the channel in the CHOP.
- Channel Name is Path:Parameter
autoname
- The channel is the full destination of where to export to, such hasgeo1/transform1:tx
.
autoexportroot
- This path points to the root node where all of the paths that exporting by Channel Name is Path:Parameter are relative to.
exporttable
- The DAT used to hold the export information when using the DAT Table Export Methods (See above).
Operator Inputs
- Input 0: -
Info CHOP Channels
Extra Information for the Audio Render CHOP can be accessed via an Info CHOP.
Specific Audio Render CHOP Info Channels
- audioposition_full_time -
- audioposition_panbin_time -
- distance_attenuation -
Common CHOP Info Channels
- start - Start of the CHOP interval in samples.
- length - Number of samples in the CHOP.
- sample_rate - The samplerate of the channels in frames per second.
- num_channels - Number of channels in the CHOP.
- time_slice - 1 if CHOP is Time Slice enabled, 0 otherwise.
- export_sernum - A count of how often the export connections have been updated.
Common Operator Info Channels
- total_cooks - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.
- cook_time - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.
- cook_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.
- cook_abs_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.
- cook_start_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cook_end_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cooked_this_frame - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.
- warnings - Number of warnings in this operator if any.
- errors - Number of errors in this operator if any.
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