Can we hear a space before we build it? The simulation of sound in three dimensions via a speaker array provides listeners with an immersive sound experience.

Timbre collaborators Bryan Finoki and Nicolas Sowers dubbed this sound simulation room "The Sonodeck" after the famous Holodeck of Star Trek. The above axonometric depicts a case study on sound simulation from our ambisonic room in Oakland, California. We were visited by artist and writer Francesca Recchia who proposed creating a simulation of a sonic score that she wrote for a construction site in Kabul, Afghanistan. The full story is here on Soundscrapers.

Timbre uses software such as MAXMSP with Ambisonic 3d sound formats to preview the spatial sound of a space.