Sennheiser has introduced Ambeo VR handheld microphone for VR production to the Middle East market.
The Ambeo VR Mic is an Ambisonics microphone that uses four matched capsules in a tetrahedral arrangement. It is fully balanced and powered by 4x 48 volts phantom powering.
Sennheiser’s handheld microphone comes with a split cable with four colour-coded and labelled XLR connectors according to the capsule position, a Rycote suspension mount and a foam windshield.
Encoding software, which translates the A format file generated from the recording of the four microphone channels into a B format file W, X, Y and Z, is also included. This format is recognised in the Ambisonics world, the W component being the omni and the X, Y, Z components being figure-of-eight capsules along three spatial axes. The A to B format encoder will be available in VST, AAX and AU plug-ins.