Spatial audio
Sound reproduction that conveys the direction and space of sources, not just left and right.
At a glance
Key signals
0% cross fields · reaches 2 more
- Audio Engineering
- Psychoacoustics
- Explanation
- Examples
- Misconception
- Sourced relations 4
- Attribution
Dependencies
What this concept builds on and what it makes possible — derived from the atlas’s dependency, causal and structural relations, not from every related edge.
Foundations · builds on
Spatial audiodepends onSound localizationEstablished
spatial audio depends on sound localization.
Mechanism: Spatial audio works by feeding the cues the ear uses to localize sound.
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence
System context
Ambisonicsis aSpatial audioEstablished
ambisonics is a kind of spatial audio.
Mechanism: Ambisonics is a channel-independent form of spatial audio.
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence
Stereophonyis aSpatial audioEstablished
stereophony is a kind of spatial audio.
Mechanism: Stereo is the simplest and most common form of spatial audio.
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence
Surround soundis aSpatial audioEstablished
surround sound is a kind of spatial audio.
Mechanism: Surround sound is speaker-based spatial audio.
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence
Structural role & consequence
Interpreted from the current atlas graph — what the connections mean, not just how many there are.
Currently dark in the atlas: no key date stored · 4 of 4 of its relations lack claim-level evidence.
atlas representation · Describes the current Thinking OS representation, not the state of the world.
Builds on 1 foundation (requires / depends-on / derived-from / emerges-from).
structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.
Structural neighbourhood: 4 → 9 → 20 concepts reachable within 3 hops.
structural · Structural reach — being reachable is not the same as being understood.
All 4 of its relationships stay within its own discipline — a field-specific concept in the current atlas.
structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.
cross-field
4 within-field, 0 cross-field
Strengths & constraints
Constraints
- Evidence coverage currently thin in the atlas — few of its relationships carry claim-level evidence. atlas representation
- No dated history stored — the atlas records no key date for this concept. atlas representation
Conditions
- Its dependency reading rests on 1 foundation relation. structural
- Read structurally — most of its relationships carry no external evidence yet, so claims here are graph-derived. structural
Dependency radial
What this concept builds on (left) and what it makes possible (right) — derived from dependency and causal relations.
Seen through each discipline
How this concept sits in each of its fields — derived from its real connections in the graph, not asserted.
Through this lens it connects to Stereophony, Ambisonics and Surround sound.
Through this lens it connects to Sound localization and Stereophony.
Related ideas to explore
Concepts that look related but are not yet connected here — candidates for a connection to reason about, not established links.
- Connects 4 other ideas across 2 disciplines.
- A cross-disciplinary bridge — its connections reach into 2 other fields.
- Most of its connections are of the “Kind & structure” kind.
Derived from the graph’s real structure — observations, not a score.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence