Sennheiser AMBEO VR Microphone

Overview
Capture the world in a new spatial way with the AMBEO® VR Mic. This ambisonic microphone is equipped with four matched KE 14 capsules in a tetrahedral arrangement, allowing you to capture sound from all directions from a single point. This results in fully spherical ambisonics sound that perfectly complements your VR video or spherical 360 content.

The AMBEO® VR Mic was designed with professionals in mind, as seen through the VR Creators Program by Sennheiser. This comprehensive product package includes well-conceived accessories and a seamless A-B encoder software plugin that can easily be integrated into your post-production process. With ambisonics technology, you have the power to shape the future of audio by capturing sound from all directions and virtually rotating the perspective in any direction. Trust in Sennheisers 70 years of expertise in developing high-quality microphones and enjoy peace of mind with their excellent customer support and 2-year warranty. The AMBEO® VR Mic is the new standard in 3D audio capture, elevating VR audio production to a whole new level and providing listeners with an immersive and emotional experience.

Summary
Connectivity: XLR-3M
Direction: Cardoid
Microphone Type: Handheld
Phantom Power: 48
Included in box
AMBEO VR Mic
Balanced split cable 4x XLRs 3-pins
Rycote suspension mount
Foam wind shield
Proprietary A-B format Encoder, available in VST and AAX plugins (Mac OS X and Windows)

About the Sennheiser AMBEO VR Microphone
The new dimension of VR audio productions. Wasn’t it time VR audio became an equal partner to VR video? Enter the AMBEO® VR Mic: The new standard in 3D audio capture from Sennheiser lifting VR audio production to a new professional level. With the AMBEO® VR Mic you are able to seamlessly record sound that immerses the listener bringing them a whole new and highly emotional experience.The elegantly designed AMBEO® VR Mic has been developed in cooperation with VR content producers and fine-tuned through an extensive creators’ program with participants from across the audio and VR communities. The microphone caters exactly to the needs of VR content creators, letting you capture the experience and spirit of any location enabling the listener to be immersed as if they were there.

Dimensions: 215 x 49/25 mm (L x D)
Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Max. sound pressure level: 130 dB(A) for 1 kHz
Transducer principle: Pre-polarized condenser microphone
Weight: 400 g
Microphone connector: DIN12M, use enclosed adapter cable to convert to
4x XLR3M Polarity: Pin1 (GND), Pin2 (+), Pin3 (-)
Pick-up pattern 4x cardioid, in A-format arrangement (1: front-left-up [FLU],
2: front-right-down [FRD], 3: back-left-down [BLD], 4: back-right-up [BRU])
Nominal impedance Approx. 200 Ω
Min. terminating impedance 1000 Ω
Storage temperature -20 °C to 70 °C (-4 °F to 158 °F)
Operating temperature -10 °C to 55 °C (14 °F to 131 °F)
Equivalent noise level 18 dB-A as per IEC 61672-1 / 27 dB CCIR as per CCIR 468-3
Power supply 4x phantom powering (P48) as per IEC 61938 (48 ± 4 V), 3.5 mA each
Sensitivity 31 mV/Pa (-30 dBV)
Operating relative humidity Max 90% at 40 °C
Matrix reference Center of the capsule holder
Mixing to B-format W = FLU + FRD + BLD + BRU / X = FLU + FRD – BLD – BRU/
Y = FLU – FRD + BLD – BRU / Z = FLU – FRD – BLD + BRUv

Capture the world in a new spatial way:

The easy-to-use AMBEO® VR Mic is an ambisonic microphone fitted with four matched KE 14 capsules in a tetrahedral arrangement. This special design allows you to capture the sound that surrounds you from a single point. As a result you get fully spherical ambisonics sound to match your VR video/spherical 360 content.

Benefit from a design developed with you in mind:

By means of the VR Creators Program Sennheiser made sure to involve the professionals of the industry in the realization of the AMBEO® VR Mic right from the beginning. Thus, we developed a comprehensive product package including many well-conceived accessories that allow for a smooth workflow – not least the A-B encoder software that works as a plugin, which can be seamless embedded in your post-production process.

Technology for you to shape the future of audio:

The AMBEO® VR Mic works with ambisonics, a multi- channel technique that lets you spherically capture the sound arriving from all directions, at a single point in space. For playback this representation is rendered binaurally, allowing you to virtually rotate the orientation of the perspective in all directions, horizontally and vertically. Ambisonics is also supported by all of the major post-production and playback tools on the market today. This makes ambisonics the appropriate tool for Virtual Reality and all other applications involving 3D sound and interactively controlled audio. A tool to create new worlds of sound with.

Ambeo A-B format converter plugin:

The capsules of the Sennheiser AMBEO VR Mic deliver A-format, a raw 4-channel output that has to be converted into a new set of 4 channels, the Ambisonics B-format. This is done by the specifically designed Sennheiser AMBEO A-B format converter plugin, which is available as free download for VST, AU and AAX format for your preferred Digital Audio Workstation for both PC and Mac. B-format is a W, X, Y, Z representation of the sound field around the microphone. W being the sum of all 4 capsules, whereas X, Y and Z are three virtual bi-directional microphone patterns representing front/back, left/right and up/down. Thus, any direction from the microphone can be auditioned by the listener during playback of Ambisonics B.

Enjoy peace of mind with Sennheiser quality:

With its history of 70 years as a trusted and innovative company, developing top-notch professional microphones with high-quality capsules, you are entitled to expect a lot from the Sennheiser brand: reliable, robust German-engineered products. Rest assured: Sennheiser deliver – and also provide excellent customer support as well as a 2-year warranty with every product.