Ultimate control room monitoring software for surround & immersive audio – Ground Control Sphere

Ginger Audio’s Ground Control Sphere is a comprehensive control room monitoring software for surround and immersive audio setups running on Mac.

Features

Eight Inputs, each can be set from 2.0 up to 9.1.6 layout.
Integrated Stereo, Mono & Sides Down-mixing.
Seven Speaker Outputs of any layout.
CUE bus.
Compatible with All core audio devices – up to 16 different devices can be assigned.
Talk Back, Listen Back.
Extensive Metering.
Bass management.
AU plugin hosting.
Remote Control with MIDI.

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In this video Matt Glenn of Ears Up Sound Design explains all the features of Sphere and shares his opinions on using this software in his studio for the past 3 weeks.

“Sphere is a really awesome piece of software, and Ginger Audio did a really good job packing it with features that are super useful for day-to-day workflow. I’ve been using it pretty consistently for the past three weeks, and I can say that it has sped things up, whether I am designing, mixing, or just on a Zoom call.”
Matt Glenn – Ears Up Sound Design

This video is sponsored by Ginger Audio

00:00 - Welcome - This video is Sponsored
01:44 - Review start
02:30 - The Sphere UI
02:47 - Control room speaker setup
03:34 - monitor section
04:50 - Master section - talkback, ref volume, dim, cut
05:53 - Settings
06:41 - Key Mapping
07:35 - MIDI Setup - MIDI Learn
08:36 - Inputs
09:52 - Loudness Metering
11:33 - Bridge Devices
12:05 - Assigning inputs
12:36 - Advanced input settings
13:39 - Adding AU Plugins to inputs
15:58 - Outputs
16:44 - Bass management
17:12 - About the speaker configurations
20:17 - Cue mix controls
20:38 - Talkback
21:45 - Pros and cons
21:49 - routing flexibility
22:29 - Plugins
22:55 - MIDI
23:43 - No foldown mixes
25:40 - no custom loudspeaker layouts
26:25 - Needs more documentation
27:07 - Stability
28:13 - Final Thoughts

This video is sponsored by Ginger Audio

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