Audiofields
Audiofields is a company focused on object-based immersive audio technology used in professional sound applications. Its system lets sound engineers place and control sound objects in three-dimensional space, creating spatial sound experiences that work with any speaker arrangement. The technology combines multiple advanced audio rendering techniques to simplify immersive sound playback without worrying about specific speaker placement. Operated under the name Audiofields by transfer function GmbH, the platform is built around two core products: Audiofields ARTIST, an object-based audio processor with a graphical interface for real-time immersive mixing, fully remote-controllable and equipped with sound system tuning tools, and Audiofields ARCHITECT, which allows engineers to customise the acoustics of any room or space. With over 100 installations worldwide, notable deployments include the Zurich Opera House's 80-plus-channel system, run under sound engineer Oleg Surgutschov, which provides spatially correct sound reinforcement for 7,000 seats using freely placeable loudspeakers within the stage scenery.
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Audiofields is built on technology developed over decades of research at Fraunhofer IDMT in Ilmenau, Germany, and was previously marketed under the name SpatialSound Wave before adopting its current branding. Early versions of the underlying object-based 3D sound research required up to 64 speakers and a trunk full of computer equipment to run. The rebrand to Audiofields was marked publicly at a premiere event at Erfurt's Zentralheize in late February 2026, celebrating the production launch of the automotive version of the technology in Mercedes-Benz vehicles, attended by Thuringia's Science Minister Christian Tischner, Fraunhofer President Holger Hanselka, and development leads from both Mercedes-Benz and Burmester. Where earlier prototypes needed a boot full of dedicated hardware, the automotive version of Audiofields now runs on the existing DSP amplifiers already built into Mercedes-Benz car audio systems, reflecting a wider ambition to make object-based spatial sound viable well beyond bespoke, high-end installations.
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