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Trick the Ear Audio Engine (TEA-E)

author: Vojtech Leischner


Trick the Ear Audio Engine (TEA-E) is a spatial audio engine and mixer designed for multi-speaker setups and headphone monitoring. It uses VBAP for 2D and 3D loudspeaker spatialization and provides binaural rendering for monitoring over headphones, while allowing source positions to be controlled manually or in real time via OSC and TUIO. Built in Processing Java, it runs as a standalone application on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

tech specs

license: freeware (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
technology: vbap | binaural
control: OSC, TUIO
stand-alone/plug-in/external library: stand-alone
last update: v1.4, 01.2025

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