Brandenburg Labs has updated its advanced headphone system, Okeanos Pro, intended for music production and scientific research. Starting in August 2025, users will have access to the Directivity Transfer Function (DTF) editor. This new tool enables Okeanos Pro users to adjust the directivity of virtual sound sources. By incorporating DTFs into their workflow, audio professionals will be able to experience a more realistic representation of their studio.
Okeanos Pro is Brandenburg Labs’ first state-of-the-art headphone-based system, powered by the company’s Deep Dive Audio (DDA) technology. Designed for audio professionals and institutions that demand precision and flexibility, it’s a solution intended for research and innovation labs, audio engineers and producers, as well as universities and training programs focused on spatial audio. By simulating advanced multichannel loudspeaker setups through headphones, Okeanos Pro enables users to reduce costs, save space, and still enjoy full immersion, even in environments where physical loudspeaker setups are impractical.
Okeanos Pro makes it possible to mix multichannel audio with unparalleled flexibility, in any studio using only headphones. It offers a versatile and high-quality solution, simplifying multichannel mixing by eliminating the need for traditional physical speaker setups. Since its launch in autumn 2024, Okeanos Pro has already empowered several music studios and research facilities to explore the full potential of spatial audio.
With the new Directivity Transfer Function (DTF) editor feature, Okeanos Pro can more accurately represent the unique studio design of audio professionals, providing a more accurate simulation and enhanced immersion. Moreover, users benefit from the possibility to evaluate different loudspeakers virtually and simulate unique directivity patterns.
Brandenburg Labs’ new directivity transfer function offers a library of pre-made DTFs. Additionally, users are able to record and edit the DTF of a loudspeaker at six cardinal positions (e.g. front, back, left, right, top, and bottom). Points between the cardinal positions are interpolated at 10-degree intervals, providing 360 degrees of coverage.
“This new feature gives professionals plenty of creative freedom in their immersive music productions. They can easily edit DTFs from measured responses or create one from scratch. We are pleased to provide audio professionals with an even better tool for mixing multichannel sound via headphones,” explains Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg, CEO and founder of Brandenburg Labs.
The Directivity Transfer Function editor will be available as a free upgrade in Okeanos Pro starting August 2025. For the future, more new functions are planned, such as the editing of pre-made DTFs or more visualization. Brandenburg Labs continues to work closely with customers to continue refining its technology based on users’ feedback.
Brandenburg Labs was founded in 2019 by Karlheinz Brandenburg and an interdisciplinary team in Ilmenau, Thuringia, now comprising over 20 employees. As a spin-off of the Technische Universität Ilmenau and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT), Brandenburg Labs can draw on many years of research in the field of audio at these institutions. The company has developed a proof-of-concept system based on its Deep Dive Audio technology that makes it possible to recreate real acoustic environments via headphones or to create new realistic listening environments.
With the launch of Okeanos Pro in 2024, Brandenburg Labs is already marketing systems to customers in the field of music production and to scientific institutions. The solution offers the ability to experience content in all currently available multichannel formats over headphones, as if surrounded by actual loudspeakers. The system integrates seamlessly with studio hardware via standard Audio over IP (AoIP) connectivity solutions, such as Dante and Ravenna. The long-term goal is to make headphones with this integrated technology for the mass market.
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