VIVIDIZER 3D Virtual Speakers User Guide

VIVIDIZER 3D Virtual Speakers

Product Information

Overview

The Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer) is a stereo immersive driver that uses stereo speaker placement to create a vivid spatial experience. It offers industry-leading enhancement without color distortion, dynamic range loss, or any other penalties to the audio quality.

Quick Start

1. Click the up arrow on the bottom right of your taskbar to open the system tray.
2. Right-click the Vividizer icon in the system tray.
3. Select Open to bring up the Vividizer tuning window or License to manage licensing.
4. Choose the desired audio output from the dropdown menu.
5. Ensure that the system audio output is set to Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer).
6. Make sure the Vividizer switch is set to ON.
7. Tune your setup and enjoy your audio experience.

Installation & Licensing

To install, download and run the Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D, Vividizer) installer for Windows from the Vivaldi3D website. Upon opening the software, you’ll be prompted to start a trial or enter your license key if you have purchased a subscription.

Setup

To set up the Virtual Speakers, tune one side based on your preference and listen for changes. Adjust the filter angle by moving a slider until you achieve a desired sound. You can always re-tune until satisfied.

Listening

Start by playing stereo hard panning tracks or binaural recordings to experience the spatial enhancement. When using Vividizer, expect a noticeable shift in sound distribution and depth. Feel free to readjust settings while listening to music for optimal results.

Specifications

• No color distortion
• No dynamic range loss
• Immersive stereo enhancement
• Enhanced spatial audio experience

FAQ

Where can I find additional support?

You can visit our FAQ page at https://vivaldi3d.com/pages/faq or contact support@vivaldi3d.com for any inquiries or assistance.

INTRO

Welcome to Vivid Audio. The Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer) is a Virtual Audio Driver that uses a series of stereo speaker filters to create a completely immersive spatial soundstage from symmetrically placed speakers. This is achieved through award-winning cross-talk cancellation. Our filters are industry leading with no coloration, tonal distortion, or dynamic range loss, so you can hear vivid spatial audio over stereo speakers at any time, with no penalty.
For more info, visit our FAQ: https://vivaldi3d.com/pages/faq.
For additional guides, check out Vivaldi Support.

Quick Start
After you have downloaded and ran the Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer) installer, launch the app’s user interface and set up to your custom listening environment using these steps:

1. Click the up arrow on the bottom right side of your task bar to open the system tray
2. Right click the Vividizer app icon in the system tray
3. Select “Open” to bring up the Vividizer tuning window or “License” to bring up the license window
4. In the main window, chose the desired audio output from the dropdown menu
5. Ensure that the system audio output is set to “Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer)”. This can be done in your system settings.
6. Make sure that the Vividizer on/off switch is set to the on position
7. Tune to your setup (read more about this below), and play any audio!

INSTALLATION & LICENSING

To install, simply download and run the Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer) installer for windows, found on the Vivaldi3D website.
Upon first opening the Vivaldi3D Vividizer, you’ll be prompted to start a trial or activate. If you’ve started a subscription already, you will have received a license code in your email along with the download link. Simply paste in your license key and select “activate.” If there are any issues here, please contact support@vivaldi3D.com.
If you’re testing the software, start a free trial! The trial will require an internet connection while using the software and you’ll have 14 days of full use.

SETUP

The Vividizer utilizes a series of cross-talk cancellation filters based on the half-span angle of the speakers at the listening position, ranging from 10 to 45º.
You can imagine the two speakers and listener as forming a triangle: In an equilateral setup where the distance between left and right speaker is the same as the distance from either speaker and the listener, then the angle of the speakers would be 60º. To get your half-span angle, you’d simply divide that in half to get 30º.

EXAMPLES:

• A lot of studio monitoring situations will have stereo speakers with half-span angles anywhere from 20-35º (some higher).
• A computer with symmetrical speakers to each side of the keyboard would be somewhere from 12-18º, a tablet held horizontally would be a similar range, and a soundbar several feet away could range from under 10-14º.
• Please note these are ballpark numbers, just to give you an idea of where to start looking for your own devices.

So how do you pick a filter angle?

While you could measure your stereo triangle and compute the angle, it’s actually much faster (and yields better results) to tune by ear. Simply click the “L” or “R” buttons to play noise, and move the slider until the sound is cleanly off to one side around 90º. Think of trying to get the ball of noise to sit within arms reach directly to either side. The actual perceived location varies by device based off of acoustic performance and geometry, but the target stays the same. You only need to tune one side, whichever is more obvious to you. Once you’ve settled on a number, do some listening! You can always go back and re-tune.
[ TL;DR – you’ll just need to move a slider and tune it briefly by ear. ]

LISTENING

Start simple with obvious stereo hard panning or even a binaural recording. Tracks like Money by Pink Floyd, Lovesong by Adele, or Afro Freestyle by Erykah Badu are great starting points.
When turning Vividizer on and off, there should be an obvious image change: those instruments and sounds located directly at the speaker in bypass should pop out to either side, or even approach either ear. This may be less obvious on very wide stereo setups, but you will still notice an increase in depth and immersion, especially with ambience and reverb.
Always feel free to retune while playing music, and give yourself some listening time — sometimes the most obvious change is actually going back to stereo and thereby losing the Vividizer’s sense of realism and ambience.
Here’s a link to our Spotify Playlist.

Signal Flow for Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer)
Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer) works as a Virtual Audio Device that has a system audio input and a selectable audio output. Be sure to set your system audio output to Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer) and then select your desired audio output within the Vividizer app. The audio signal flow is as follows.

System Audio Output -> Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer) -> Selected Audio Output

Uninstalling the Virtual Speakers (Vivaldi3D – Vividizer)
To uninstall, simply open your file browser and navigate to: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Vivaldi3D\Vividizer Virtual Audio Driver” Then, double click to run the uninstaller named “uninstall.exe”.

For more info check out our pages:

• Vivaldi 3D
• Vividizer FAQ
• Vivaldi Support

References

• Vivaldi 3D Audio
• Confluence

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