In a couple of weeks' time, I'll be talking about AtomSwarm at the SpACE-Net International Spatial Audio workshop (University of York, Wednesday 23rd January) and its usage within a 5.1 surround environment, featuring a 5.1 performance with the latest version of the software.

One of the keynote addresses is by Chris Watson, who's been putting soundfield microphones and 5.1 technologies to extraordinary use in his field recordings. I was lucky enough to catch Chris giving a recording workshop as part of FACT's New Tools series, which has since turned out to be invaluable - so expect good things.