SURROUND

SphereConstellation

Move surround freely. Simply.

AAX · macOS

Free. Ships in the SphereReceiver installer, together with SphereReceiver and SphereDownMix.

SphereConstellation moves an entire 5.1 or 7.1.4 bed as one body. Insert it on the track, and the whole layout travels, rotates and scales together — every channel keeping its place in the formation. Position, yaw, pitch, roll and scale sit on seven automatable sliders, and yaw, pitch and roll all turn the full 360°.

Moving a whole bed — freely, and simply — is something surprisingly few tools let you do. That is the entire point of this one. It was born as part of the Sphere Flow system, and if you own a Vision Pro you can literally pinch the constellation and place it by hand — but it asks for no headset and no hardware. Just a Pro Tools plug-in, doing the thing post mixers keep wishing were simple.

Use it for

Moving 5.1 / 7.1.4 beds as one
Rotating ambience, crowd and room beds
Reframing surround scenes in post
Size and width rides, written as automation

Features

Seven automatable parameters: X / Y / Z, yaw, pitch, roll, scale
Full 360° rotation on yaw, pitch and roll
CENTER control (HARD – PHANTOM): re-image the centre channel, constant-power
Unity passthrough at default values; LFE always passes clean
Same width in and out — the track stays a 5.1 or 7.1.4 track
Connects to Sphere Flow on Vision Pro (Creative Pack)

Version history

v1.2.0

CENTER control (HARD – PHANTOM): re-image the centre channel from the physical C speaker to an L/R phantom centre, constant-power, automatable.
Group Pitch and Roll now allow a full ±180° rotation with wrap-around.
Clearer 3D view — front axis and zenith marker stay readable at any rotation.
Compatibility: automation written with earlier versions plays back mirrored (Group X) or at twice the angle (Pitch / Roll) — re-write those lanes after updating.

Older versions (1)

v1.1.2

First release, inside the SphereReceiver installer.

Format: AAX
Host: Pro Tools 2022.x or later
OS: macOS 12 (Monterey) or later
Layouts: 5.1 and 7.1.4 (in = out)
Price: Free

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Free. Ships in the SphereReceiver installer, together with SphereReceiver and SphereDownMix.

Pro Tools is a trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. Apple Vision Pro and visionOS are trademarks of Apple Inc. SphereConstellation is an independent product and is not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by these companies.