Audient ORIA: New Immersive Audio Interface & Monitor Controller

“As immersive audio continues to become more prevalent across music, film, TV, game and VR production, our goal was to design a purpose-driven and affordable solution for those wanting to work in the immersive space,” says Audient’s Andrew Allen.

“With current audio interface solutions, immersive audio is often an afterthought, but ORIA is designed to take a step forward, giving you onboard room and speaker calibration DSP, true immersive monitoring control and professional audio performance, alongside intelligent integrations with Sonarworks and Dolby.”

ORIA provides 16 outputs via TRS or AES, two dedicated relayed switched stereo outputs, two independent headphone outputs, BNC Word Clock in and out, as well as two Audient Console Mic Preamps, 16 ADAT inputs and an optional 16 input AoIP Dante card, which is ideal for large studio complexes and education facilities. Designed with a dual purpose, ORIA is not only a powerful USB-C audio interface with 16 outputs, but it can also integrate into your existing studio setup as a standalone monitor controller via its ADAT Inputs or the Optional Dante Card.

Working with multi-channel speaker arrays requires a perfectly calibrated room and ORIA’s Advanced Speaker Processing lets users create up to 32 custom onboard calibration Profiles (presets) for any monitoring format, by utilising per channel 8-band EQ, Speaker Delay, Trim and Bass Management tools. Ensuring users’ rooms stay calibrated when monitoring different formats such as stereo, 5.1 or immersive.

Audient has also partnered with calibration experts Sonarworks to enable users to load SoundID Reference profiles directly into ORIA’s hardware giving users the ability to measure and calibrate their room in under an hour. ORIA ships with a Sonarworks Reference Measurement microphone and a 60-Day free trial of the SoundID Reference for Multichannel software - both included in the box. If users would like to continue after the free trial, they can purchase a full SoundID Reference for Multichannel licence separately and continue to run Sonarworks Profiles via ORIA’s hardware.

“Whether you’re calibrating your room manually or with Sonarworks, all of ORIA’s Advanced Speaker Processing runs directly off its lightning fast onboard DSP Dual Processor Architecture. That way you’ve got low latency audio and your CPU is freed up for bigger sessions,”

says Andrew.

Once the room is calibrated, ORIA ensures users get full control of any stereo, surround or immersive environment, courtesy of its intuitive software and iPad Remote. “Quickly switch between speakers, listening levels and target curves - all with the touch of a button. Use the colour coded speaker groups, individual and group speaker mute/solo and global Volume Control, Cut and Dim to fly around a session. And for those of you working in post, there is also a Global Lip Sync delay for perfectly aligning your audio to picture.”

Audient has also partnered with Dolby and ORIA officially integrates with the DolbyRenderer*, enabling the user to take control of the renderer’s Down Mix functionalitydirectly from ORIA’s user interface. Ideal for quickly switching between differentdownmixed monitoring formats, such as 7.1, 5.1, stereo and more without having tojump between your project and the renderer.*pending certification

Designed for professional, multi-channel setups there are many I/O options. Surroundspeakers can be plugged in using either the line or AES outputs; the dedicated StereoOutputs are perfect for connecting non-immersive integrated speakers and two ADATinputs gives the user an option to add an external interface or preamp.

“We have ensured that ORIA delivers the audio performance you have come to expectfrom Audient.” The high performance converters have 126dB of dynamic range and thetried and tested Audient Console Mic Preamps continue to to deliver 58dB of gain andwork as mic, line or Hi-Z instrument inputs. Andrew adds, “For the first time ever, theAudient Console Mic Preamp is remote controlled. Optimised to give you the sonicbenefits of its all analogue design alongside pinpoint accurate digital control.”

FEATURES

Hardware

• Supports up to 9.1.6 Speaker Setups
• 2 x 16 Channel Surround Outputs (Analogue & AES)
• 2 x Stereo Line Outputs (Relay Switched)
• 2 x Independent Stereo Headphone Outputs
• 2 x Audient Mic Preamps (Mic / D.I / Line)
• 2 x ADAT Inputs
• Word Clock Input
• Word Clock Output
• ORIA Motion UI
• 24 bit / 96kHz
• USB 2.0 / USB Type-C
• SoundID Reference Measurement Microphone Included
• Optional AoIP Card (Dante) for 16 Input channels

Software

• ORIA Software
• Onboard Room Calibration DSP
• Per Output EQ
• Per Output Delay
• Per Output Trim
• Per Output Crossover (Bass Management)
• Profile Switching - Sonarworks Integrated
• Configurable Global Bypass
• Immersive Monitoring Control
• Input / Output Switching
• Master Volume Control
• Global Delay (lip sync)
• Individual Speaker Solo & Mute
• Speaker Group Solo & Mute
• Per Channel Metering (pre & post)
• Down Mix Cycling - Dolby Renderer Integrated
• Programmable Function Button
• iPad Control App