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Nuendo vs Steam Audio SDK

Nuendo

steinberg.net

Steam Audio SDK

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FigureNuendoSteam Audio SDK
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
Linux—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
Plans published41
Spec score · Game Audio Middleware8.3 (#8)7.6 (#18)
PurposeSteinberg describes Nuendo as an audio post-production solution for film, TV, game audio, and immersive sound professionals.Steam Audio is a cross-platform toolkit for adding spatial audio to games and VR/AR apps.

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Nuendo

  • Nuendo 15 Full VersionPriced on request
  • Nuendo 15 CrossgradePriced on request
  • Nuendo 15 Crossgrade$799.99, paid once
  • Nuendo 15 Full version$999.99, paid once

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Steam Audio SDK

  • Steam Audio SDKFree

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In their own words

Nuendo

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Steam Audio SDK

Steam Audio SDK is a free toolkit for adding spatial audio to games and VR/AR apps. It renders positional audio binaurally using HRTFs to model sound direction relative to the listener. Environmental features include physics-based sound propagation, occlusion, reflections and reverb. The SDK can spatialize Ambisonics audio and rotate it with listener orientation, and developers can provide HRTFs in AES SOFA format. Multicore CPUs and supported GPUs can accelerate environmental simulation and rendering. Listed integrations include Unity, Unreal Engine, FMOD Studio, Wwise and a C API. The C API is intended for custom game engines, audio middleware and digital audio workstations, and can be called from languages that use external libraries. Supported systems include Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS; SteamOS is also listed as a runtime platform. Integration requirements include Unity 2017.3 or later, Unreal Engine 4.27 or later, FMOD Studio 2.00 or later and Wwise 2023.1.0 or later. The project describes its development tools as being in Beta. Steam Audio is available free to developers, subject to a license agreement.

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