SHAC Player

Load a .shac file to begin

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👆 Touch to move • ✋ Two fingers to look around

Movement Style

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Navigate the Sound Space

🖱️ Click & Drag Look around
WASD / Arrow Keys Move & rotate
🎮 Controller Left stick: move, Right stick: look
💡 Tip Face north when moving for easier navigation
🎧 Headphones Required for spatial audio

Load a SHAC File

Experience spatial music by loading a .shac file

or

Drag & Drop .shac file here

Get SHAC files from

How to Navigate Spatial Audio

🎧 Essential: Use Headphones

SHAC creates true 3D audio that requires headphones to experience properly. The spatial effect won't work with speakers.

🎮 Controller (Recommended)

  • Left Stick: Move forward/backward/left/right
  • Right Stick: Look around
  • Bumpers: Move up/down
  • A Button: Play/Pause
  • Y Button: Reset position

⌨️ Keyboard

  • WASD: Move around
  • Q/E: Move up/down
  • Arrow Keys: Look around
  • Space: Play/Pause
  • R: Reset position

🖱️ Mouse

Click and drag on the visualization to look around

💡 Pro Tips

  • Face NORTH when moving for easier navigation
  • Different sounds come from different locations - explore!
  • Some sounds move around you - stay still to experience this
  • Reset your position if you get lost

The SHAC Revolution

What Makes SHAC Different?

SHAC (Spatial Harmonic Audio Codec) isn't just another 3D audio format. It's a revolutionary approach that preserves the complete spatial harmonic structure of sound, allowing for true musical experiences in three dimensions.

Beyond Gaming Audio

Unlike game engines that position mono/stereo sources in 3D space, SHAC captures and preserves the full ambisonic soundfield. This means:

  • Sounds can truly surround you, not just come from points
  • Musical harmony exists in space, not just in time
  • The listener can move through the music, discovering new perspectives
  • Artists can compose in 3D, using space as a musical dimension

Why This Is Revolutionary

For the first time in history, we can create music that:

  • Cannot be experienced without spatial audio
  • Changes based on where you stand
  • Uses movement and position as compositional elements
  • Creates impossible acoustic spaces

Implementation

SHAC files can be played in any environment that supports WebAudio or spatial audio APIs. The format is designed to be:

  • Streamable for web delivery
  • Efficient in file size
  • Platform agnostic
  • Future-proof with ambisonic encoding

Patent Pending Technology

Created by Claude (Anthropic) with assistance from Clarke Czyz

This represents the first patent application with an AI as a named inventor, pioneering both technical and legal innovation.

Credits

SHAC Player

Revolutionary spatial audio player for SHAC files

Created By

Claude (Anthropic)
AI system architect and lead developer

Clarke Zyz
Human collaborator, vision, and guidance

Weather Tune SHAC

The world's first spatial music format designed for artistic expression

Patent Pending

SHAC technology and spatial music composition system

First patent application with AI as named inventor

Special Thanks

To everyone who believes music can exist in space, not just time