SHAC

Walk Through Music

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Navigate with WASD or touch

Latest Updates

Press Release

569 Outlets Cover SHAC Open Source Release

SHAC press release picked up by 569 news outlets covering the first interactive spatial audio format and human-AI collaboration.

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Blog Post β€’ Nov 14

Building Interactive Spatial Audio Through AI Collaboration

Technical deep dive into SHAC's architecture, performance, and what it means to build PhD-level technology with zero coding experience.

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Blog Post β€’ Nov 7

The SHAC Story: From Panic Pitch to Open Source

How a bartender with zero coding experience partnered with AI to build the world's first interactive spatial audio format.

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The Player

Experience SHAC files in your browser. No installation required.

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SHAC player is open source β€” get the code
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How It Works

SHAC (Spherical Harmonic Audio Codec) revolutionizes how we experience music. .shac files contain multiple audio sources positioned in 3D space with precise location data, distance relationships, and room acoustics modeling.

Real-time processing HRTF processing β€’ Distance attenuation β€’ Doppler effects β€’ Room reverberation
Cross-platform Windows 10+ β€’ macOS 11+ β€’ Linux (modern distributions)
Co-invented by Clarke Zyz & Claude (Anthropic AI) β€’ 150+ development sessions

SHAC isn't just spatial audioβ€”it's interactive music. You don't just hear it, you navigate through it. Walk north while looking east. Stand between the bass and drums. Find the perfect spot where all elements align.

This is music as architecture. Songs become spaces. Your movement creates the mix.