Fraunhofer Symphoria®

Experience the boundless beauty of sound

Symphoria is a universal solution for rendering outstanding stereo and 3D surround sound in automotive environments. The intelligent post processing technology virtually opens up the sound image of your sound system, creating a new sense of dimensionality and spaciousness by increasing width, depth and even height of the sound image. In addition to delivering a more natural and realistic sound, automotive entertainment systems powered by Symphoria offer a highly improved perceived audio quality for every passenger in the car. This results in a broad and clearly defined front stage as well as a perfectly balanced surround sound field for each seat.

 

Symphoria embodies:

  • Stable high quality audio from any audio source (radio, mp3, CD etc.)
  • Support of any channel configuration of the input content (stereo, 5.1 surround, 3D audio)
  • Flexibility when designing a sound concept to meet manufacturers’ needs and branding requirements.
  • An extraordinary listening experience for any automotive sound system configuration, independent of loudspeaker type, position or number.
  • A reduction in car weight and therefore sound system costs: The application of intelligent audio signal processing allows for a cutback of sound system hardware.

 

Symphoria achieves results through the following steps:

During the first step the individual sound components within the audio signal are separated, with help of a semantic analysis process. Following the separation of the individual sound components, the tunable algorithm of Symphoria intelligently distributes the separated audio objects inside the car.

 

Collaborations

  • The Audi TT Coupé released in 2014 is the first production car equipped with the Fraunhofer technology Symphoria.
  • In December 2014, Audi announced that the new Q7 will deliver a three dimensional audio experience, which is powered by Fraunhofer Symphoria. The Q7 concept car equipped with Symphoria was already presented at CES 2013.
  • From the collaboration with Audi and Bang & Olufsen evolves the new Audi R8 Coupé (2015) featuring Fraunhofer Symphoria surround sound (2D).
  • A new sound dimension for medium-sized cars: Symphoria brings true 3D sound to the new Audi A4 and A4 Avant (2015).
  • Since 2016, passengers can enjoy best 3D sound with Symphoria in the new Mercedes-Benz E-class W 213 with Burmester sound system.

Availability

Optimized Symphoria DSP implementations are available.

Symphoria can be licensed in different versions. Please contact us at amm-info@iis.fraunhofer.de to find the best solution for you and to request the software.

Fraunhofer Symphoria can be enjoyed in:

Audi e-tron GT

© AUDI AG
e-tron GT (2021)

Audi e-tron

e-tron (2018)
© AUDI AG
e-tron (2018)
© AUDI AG
e-tron Sportback (2020)

Audi A1

© AUDI AG
A1 Sportback (2018)

Audi A3

A3 Limousine (2020)
© AUDI AG
A3 Sedan (2020)
A3 Sportback (2020)
© AUDI AG
A3 Sportback (2020)

Audi A4

© AUDI AG
A4 Sedan (2015)
© Audi AG
A4 Avant (2015)

Audi A5

© AUDI AG
A5 Coupé (2016)
A5 Sportback
© AUDI AG
A5 Sportback (2016)
A5 Cabriolet
© AUDI AG
A5 Cabriolet (2016)

Audi A6

A6 Limousine (2018)
© AUDI AG
A6 Sedan (2018)
A6 Avant
© AUDI AG
A6 Avant (2018)

Audi A7

A7 Sportback
© AUDI AG
A7 Sportback (2018)

Audi A8

A8 Limousine
© AUDI AG
A8 Sedan (2017)
© AUDI AG
A8 L (2017)

Audi Q3

© AUDI AG
Q3 (2018)
© AUDI AG
Q3 Sportback (2019)

Audi Q4

Q4 e-tron
© AUDI AG
Q4 e-tron (2021)
© AUDI AG
Q4 Sportback e-tron (2021)

Audi Q5

© AUDI AG
Q5 (2016)
© AUDI AG
Q5 Sportback (2020)

Audi Q7

Q7
© AUDI AG
Q7 (2015)

Audi Q8

Audi Q8 2018 equipped with Sonamic TimeScaling
© Audi AG
Q8 (2018)

Audi TT

TT Roadster
© AUDI AG
TT Roadster (2014)
TT Coupé
© AUDI AG
TT Coupé (2014)

Audi R8

R8 Spyder
© AUDI AG
R8 Spyder (2015)
R8 Coupé plus
© AUDI AG
R8 Coupé plus (2015)

Mercedes-Benz CLS

CLS (The New CLS)
© Daimler
CLS (The New CLS) (2016)

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

E-Class Limousine
© Daimler
E-Class Limousine (2016)
E-Class  Cabriolet
© Daimler
E-Class Cabriolet (2016)
E-Class Coupé
© Daimler
E-Class Coupé (2016)

Mercedes-Benz Maybach

Maybach
© Daimler
Maybach (2017)
© Daimler
Maybach S 650 Pullman (2017)

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

S-Class Limousine
© Daimler
S-Class Limousine (2017)
S-Class Coupé
© Daimler
S-Class Coupé (2017)

Lamborghini Urus

Lamborghini Urus 2017 equipped with Sonamic TimeScaling
© Lamborghini
Lamborghini Urus (2017)

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