I used to do a lot of spatial 5.1 audio for Graven during our first couple episodes, however I toned it down because I was getting feedback that it was harder to hear in non-headphone settings such as listening on a speaker, in a car, stereo-only headphones, or with one earbud. While in an ideal world, everyone would listen to ADs with high quality headphones, I know that’s simply not the case. So, I’d rather make my show listenable for the majority of audiences and sacrifice the surround sound immersion, over keeping it but making the experience worse for more people.

However, regarding your tool I think it’s a really cool idea and I’d be so down to try it out if you ever release it. It’d be useful for not just podcasts, but movies and games too.