{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a728bff3fd900eff65e57875","clusterId":"c_60b5f454c96e976823e1ac47","slug":"sony-announces-ecm-ax10-spatial-audio-microphone-with-eclipsa-audio-support","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Sony Announces ECM-AX10 Spatial Audio Microphone With Eclipsa Audio Support","summary":"Sony announced the ECM-AX10 on October 9, a microphone that connects directly to a smartphone's USB-C port for spatial audio recording. It ships October 23 at open pricing, expected around 30,000 yen. Four omnidirectional capsules sit diagonally on a spherical housing, and a switch selects ambisonics (4ch), binaural (2ch), or stereo (2ch) output through Sony's Spatial Audio Video Tool app.","whyItMatters":"Sony is building the capture side of a format the playback side has not finished building, so the Eclipsa Audio support lands ahead of the environments that would play the audio back.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSony put the capsules on a ball that juts out past the phone body, which keeps reflections off the handset from smearing the spatial image. The four omnidirectional mics are aimed diagonally up and down, front and back, so the recording carries height and rear sound rather than only what faces the lens.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no internal storage. Recordings go to the phone through the Spatial Audio Video Tool app, and the physical switch picks ambisonics, binaural, or plain stereo. Other camera apps fall back to binaural. The microphone weighs about 24 grams and runs on USB power from the phone.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Sony's ECM-AX10 records ambisonics, binaural, or stereo from four capsules in one housing, and ships at open pricing near 30,000 yen. Spatial capture stops being a pro-only purchase.","twitterPost":"The ECM-AX10 does ambisonics, binaural, or stereo from four capsules, at open pricing near 30,000 yen. Sony is pricing spatial recording as an accessory.","threadsPost":"Sony's ECM-AX10 handles ambisonics, binaural, and stereo through one switch on four capsules, and ships October 23 at open pricing expected near 30,000 yen. That price is the detail: spatial audio capture is being sold as an add-on, not a studio budget line.","newsletterBlurb":"Sony announced the ECM-AX10, a microphone that connects directly to a smartphone's USB-C port and records ambisonics, binaural, or stereo. Four omnidirectional capsules sit diagonally on a spherical housing that extends away from the handset to avoid reflection problems. It ships October 23 at open pricing, expected around 30,000 yen, with Eclipsa Audio support handled through Sony's Spatial Audio Video Tool app.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/441/4441431/?rss\",\"title\":\"ソニー、スマホに直結可能な空間オーディオマイク「ECM-AX10」を発表、アンビソニックスやバイノール録音に対応\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6287,"outputTokens":643,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791524230,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T05:32:40.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T05:36:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T05:36:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_60b5f454c96e976823e1ac47","canonicalTitle":"ソニー、スマホに直結可能な空間オーディオマイク「ECM-AX10」を発表、アンビソニックスやバイノール録音に対応","representativeArticleId":"a_80047a7e37bf56e492673151","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T04:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T04:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T05:36:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/441/4441431/?rss","title":"ソニー、スマホに直結可能な空間オーディオマイク「ECM-AX10」を発表、アンビソニックスやバイノール録音に対応"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}