The AURA, Analysis Utility for Room Acoustics, module adds a new dimension to the world of auralization.

Based on the CAESAR algorithms developed by Aachen University, AURA is a major step forward in the production of more accurate and realistic acoustical simulations. These algorithms significantly reduce the amount of calculation time and allow the creation of Reflectograms with larger reflection orders and longer time windows than is possible with the algorithms used by EASE. This usually eliminates the need to add a statistical tail to the Reflectogram and improves the realism of the auralization.

A typical AURA Reflectogram appears below. Notice that it covers a 1600 msec time frame.

The new algorithms used in AURA also allow the effects of diffusion (scattering) to be included in the simulations. This, too, improves the realism of the auralization.