Brandenburg Labs

Shaping the future of audio technology

At Brandenburg Labs our vision is to shape the way people will be hearing their environment in the future. Our main focus is the development of spatial audio products, enabling a person to hear virtual sound sources like they are physically present in the listeners environment. Together with our partners we are working towards the goal to achieve a perfect auditory illusion, especially via headphones.

Our company relies on a substantial network and extensive knowledge in the fields of basic and applied research, also based on the expertise of our founder, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Brandenburg, best known as co-inventor of mp3. As a spin-off company of the Technische Universität Ilmenau and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Brandenburg Labs can draw on many years of research in the audio field at these institutions.

Our Use Cases & Services

At Brandenburg Labs, we create perfect auditory illusions. Spatial audio has the potential to enrich various digital media applications. On our website you can find a list of some of the exciting use cases we are currently dedicated to.

As experts in the field of audio technology, our main focus is the applied research and development of (spatial) audio products. We are happy to contribute our knowledge, our experience and our networks to cooperations. In addition to our own research, we participate in tenders for research projects with universities and research institutes. We are also looking forward to work with other companies.

In addition, we offer a range of consulting services in the audio field, such as project planning. We are seeking licenses of our industrial property rights.

Your specific interest is not listed here? We are always open to new and innovative ideas in the field of audio technology. Please feel free to contact us with your business inquiry.

Brandenburg Labs GmbH was founded in 2019, initiated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Brandenburg, co-inventor of the mp3 format. Brandenburg Labs relies on a respective network and an extensive knowledge in the fields of basic and applied research. Our early development work focuses on the continuation of the work on “Personalized Auditory Realities (PARty)”, a concept developed at Technische Universität Ilmenau and Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology. With intelligent wearables users will be able to create their own personalized auditory reality. Such devices will be able to reduce interfering background noise and increase the volume of the sound source the user is currently focusing on. Also, virtual sound sources will be naturally placed in the users hearing environment, so that the user experiences the feeling of real spatial sound.