Real sound physics
Sources have positions. Walls block, doorways funnel, corners soften, distance rolls off the high end. Walk a torch-bearing goblin down the corridor and the table hears it coming.
Put the listener inside the map.
A stereo soundscape for tabletop RPGs. You place the sounds in the space; Clairaudience works out how they reach each ear.
Best with headphones or surround. Perfectly happy on desk speakers.
What it is
A sound engine that knows where everyone is sitting
Most game audio is a playlist: press a button, a noise happens, everyone hears the same thing. Clairaudience treats sound as something with a location. Sources sit in the space, walls get in the way, distance takes the edge off, and every player hears the scene from where their character is standing.
The result is quieter than it sounds. Nobody has to be told the chanting is coming from behind the north door. They just hear it there.
Features
Everything on your side of the screen
The GM has the controls
Trigger, move, layer, and fade sounds without dropping out of the scene. Your players hear the result, never the machinery.
Built for headphones
Full stereo positioning lands hardest in headphones or a surround setup — that is where direction gets genuinely convincing.
Fine on ordinary speakers
Not everyone brings headphones to game night. The mix folds down gracefully to one pair of desk speakers without turning to mush.
Reusable spaces
Rooms, corridors, caverns, open field. Lay out a space once and it is there next session, and the session after that.
Bring your own sounds
Load in the library you already have. Loops, one-shots, ambience — anything you can drop in can be placed on the map.
How it works
Three steps, then play
You can build a space from nothing if you want to. Most of the time you won't need to.
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Open a map
We expect most groups to start from the library: familiar dungeons and common set pieces, already laid out. Import your own or sketch the walls and doors yourself — rough is fine, the engine only needs to know what blocks sound and what doesn't.
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Check the sounds
Library maps should arrive already stocked — a dripping ceiling in the far chamber, a forge behind the wall, cues sitting on the doors that matter. Move any of it, mute it, or swap in your own audio.
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Play the scene
Move the party marker as they explore and fire cues when the moment calls for one. The mix updates as they go — closer, farther, around the corner, through the door.
Put the listener inside the map.
Request a demo
Hear a room before you build one
We'll walk you through a scene, show you the GM controls, and answer whatever you throw at us. Bring headphones if you have them.
Or write to us directly: clairaudience@wurpcorp.com