Create Worlds With Sound

Craft Evolving Soundscapes That Breathe Life Into Your Stories

Soundscapes are the quiet foundation of storytelling. They shape emotion, build tension, evoke unease, and give presence to worlds that exist only in imagination.

Across games, film, audio drama, virtual reality, tabletop role-playing, theatre, and immersive installations, soundscapes are what make a story feel believable rather than described.

Echotopia is an ongoing research project exploring how soundscapes can be designed, structured, and experienced. It brings together artistic intuition and technical experimentation in an evolving editor focused on spatial thinking, behavior, and context. Rather than presenting a finished commercial tool, Echotopia offers an environment to experiment with ideas, workflows, and approaches to acoustic world-building.

It is intended for professionals, hobbyists, and curious minds who want to explore how sound can shape narrative space — and who are excited to be part of a long-term journey that is still taking form.

Engaging Immersive Soundscapes Across Creative Disciplines

Whether you are a game developer, podcaster, VR creator, tabletop RPG game master, or simply someone exploring sound as a narrative medium, Echotopia invites you to experiment with how sonic worlds are built and experienced.

Rather than hiding decisions behind black-box automation or rigid workflows, Echotopia is designed to make soundscape logic visible and approachable. It reduces unnecessary technical friction without prescribing how your scenes should sound.

The interface is built to guide exploration, not dictate outcomes – helping you stay focused on what matters most: shaping your story, in your own way, while discovering new possibilities along the path.

Audio Dramas, Podcasts, Audiobooks

Soundscapes give meaning to stories. Shape mood, pacing, and presence through sound alone.

Filmmaking and Cinematic Arts

Design ambient backdrops for scenes and export audio from any position for use in your video workflow.

Animation and Visual Arts

Shape acoustic worlds for environments and characters, from early concepts to final timeline-ready renders.

Videogame Design and Development

Use concept art or level maps to prototype game ambiences and render locations as reusable game assets.

Tabletop RPGs and VTTs

Define the sound of every corner of your world. Play live, online, in LARP, or export renders for your VTT.

Sound Design and Music Production

Prototype complete acoustic worlds during ideation, then refine and export for client work or personal releases.

Digital Reality and Simulations

Prototype and produce immersive sound environments for VR, AR, XR, and MR experiences.

Theater and Live Performance

Create diegetic ambiences for performances, played live or exported for use with other systems.

Escape Rooms and Theme Parks

Turn physical spaces into living acoustic environments that deepen immersion and believability.

Installations and Dioramas

Bring environments to life with carefully crafted soundscapes that enhance spatial perception.

Exhibitions and Museums

Design immersive installations or recreate historical acoustic environments with precision.

Wellness, Yoga Studios, and Spas

Create calm, focused sound environments that support mindfulness and embodied experience.

Academia, Research, and Teaching

Build interactive soundscapes for research, preservation, education, and cultural studies.

Architecture and Urban Planning

Produce realistic ambiences for ArchViz or to explore the acoustic character of real spaces.

Explore Sonic Ideas at the Speed of Thought

Echotopia is designed to help you explore soundscape ideas quickly and intuitively, without forcing you into complex audio engineering workflows. It uses familiar concepts and a visual “sound map” to make spatial and narrative thinking accessible.

Think of it as sketching with sound. You place, layer, and adjust elements to shape an atmosphere, test ideas, and discover what works. Echotopia is not about instant perfection, but about rapid exploration – giving anyone the space to experiment, learn, and refine sonic worlds over time.

Intuitive Map Editor

Natural Sound Behaviors

Easy Acoustics

Vast Library

Professional Presets

Sharp Vector Interface

High Fidelity Audio Engine

Multichannel Output

High Resolution Render

Explore Echotopia Features with Screenshots

Easily create sound layers over a map.

Create realistic overlapping sound transitions.

Apply sounds faster using global layers.

Change the color of widgets for ease of use.

Render from any map point into high quality immersive audio.

Go beyond maps with images to enhance your storytelling.

Create elaborate 'movement' for your loops.

Easily randomize groups of sounds.

Innovative cross-layer acoustics with Reverb and Inward Occlusion.

Hundreds of professional layer presets with intuitive taxonomy.

Edit any Area preset, add your own.

Advanced library management.

Clutter-free Live Mode for performing storytellers.

Switch Scenes in Live mode in seconds.

Design and prototype full video game level ambiences from in-game renders.

Prototype and finalized your film sound using concept art or captured footage frames.

Empower your story's visuals with rich and dynamic soundscapes.

Explore Soundscapes in Action

All examples presented here are created using Echotopia and its included Core Content Library, without external processing or post-production.

These demos are not meant as polished showcases, but as snapshots of an evolving toolset. They only hint at what can be explored using Echotopia, its Core Library, and your own sounds and impulse responses.

If this approach resonates with you, download Echotopia, explore the included presets, and start experimenting. The Core Library is fully available, so you can engage with the project and begin shaping soundscapes from day one.

Dive Into the Echotopia Journey

Thirsty for more details? Watch a full presentation of Echotopia’s general overviewCurious how Echotopia works and what makes it different? Watch a full presentation of its general approach and core concepts – and discover how you can join the experiment, explore ideas, and help shape the future of this evolving soundscape platform. and its core concepts.

Core Library Designed to Inspire and Empower

Dive into Echotopia’s curated collection of sounds and presets, designed to inspire creativity, spark experimentation, and help you explore new sonic possibilities across any genre or style.

Expansive Curated Sound Library

Discover over 20.000 royalty-free sounds and professionally designed presets, carefully crafted to inspire experimentation across genres and creative projects.

20.000+ Sounds

A vast collection from everyday Foley to fictional creatures and abstract drones – all produced in our studios and regularly updated.

Immersive Ready

Optimized for immersive audio: isolated, dereverberated, precisely trimmed, with natural frequency response for VR, AR, and spatial projects.

Authoring Ready

Recorded and finalized with a high dynamic range using our AuthorNorm™ mastering protocol, preserving detail and nuance in every sound.
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Open and Expandable

Echotopia embraces an open philosophy – you’re not limited to the included sounds and presets. Import WAV, MP3, OGG, or FLAC files, and use standard impulse responses for acoustics, giving you full freedom to experiment.

Pro-Grade Layer Presets

Over 200 layer presets crafted by experienced sound designers cover every storytelling genre – from contemporary and high fantasy to sci-fi and mythic worlds. Each preset includes audio, source behavior, and acoustics, ready to drop into your scenes. All presets are editable, letting you replace audio while keeping behaviors and spatial settings for maximum creative flexibility.

Continuous Growth

Our Core Library evolves with the project. New sounds and presets are added regularly, and you can suggest ideas in our forums. The library is a separate download, so updates never interrupt your workflow or project stability.

Explore the Contents Yourself

Core Library Sound List
See all the sounds included with the Echotopia Core Library.
Download the PDF file >>

Core Library Layer Preset List
See all the presets included with the Echotopia Core Library.
Download the Excel file >>

Share your ideas, request new sounds or presets.
Be part of shaping Echotopia’s evolving Core Library.

Effortless Acoustic Realism

Echotopia’s dynamic engine handles room reflections, occlusion, and distance effects automatically, letting your audio breathe in space without you worrying about the technical details.

Natural acoustic phenomena like reverberation, occlusion, and distance shape how we perceive a soundscape. They define style, mood, and depth – giving your worlds a sense of life and presence.

If you’re just starting out or exploring sound design for fun, Echotopia gives you a playful, intuitive environment. Its automatic acoustic simulation and clever layering logic make it easy to craft soundscapes that feel alive, even as you learn.

For traditional audio and media creators, Echotopia calculates distances, acoustics, and mixes your layers in real time. You can experiment with listener positions without manually setting reverb, filters, or volume groups – the engine does the heavy lifting so you can focus on creativity.

For interactive audio and game media creators, Echotopia uses your scene’s layout and layer settings to simulate how the soundscape reacts to any listener position. It’s like a game audio engine fused with a level editor – but designed specifically for crafting rich, immersive sound worlds.

Reverberation and inward occlusion are handled with open impulse responses, so you can use your favorite acoustic profiles across tools and maintain consistency in your projects.

Beyond the ability to import your own impulse responses, Echotopia’s Core Library includes a variety of reverbs and occlusion responses – ready to help you experiment and shape spaces exactly the way you imagine.

Start Your Sonic Journey Today

Join the Echotopia Experiment
Download Echotopia for free and explore a living soundscape research project. Shape your own worlds, test ideas, and be part of a growing community that helps define the future of immersive audio.

Ready to Unlock Your Full Potential?

Echotopia is only available for Windows at the moment. Please see the Requirements.

Echotopia is offered as-is, please read full license found in the installer. You can find answers to any pre-sales questions using:
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“Echotopia's magic lies in its auto-acoustics! I can craft ambiences that perfectly fit my visuals without touching audio engineering. From concept art to final game, it’s a sandbox for experimenting with fully customizable, royalty-free sounds. Every preset sparks inspiration - a must-have for any creator exploring new ideas!”

“As a D&D DM, the best part of Echotopia is bringing my world to life. Instead of just describing it, I can immerse my players in a living, evolving soundscape. Every city and tavern has its own personality, letting me experiment with how spaces feel without explaining every detail.”

“I use Echotopia as a tool to explore storytelling in sound. It lets me experiment in ways I couldn’t before and push my work as a soundscape artist into new creative directions.”

“Echotopia is an innovative audio application. It’s easy to see how it enables unique, experimental soundscapes for a wide range of creative projects.”

“Echotopia has helped me increase immersion in my D&D sessions. Its intuitive tools let me experiment and switch between soundscapes quickly, so I can focus on storytelling and creative exploration instead of hunting for the right soundtrack.”

“DJing is evolving from just playing music to creating immersive sound experiences. Echotopia lets me experiment with soundscapes for any occasion, opening doors to new venues - from yoga studios to hotels to interior design spaces.”