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FoleyDesigner: Immersive Stereo Foley Generation with Precise Spatio-Temporal Alignment for Film Clips

Mengtian Li , Kunyan Dai , Yi Ding , Ruobing Ni , Ying Zhang , Wenwu Wang , Zhifeng Xie
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keywords foley generationstereo audiospatio-temporal alignmentlatent diffusion modelsmulti-agent architecturefilm sound designFilmStereo datasetprofessional audio mixing
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The pith

FoleyDesigner generates stereo Foley audio with precise spatial and temporal alignment to film clips using multi-agent analysis and diffusion models.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces FoleyDesigner to automate the traditionally manual creation of sound effects that must match on-screen actions in both location and timing. It breaks down film clips with a multi-agent system to pull out spatial and temporal cues, then feeds those into latent diffusion models for stereo audio generation while using language models to guide mixing decisions that mimic industry post-production steps. The work also releases FilmStereo, a new dataset of professional stereo recordings annotated with timestamps and categories for eight common Foley sounds. The goal is to produce output that integrates directly into professional pipelines such as 5.1-channel Dolby Atmos without breaking existing workflows.

Core claim

The authors claim that a multi-agent architecture for extracting spatio-temporal information from video, combined with latent diffusion models conditioned on those cues and LLM-driven hybrid mechanisms, produces immersive stereo Foley audio that achieves better alignment with film actions than prior methods while remaining compatible with professional standards including ITU-R BS.775 5.1-channel systems and allowing interactive user control.

What carries the argument

Multi-agent architecture for film clip analysis paired with latent diffusion models trained on spatio-temporal cues extracted from video frames and LLM hybrid mechanisms for generation and mixing.

If this is right

  • Superior spatio-temporal alignment relative to existing baselines in experiments.
  • Direct compatibility with professional film pipelines including 5.1 Dolby Atmos output.
  • Support for interactive user adjustments during generation.
  • Release of the FilmStereo dataset with spatial metadata, timestamps, and semantic labels for eight Foley categories.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The approach could shorten the post-production timeline for sound teams by handling initial alignment automatically.
  • Techniques for conditioning audio generation on video cues may transfer to other synchronized media such as games or live events.
  • The dataset could serve as a benchmark for testing future models on spatial audio quality and alignment accuracy.

Load-bearing premise

The multi-agent analysis and diffusion models trained on video cues will reliably output high-quality stereo Foley without artifacts or the need for substantial manual fixes to meet professional alignment standards.

What would settle it

A side-by-side listening test by professional sound engineers on identical film clips, comparing generated tracks against manually produced Foley for measurable timing or position mismatches and audible artifacts.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.05731 by Kunyan Dai, Mengtian Li, Ruobing Ni, Wenwu Wang, Yi Ding, Ying Zhang, Zhifeng Xie.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: FoleyDesigner Overview. The left column detailing the actual steps of a human Foley designer. The right column presents the corresponding simulated functional modules of FoleyDesigner, showcasing outputs at each phase, resulting in a soundtrack suit￾able for film use. sitioned across the left and right audio channels to create a sense of directionality and space. In film production, the stereo Foley serves… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: FoleyDesigner Architecture. Our pipeline for automated Foley generation consists of three stages, (1) Fine-Grained Film Decomposition: analyzes silent video and generates hierarchical Foley scripts; (2) Spatio-Temporal Foley Generation: produces spatially￾controlled stereo audio using DiT-based diffusion conditioned on visual cues; (3) Foley Refinement: applies multi-agent processing to refine audio qualit… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: FilmStereo Construction. Our four-step pipeline for creating spatially and temporally annotated audio data. (1) Audio filtering and extension, (2) Spatial simulation with random posi￾tioning, (3) Spatial-rich caption generation via chain-of-thought, and (4) Temporal annotation with event detection. Union (IoU) quantifies temporal precision; (3) Cinematic Foley Quality: ImageBind Score [13] measures audio-v… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Qualitative Results. Qualitative comparison showing temporal alignment between video events and generated audio across two scenarios. Left: explosion sequence with three distinct events. Right: excavation scene with repetitive shoveling actions. Checkmarks indicate successful synchronization, while crosses mark temporal misalignment [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Human Evaluation Results. We compared the selec￾tion ratio of four methods from five perspectives: (1) Immerse, (2) Emo Align, (3) Tempo Align, (4) Spatial Align, and (5) Timbre. 6. Conclusion We have presented FoleyDesigner, a novel framework for generating spatio-temporally aligned stereo audio for film clips. Drawing inspiration from professional Foley work￾flows, our framework decomposes complex acoust… view at source ↗
Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: FilmStereo Dataset Pipeline. The process begins with sourcing data using randomly sampled parameters to define sound event attributes, followed by a simulated sound design scenario in Step 2 to generate film foley annotations. The resulting data undergoes manual verification to ensure quality and accuracy. were computed based on spatial position parameters, with intermediate positions refined using linear … view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: FilmStereo Distribution Analysis. (a) Room size distri￾bution. (b) Motion type distribution. (c) Spatial positioning across azimuth angles and depth zones. 2. Implementation Details 2.1. Multi-Agent Refinement The complete pseudocode for our multi-agent Foley refine￾ment pipeline is presented in Algorithm 2. This algorithm implements the professional mixing framework described in Section 3.3 of the main pa… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: User study setup. (a) Standard 5.1 surround sound speaker configuration showing Front Left (FL), Center (C), Front Right (FR), Low Frequency Effects (LFE), Left Surround (LS), and Right Surround (RS) positions. (b) Professional mixing studio environment [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Participants conducting the perceptual evaluation in the professional mixing studio environment. questionnaire-based evaluation with 53 participants, cat￾egorized into two groups: 23 film audio professionals (43.4%) and 30 non-professionals (56.6%). Participants evaluated stereo audio samples through a web-based inter￾face. For baseline comparisons, we evaluated our FoleyDe￾signer against three state-of-th… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Questionnaire details. This is the survey questionnaire we designed and used in the user study. the timing of film sound events and generates corresponding audio that maintains precise temporal alignment. As further evidenced by the quantitative results in Ta￾ble 4, the baseline methods show varying temporal per￾formance. SpatialSonic shows partial synchronization suc￾cess, while the mono output methods (D… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Temporal Analysis. Each video frame corresponds to a temporal segment in the spectrogram below. Yellow checkmarks indicate successful audio-visual synchronization. Our method achieves consistent temporal alignment across key events, while baseline methods show varying degrees of synchronization failure regardless of their output channel configuration [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Spatial Analysis. Our method demonstrates proper stereo separation with left channel (L) strengthening and right channel (R) weakening, while SpatialSonic (stereo output) shows limited spatial variation despite having two-channel capability [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Spatial Analysis. Our method demonstrates proper stereo separation with left channel (L) weakening and right channel (R) strengthening, while SpatialSonic (stereo output) shows limited spatial variation despite having two-channel capability [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_8.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Foley art plays a pivotal role in enhancing immersive auditory experiences in film, yet manual creation of spatio-temporally aligned audio remains labor-intensive. We propose FoleyDesigner, a novel framework inspired by professional Foley workflows, integrating film clip analysis, spatio-temporally controllable Foley generation, and professional audio mixing capabilities. FoleyDesigner employs a multi-agent architecture for precise spatio-temporal analysis. It achieves spatio-temporal alignment through latent diffusion models trained on spatio-temporal cues extracted from video frames, combined with large language model (LLM)-driven hybrid mechanisms that emulate post-production practices in film industry. To address the lack of high-quality stereo audio datasets in film, we introduce FilmStereo, the first professional stereo audio dataset containing spatial metadata, precise timestamps, and semantic annotations for eight common Foley categories. For applications, the framework supports interactive user control while maintaining seamless integration with professional pipelines, including 5.1-channel Dolby Atmos systems compliant with ITU-R BS.775 standards, thereby offering extensive creative flexibility. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method achieves superior spatio-temporal alignment compared to existing baselines, with seamless compatibility with professional film production standards. The project page is available at https://gekiii996.github.io/FoleyDesigner/ .

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes FoleyDesigner, a multi-agent framework for generating immersive stereo Foley audio with precise spatio-temporal alignment to film clips. It integrates video analysis, latent diffusion models conditioned on spatio-temporal cues from frames, and LLM-driven hybrid mechanisms to emulate professional post-production practices. The authors introduce the FilmStereo dataset, the first professional stereo audio collection with spatial metadata, precise timestamps, and semantic annotations for eight common Foley categories. The central claim is that the method achieves superior spatio-temporal alignment over baselines while maintaining seamless compatibility with professional pipelines, including 5.1-channel Dolby Atmos systems compliant with ITU-R BS.775.

Significance. If the performance claims hold under rigorous evaluation, the work could meaningfully reduce the labor intensity of manual Foley creation in film while preserving creative control and industry-standard output quality. The FilmStereo dataset addresses a clear gap in high-quality, annotated stereo audio-visual data and could serve as a reusable benchmark for future audio generation research. The multi-agent design and explicit support for professional mixing tools represent a practical strength that aligns the technical approach with real-world workflows.

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  1. [Experiments section] Experiments section: No objective, reproducible metric for spatio-temporal alignment is defined (e.g., onset timing error in ms combined with azimuth error derived from stereo intensity ratios or binaural cues). No numerical results, baseline comparisons, error bars, or statistical tests are reported, which directly undermines the load-bearing claim of superior alignment and professional-standard compatibility.

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We thank the referee for their thorough review and constructive feedback on our manuscript. We address the major comment below and will revise the paper to strengthen the experimental section with more rigorous quantitative evaluation.

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  1. Referee: [Experiments section] Experiments section: No objective, reproducible metric for spatio-temporal alignment is defined (e.g., onset timing error in ms combined with azimuth error derived from stereo intensity ratios or binaural cues). No numerical results, baseline comparisons, error bars, or statistical tests are reported, which directly undermines the load-bearing claim of superior alignment and professional-standard compatibility.

    Authors: We agree that the current Experiments section lacks explicit objective and reproducible metrics for spatio-temporal alignment, as well as numerical results, baseline comparisons, error bars, and statistical tests. This is a valid criticism that weakens the support for our central claims. In the revised manuscript, we will introduce specific metrics such as onset timing error (in ms) and azimuth error derived from stereo intensity ratios or binaural cues. We will report numerical results comparing our method against baselines, include error bars, and apply appropriate statistical tests to demonstrate superior alignment and compatibility with professional standards. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; claims rest on new dataset and external experiments

full rationale

The paper introduces FilmStereo as a new dataset and a multi-agent + latent diffusion architecture for Foley generation. The central claims of superior spatio-temporal alignment are asserted via 'extensive experiments' against baselines rather than any derivation that reduces by construction to fitted parameters, self-defined metrics, or a self-citation chain. No equations or sections in the provided text exhibit self-definitional loops, fitted-input-as-prediction, or uniqueness imported from prior author work. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks.

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