michael romanowski, one of the first immersive audio mastering engineers on the planet. >> wow, look at that. there's actually -- yeah. we have meters. >> reporter: his tools include a dummy head with high fidelity microphones embedded in the ears, a second microphone perched on top captures all the sound surrounding it from all angles and directions. >> dogs here, people playing, stuff going on this way, a food truck over here. you can hear that occasionally. there's music going on over here. i heard a squirrel a minute ago. >> reporter: the recorded sound, known as immersive audio, is closer to the way our ears really hear and perceive the world. >> our hearing sense is the most 3d sense we have. it was the sense that would be paying attention to everything that we don't see. >> reporter: now romo is up for a grammy as mastering and comixing engineer for best immersive album. the work, ray charles' last studio recording, "genius loves company. " >> ray is one of my heroes. to be a part of the record is astounding. it would mean a ton to me if this won. >> reporter: romo opened his

meet michael romanowski, known as romo, one of the first immersive audio mastering engineers on the planetwow, look at that. there's actually, yeah, we have meters. his tools include a dummy head with high fidelity microphones embedded in the ears, a second microphone perched on top captures all the sounds surrounding it from all angles and directions. dogs over here and people playing. and there's stuff going on over this way. there's a food truck over here, and you can hear that occasionally. there's music going on over here. and i heard a squirrel a minute ago. the recorded sound, known as immersive audio, is closer to the way our ears really hear and perceive the world. our hearing sense is the most 3d sense we have. it was the sense that. would be. paying attention to everything that we don't see. now romo is up for a grammy as mastering and co mixing engineer for best immersive album. the work ray charles last studio recording genius loves company. ray is one of my heroes and to be a part of the record is just astounding. it would mean a ton to me if this one. recently, romo opened u