In general, techniques are described for performing a positional analysis to code audio data. Typically, this audio data comprises a hierarchical representation of a soundfield and may include, as one example, spherical harmonic coefficients (which may also be referred to as higher-order ambisonic coefficients). An audio compression device that includes one or more processors may perform the techniques. The processors may be configured to allocate bits to one or more portions of the audio data, at least in part by performing positional analysis on the audio data.
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