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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nTo hopefully help remedy this situation, I’ve created a number of VST Plugins<\/a> that can be used in many Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). Screencast tutorials can be found on the on the Teaching page<\/a> of this site which shows you ways of using these plug-ins in Reaper<\/a>. I recommend setting up the project using hierarchical routing, as shown in one of the later videos, but manual routing works too (as shown in the earlier ones).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The plug-ins are available for Mac and PC, and can be downloaded below. The plugins are free to use for personal and educational use. If you’re using them for commercial work, please contact me, as it’s nice to know when and how my software is being used (a credit would also be nice, and donations are always welcome!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n My original plug-ins pre-dated the AmbiX standard which is now widely used, and so I’ve finally updated my plugins to support this standard. 3D panners are available, which support both distance filtering, ‘W panning’ and Near Field Compensation, a 3D reverb and a number of decoders are also available for use. The panners and reverb are VST2 plugins, whereas the decoders are all JSFX (text files for use in Reaper). If you need a different speaker layout, do let me know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The folder JSFX plugins need to be put in is (Mac) The JSFX AmbiX Decoders download also now includes the UHJ encoder\/decoders too, but I’ve kept the separate download for the UHJ plugins available as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note that if you’re using a recent Mac OS, my signed VST plugins might be blocked as I haven’t paid the relevant fees to Apple for a full developer account. The following command can be run to allow ‘apps from anywhere’ in a terminal (the JS effects are not affected by this issue).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last Update:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15th November 2024<\/strong> – Added link to spaced stereo mic filters Reaper project. Blumlein Shuffler VST2 Plugins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are the downloads for the 32-bit only versions. I’ve kept them on the site in case any changes I’ve made to the 64-bit versions above (and new compiles etc.) have broken anything!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Order WigWare Mac<\/strong> (These have now been updated to work on Mac OSX 10.4 and 10.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Order WigWare PC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n DirectX (Windows Media Player et al.) Plug-ins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n These plug-ins, when installed (look at the readme file!), will automatically be used in directx aware media players when a .AMB file is played. Choose the plug-in that best matches your speaker layout! (For more details on the file format, and how to create files of this type have a look here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>). These were created quite a while ago now, so let me know if you have any problems with them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n During my research, it soon became clear that although a number of people were carrying out research around the area of Ambisonic surround sound, few people were enabling others to actually use the technique! To hopefully help remedy this situation, I’ve created a number of VST Plugins that can be used in many Digital Audio … <\/p>\nMajor Update: AmbiX versions now available!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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3rd May 2023 – fixed W channel gain of UHJ decoder (quad decode in the plugin was fine, but B-format output was off by 3dB). PQ meter GFX can be set to react to loudness, too (updated in both ambisonic decoders and UHJ downloads)
11th Jan 2023 – tweaked UHJ encoder GUI and tidied up code a bit (updated both ambisonic decoders and UHJ downloads)
10th Jan 2023 – Added B-Format to UHJ transcoder (turns Ambisonics into Stereo) to both the Ambisonic Decoders and standalone UHJ downloads.
30th August 2022 – AmbiX JS Effects updated to fix an incorrect gain issue (2nd and 3rd order horizontal only decoders)
14th March 2022 – Standalone UHJ plugin updated to fix FuMa gain bug. AmbiX decoders JS effects now include fixed UHJ decoder\/transcoder.
3rd Feb 2022 – 1.03 Fixed four-letter codes to make them unique across my plugins…important for Plogue Bidule
2nd Feb 2022 – 1.02 Fixed 3rd order distance filter glitching (Mac\/PC) and gfx issue (Mac)
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FuMa Mac and PC, 32 and 64-bit WigWare Plug-ins<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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