02_Install_the_AmbiPlugins

Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts

01_Install the ICST Ambisonics Plugins (OSX)

1. Download Reaper(DAW) (arm64/intel_64) from reaper.fm

2. Follow the Reaper Installation guide.

3. Run the Reaper (DAW) by click the Reaper64.app

4. Close Reaper64.

5. Install the reaper plugin extension (SWS/S&M) from this link: https://www.sws-extension.org/

6. Install the ReaPack (Package manager for Reaper) from here: https://reapack.com/

7. Follow this installations guide: https://reapack.com/user-guide#installation

8. Download the ICST AmbiPlugin osx installer: https://github.com/schweizerweb/icst-ambisonics-plugins/releases

   

What is installed by ‘ICST_AmbiPlugins_macOS’:

• /Library/Audio/Plugins/VST3
• /Library/Audio/Plugins/Components
• /Library/Audio/Plugins/LV2 (experimental)
• Users/Shared/AmbiPluginsTemp/ProjectTemplates
  • ICST_AmbiPlugins_MonoEncoder.RPP
  • ICST_AmbiPlugins_MultiEncoder.RPP
• Users/Shared/AmbiPluginsTemplatesTemp
  • TrackTemplates
    • ICST_AmbiPlugins
    • ICST_AmbiPlugins_3rdParty

INFO: https://github.com/schweizerweb/icst-ambisonics-plugins/wiki

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmPnUTVem0Q

02_Installation(winows):

1. Download Reaper64 (Windows 64-bit) from reaper.fm
2. Follow the Reaper Installation guide.
3. Run the Reaper (DAW) by click the Reaper64.app
4. Close Reaper64.
5. Install the reaper plugin extension (SWS/S&M) from this link: https://www.sws-extension.org/
6. Install the ReaPack (Package manager for Reaper) from here: https://reapack.com/
7. Follow this installations guide: https://reapack.com/user-guide#installation
8. Download the ICST AmbiPlugin windows installer: https://github.com/schweizerweb/icst-ambisonics-plugins/releases
9. Extract ICST_AmbiPlugins_3.0_win_x64.exe to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

Restart the PC!

Install on Linux

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