Open Ambisonics Tools, Real Studio Workflows
What is Ambisonics? A method for capturing and reproducing three-dimensional sound — spatialise audio for any speaker layout, any room. The ICST plugins bring this to REAPER, free and open source, with studio-tested workflows from ZHdK Zürich.
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🎛️ Working with Ambisonics?
Free and open-source spatial audio tools for REAPER — from first setup to advanced OSC control and DAW integration.
🎧 For Beginners
Fast entry into setup, signal flow, and your first spatial mix in REAPER.
⚙️ For Production Work
Technical depth for repeatable pipelines, OSC control, and robust session templates.
🎛️ Ambisonics Plugins for REAPER
Encode, decode, and spatialise audio directly in your DAW. Encoder, decoder, monitor, and more — the complete ICST suite.
🧊 Ambisonics Tools for Max/MSP
For live spatialisation, algorithmic sound, and extending workflows beyond REAPER — runs natively in Max 8.
🏛️ At the ICST Studio?
For ZHdK residents, composers and studio visitors — listening sessions, residency documentation and studio resources.
🎧 ASCOLTA
Regular acousmatic listening sessions and concerts at ZHdK — spatial works performed live, open for audience.
🎼 Residencies
Artist-in-residence programme at ICST — profiles, projects and documentation from past and current residents.
🖥️ Composer Studio
Setup documentation, equipment, speaker configurations and studio cases from the ICST Kompositionsstudio.
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For whom: Level: All levels | Audience: Composer, Student, Researcher, Studio visitor. Downloads for studio and Ambisonics workflows in one place. Speaker & Setup Speaker presets and setup files for decoder workflows. Decoder Settings Max Speaker File Patches & Templates Ready-to-use patches and templates for Max and Ableton Live. OSC MultiEncoder (Max) Multi-Panner (Ableton) B-Format Test Files Reference ambiX recordings (ACN/SN3D) for testing decoders and binaural renderers. B-Format Archive All Downloads Decoder Additional Settings Kompositionsstudio Speaker for Max ICST MultiEncoder Group OSC E4L Multi-Panner OSC Big Files ICST Software Downloads