Discussion:
[Sursound] Using Apple Logic X for ambisonics
Steven Boardman
2016-03-12 21:42:01 UTC
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The best way i have found is to bus everything out to another app like
Reaper. This way you can pretty much use any DAW.
You can either use soundflower, jack, osx core audio networking or similar
to pipe it out within the same machine. Using core midi for sync and even
automation of reaper plugs.
I personally use two different machines and a load of adat light pipe
interfaces. With midi via ethernet, and sync via midi, smpte or vitc. One
machine does standard mixing and sequencing (pro tools, logic and ableton),
while the other takes care of spatialisation and decoding (reaper). I
operate both machines from the same machine via remote desk top/screen
sharing. On two touch sensitive screens.
It works well and is extremely flexible.
I have various decodes set up on folder tracks in reaper that allow me
bounce loads of different channel counts. I also have various input
channels set up to process different channel counts live. This helps to
getting up and running fast.

I hope this helps.

All the best

Steve.
On 12 Mar 2016 7:48 pm, "Søren Bendixen" <***@gmail.com> wrote:

If you have any experience with ambisonic/bformat files and logic to share
please do so - I´m working in 7.1 (3/4.1) for a major project and wanted to
decode to 7.1.
Sound field limited will not show up in 7.1 (3/4.1) but only in 7-1 (SDDS)
(and also “lower” formats)
Harpex B works excellent in 5.1 but to my ears not i 7.1
All the VST´s is no go (I don´t have vst to au adapter)

I´m still a newbie re. ambisonic/Bformat but it seems and sounds very
promising.

Regards
Søren Bendixen
Den 12. mar. 2016 kl. 18.26 skrev Courville, Daniel <
It does?t work with Logic Pro X - but almost none of the all the plugins
for decoding/converting ambisonics works in logic - or the work with
limitations, odd behavior or only fine up to 5.1. For other DAW?s Ambi
Head seems like a cool plug in
It does work in Logic Pro X 10.2.2.
I selected "Quadraphonic" as the surround format for the LPX project and
I dragged a quad file in the audio track: without a quad file in the track,
the track will stay mono and the Ambi Head plug-in won't be available as an
insert.
- Daniel
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Søren Bendixen
2016-03-12 22:10:25 UTC
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Thank you Steve
I´ll look into it.

Regards
Søren Bendixen
Post by Steven Boardman
The best way i have found is to bus everything out to another app like
Reaper. This way you can pretty much use any DAW.
You can either use soundflower, jack, osx core audio networking or similar
to pipe it out within the same machine. Using core midi for sync and even
automation of reaper plugs.
I personally use two different machines and a load of adat light pipe
interfaces. With midi via ethernet, and sync via midi, smpte or vitc. One
machine does standard mixing and sequencing (pro tools, logic and ableton),
while the other takes care of spatialisation and decoding (reaper). I
operate both machines from the same machine via remote desk top/screen
sharing. On two touch sensitive screens.
It works well and is extremely flexible.
I have various decodes set up on folder tracks in reaper that allow me
bounce loads of different channel counts. I also have various input
channels set up to process different channel counts live. This helps to
getting up and running fast.
I hope this helps.
All the best
Steve.
If you have any experience with ambisonic/bformat files and logic to share
please do so - I´m working in 7.1 (3/4.1) for a major project and wanted to
decode to 7.1.
Sound field limited will not show up in 7.1 (3/4.1) but only in 7-1 (SDDS)
(and also “lower” formats)
Harpex B works excellent in 5.1 but to my ears not i 7.1
All the VST´s is no go (I don´t have vst to au adapter)
I´m still a newbie re. ambisonic/Bformat but it seems and sounds very
promising.
Regards
Søren Bendixen
Den 12. mar. 2016 kl. 18.26 skrev Courville, Daniel <
It does?t work with Logic Pro X - but almost none of the all the plugins
for decoding/converting ambisonics works in logic - or the work with
limitations, odd behavior or only fine up to 5.1. For other DAW?s Ambi
Head seems like a cool plug in
It does work in Logic Pro X 10.2.2.
I selected "Quadraphonic" as the surround format for the LPX project and
I dragged a quad file in the audio track: without a quad file in the track,
the track will stay mono and the Ambi Head plug-in won't be available as an
insert.
- Daniel
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Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
Søren Bendixen
Composer/Producer/Sound Designer
Company: Søren Bendixen & Anette Krag
+45 60624394
www.soerenbendixen.com <http://soerenbendixen.com/>
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/S%C3%B8ren-Bendixen/187054771374939
Soundcloud <https://soundcloud.com/you/sets>
Buy the soundtrack “The First Emperor - China´s Terracotta Army
on cd <http://soerenbendixen.com/shop.ehtml>
Digital Download <
https://itunes.apple.com/dk/album/first-emperor-chinas-terracotta/id1029519718?l=da
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Composer/Producer/Sound Designer

Company: Søren Bendixen & Anette Krag
***@gmail.com
+45 60624394
www.soerenbendixen.com <http://soerenbendixen.com/>
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/S%C3%B8ren-Bendixen/187054771374939>
Soundcloud <https://soundcloud.com/you/sets>

Buy the soundtrack “The First Emperor - China´s Terracotta Army
Post by Steven Boardman
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