
Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of free spatial audio ;-)

The Acousmodules plugins are dedicated to multichannel sound processing. They may look at first glance like spatialization tools but they goe well beyond! 
Their main goal is to integrate closely the audio techniques and effects we know with original space approaches, resulting in new and powerful ways to create sound-with-spaces rather than sound-in-space ...

They are intended to be used for real space worlds and are particularly suitable for systems comprising a large number of loudspeakers (high spatial resolution). Of course they can be quite interesting even from 8 channels.



H O S T S

The Acousmodules must work in every host that support 64 bits VST3 (Windows) and AudioUnit (Mac) multichannel plugins.
However, some hosts think that they are more clever than users and try to manage the multichannel configurations by themselves ... which may result in incompatibilities with these plugins.

Perfectly Working hosts: Reaper, Pyramix, Tracktion, Bidule, Carla, Element, GigPerformer, LiveProfessor, Max/Msp, Usine Hollyhock, VSTHost/SAVIHost, QLab pro, Audition, SoundForge.

Windows 64 bits hosts that need the VST2 version (see below) to work properly: Ardour, Nuendo, Resolve Studio, Sequoia.

See the full list and details on the page http://acousmodules.free.fr/ressources.htm



I N S T A L L A T I O N

There is no installer for the plugins and eventually the presets, so you will have to place the files by hand in the correct destinations.

The RAR (Windows) or ZIP (MacOS) archives can contain one or several plugins:
- Windows: each plugin consist in a folder which contains the .vst3 file and all the needed resources. The .vst3 file can eventually renamed to .dll to make the plugin used as VST2 in some hosts.
Location: /Programs/Common Files/VST3/
+ Preset folders : User/Documents/VST3 Presets/AcousModules

- Mac: each plugin consist in a package that is a folder with the .components extension. It contains all the needed resource files and must not be modified.
Location: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ 
+ Preset folders : /User/Library/Audio/Presets/AcousModules

The Presets are to be downlolded separately and their management depends on the hosts.



K N O W N  I S S U E S  (march 2022)

- the automation of some plugins have an effect only if their UI is visible
- pick or delete a Patch cable when there is several in the same plug can be difficult
- VST3 and AU patches versions are actually not compatible, thus Windows and Mac hosts projects cannot be exchanged without having to redo the plugins settings, BUT spatial configuration files for plugins with a "3D" type interface can be imported/exported in any case 
- in some rare cases in Windows 7 some graphic elements may not be visible
- plugin replacement on the same Item or FXChain can sometimes make Reaper crash
- MacOS: the UI can be jerky in some hosts and computers, it is in general less smooth than in Windows
- MacOS: in some version of the OS the graphics can be badly displayed
- MacOS BigSur and later: the "advances" from Apple in the field of security as well as other changes may prevent plugins from loading
- the sample based plugins require at least MacOS 10.15 "Catalina" (sorry ...)
- MAC ARM: these plugins must work with the Rosetta 2 emulation, the native versions for ARM processor will be progressively available during the year 2022



C O N D I T I O N S

The entire range of Acousmodules is available as free download and free use (freeware).
They are not "open source", but if you want to modify them you can ask me ;-)

You are allowed and encouraged to distribute them around you, but I ask you to keep together this text file that must always accompany them.
If the distribution is made to a larger scale (website, Magazine), thank you for asking my permission before.

You can use them without give me anything, however, I will accept with a great pleasure any kind of donation.



C R E D I T S

The Acousmodules are made with Synthedit, created by Jeff McClintock : http://www.synthedit.com/
They use also some 3rd party extensions without which they could not exist. 
Mainly:
Elena Design: http://www.kvraudio.com/developer/elena-design
Sasha Modules: https://sashamodules.com
Davidson: https://groups.io/g/synthedit/files/
RoyTech Modules
Rob Herder: http://rhmodules.nl/blog/
Time Domain Modules: https://tdmodules.wordpress.com/

VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH
AU is a registered trademark of Apple Inc.



C O N T A C T

Jean-Marc Duchenne
acousmodules@free.fr

2022/03

