[PD] [PD-announce] New Externals for the SoundScape Renderer + ASDF external

[Matthias Geier]

Hi all.

We have recently released version 0.6.1 of the SoundScape Renderer
(SSR), which is a tool for real-time spatial audio reproduction
providing a variety of rendering algorithms, e.g. Wave Field
Synthesis, Higher-Order Ambisonics and binaural techniques.

Most of the rendering back-ends of the SSR have been available as Pd
externals for many years, the Binaural Room Synthesis (BRS) renderer
has been added recently.
However, the externals had to be compiled manually, which might have
kept some potential users from trying them.

But now, the SSR externals are also available with Deken!
I don't know if I have to explain it on this list, but just in case:
go to "Help" -> "Find externals", search for "ssr" and click
"install"!
Then, put an object [declare -path ssr] into your patch, and now you
can use the externals ssr_binaural~, ssr_brs~, ssr_dca~, ssr_aap~,
ssr_wfs~ and ssr_vbap~.

You can feed audio signals to the externals and use messages to change
their positions (and volume etc.). For more details, see the help
patches.

Alternatively, you can use the brand-new asdf~ external to load a
dynamic audio scene using the Audio Scene Description Format (ASDF,
https://audioscenedescriptionformat.readthedocs.io/). This will
provide the source signals and the control messages for you.

Again, just search for "asdf", click "install" and put an object
[declare -path asdf] into your patch.

Currently, there are not many example scenes available, but for
starters you can have a look here:
https://github.com/AudioSceneDescriptionFormat/asdf-example-scenes/

This is our first generation of Pd externals via Deken. If you find
any problems or if you have suggestions for improvements, please let
us know via the issue trackers at
https://github.com/SoundScapeRenderer/ssr or
https://github.com/AudioSceneDescriptionFormat/asdf-rust.

cheers,
Matthias



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