Description

This device is based on Max Api SendsPan. It implements basic first order Ambisonic panning for regular loudspeaker configurations (i.e. square, pentagon, hexagon etc.). The directivity factor of the loudspeaker virtual microphones can be changed using the directivity dial but is limited to values between 0 - 1 in this version of the device. Ideally users would be able to specify values up to 2 but this is not possible because negative gains are generated for the sends which Ableton does not like. A value of 1 for directivity will give reasonable results in terms of sound source localisation but higher directivity values would be preferred. If you are interested in Ambisonics then I recommend reading some of the research papers by Michael Gerzon or others on the Audio Engineering website.

To use this you will need to setup a sufficient number of return channels in Live.