{"id":1496,"date":"2012-11-05T20:14:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T18:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:13:03","slug":"ambdec-0-5-1-and-tetraproc-0-8-2-installer-for-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?p=1496","title":{"rendered":"ambdec-0.5.1, tetraproc-0.8.2, AMB-plugins-0.8.1 for Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ambdec-0.5.1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1500\" title=\"ambdec-0.5.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ambdec-0.5.1-150x150.png\" alt=\"(C) Fons Adriaensen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I compiled the latest versions of Fons Adriaensens&#8217; <strong>Ambisonics Decoder<\/strong> ambdec-0.5.1 (<a title=\"AmbDec Manual\" href=\"http:\/\/kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org\/linuxaudio\/downloads\/ambdec-manual.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF manual<\/a>) and his <strong>Microphone-Processor<\/strong> to convert TetraMic recordings to B-Format tetraproc-0.8.2 (<a title=\"Paper about TetraProc\" href=\"http:\/\/kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org\/papers\/tetraproc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF paper<\/a>) for Mac OS X.<\/p>\n<p>I packed them in easy-to-use<strong> installer packages<\/strong> which should run under Mac OS X &gt;=10.6 (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion):<\/p>\n<p><em>Note about ambdec: The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">manual is outdated<\/span>! The configuration window is gone. Use a Texteditor to edit .ambdec files!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link\" title=\"Version 0.5.1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com?download=1971&amp;tmstv=1781203477\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-1971\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\tambdec-0.5.1-installer.pkg<\/a>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tetraproc-0.8.2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1501\" title=\"tetraproc-0.8.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tetraproc-0.8.2-150x132.png\" alt=\"(C) Fons Adriaensen\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link\" title=\"Version 0.8.2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com?download=1973&amp;tmstv=1781203477\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-1973\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\ttetraproc-0.8.2-installer.pkg<\/a>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you have <strong>JackOSX<\/strong> (<a title=\"http:\/\/www.jackosx.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jackosx.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jackosx.com<\/a>) and <strong>X11<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/xquartz.macosforge.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/xquartz.macosforge.org<\/a>) installed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Troubleshooting<\/strong>: Sometimes the installer does not set the file permissions for graphic files correct, try to check if the folder\u00a0<em>\/usr\/local\/share\/ambdec\u00a0<\/em>is read\/writeable for the user. You can start ambdec from Terminal and check for error messages (just type <em>ambdec<\/em> in Terminal and hit Return).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally I compiled and packed the <strong>LADSPA Ambisonics Plug-In Set<\/strong> (AMB-plugins-0.8.1) for 32\/64 bit on Mac <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AMB-plugins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1508\" title=\"AMB-plugins\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AMB-plugins-150x150.png\" alt=\"running in Ardour under Mac OS X\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>OS X &gt;= 10.6 to use within <strong><a title=\"Ardour - Digital Audio Workstation\" href=\"http:\/\/ardour.org\" target=\"_blank\">Ardour<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link\" title=\"Version 0.8.1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com?download=1975&amp;tmstv=1781203477\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-1975\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\tAMB-plugins-0.8.1-LADSPA-osx.zip<\/a>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Homepage of the Software Author Fons\u00a0Adriaensen and his (mostly Linux) tools:<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org\" href=\"http:\/\/kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I compiled the latest versions of Fons Adriaensens&#8217; Ambisonics Decoder ambdec-0.5.1 (PDF manual) and his Microphone-Processor to convert TetraMic recordings to B-Format tetraproc-0.8.2 (PDF paper) for Mac OS X. 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