README.md

PolarDesigner

This is PolarDesigner Version 3

Our open-source plug-in developed by Thomas, Simon, IEM and Austrian Audio.

PolarDesigner allows you to control the polar pattern of your OC818 microphone in up to five frequency bands. Available as VST3, AAX and AU. Get installers for Windows and Mac at austrian.audio.

Downloads

https://austrian.audio/polardesigner

Building PolarDesigner3 from source

Requirements:

• cmake
• a C++20 compatible compiler (GCC, clang, MSVC)

To build from source, you need to clone the repo and its submodules

git clone https://github.com/AustrianAudioGmbH/PolarDesigner.git
cd PolarDesigner
git submodule update --init --recursive

After that, create a build directory, configure & compile with

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config Release

Acknowledgements:

PolarDesigner 3 makes use of the following projects:

• JUCE (audio application framework)
• FFTW3 (Windows/Linux FFT backend)
• Apple vDSP (MacOS FFT backend)
• Pamplejuce (Audio plugin template)
• pluginval (VST Plugin validation tests)
• Catch2 (Unit testing framework)