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vst3 and clap · macos, windows and linux · free and open source
bambi is in open beta: it works, and it will still change between releases. Please report what breaks or ask on Discord; where it has been tried is on status.
macOS
Open the installer and choose what it puts on this Mac: the plugins, for every user, and, if you play with Ableton Live, the live host.
Restart your DAW and let it rescan its plugins.
The zip holds the plugins alone: copy VST3/*.vst3 to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/ and CLAP/*.clap to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP/. ~/Library is hidden in Finder: choose Go › Go to Folder…, then type the path.
The installer and the plugins are signed and notarised by Apple, so macOS opens them without asking. Keep one copy of each plugin: one in ~/Library and one in /Library show up twice in your DAW.
Windows
Unpack the zip and copy the plugins into your plugin folders (this needs administrator rights):
VST3/*.vst3C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\CLAP/*.clapC:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\Restart your DAW and let it rescan its plugins.
The Windows builds are not signed: Windows may warn when you unpack the zip, and the plugins install and run as they are.
Linux
Unpack the zip and copy the plugins into your plugin folders:
VST3/*.vst3~/.vst3/CLAP/*.clap~/.clap/Restart your DAW and let it rescan its plugins.
what you get
path encoderAn ambisonic encoder that moves a source along a path, driven by automation and by the audio itself.
echoAn ambisonic delay with four taps that rotate around the listener as they repeat.
reverbAn ambisonic room reverb: early reflections from where the walls are, and a late tail.
decoderAn ambisonic decoder for loudspeakers and binaural headphones, with head tracking.
Every build is on GitHub, with its notes and the complete source of that release. The plugins are licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 and bambi's own code under the GPLv3; the notices of every third-party component come with every download.
the host
The host runs bambi's plugins beside Ableton Live, on macOS. It comes with its virtual audio driver, which carries Live's tracks to it, and a Max for Live device, which needs Live Suite, or Live Standard with Max for Live.
- install itIn the macOS installer, choose the live host as well as the plugins.
- open it onceOpen bambi live host from Applications: it puts the Max for Live device into Live's browser. Allow the microphone when macOS asks: it is how the host hears Live.
- set up LiveChoose bambi as Live's audio device, and put the bambi device, under Max for Live › Max Audio Effect, on the Main track.
What it does is on its page, and how to set it up inits tutorial. To remove everything the installer put on the Mac, runsudo "/Library/Application Support/bambi/uninstall.sh" in Terminal.