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Contact

Questions, bugs, or feedback: shivahuja@gmail.com

We're a small, independent project — if you're running into trouble, please reach out. Especially if you're using a host other than AUM, since that's still uncharted territory for us (see below).

Compatibility

  • sectors requires an audio interface with a minimum of 4 outputs.
  • It has only been tested in AUM so far. It should work in any AUv3 host that supports multi-bus/multi-output routing, but AUM is the only host we've verified end-to-end.

Setting up sectors in AUM

  1. Load sectors as an effect plugin on a channel.
  2. Create a 2nd channel and select "Multi-Bus Audio Unit Instances," then select sectors. Route each channel to its own output pair on your interface — e.g. Channel 1 to outputs 1-2, Channel 2 to outputs 3-4. You can use the instance on either channel, as they're the same.
  3. Check your interface's own output routing in its dedicated app. If your audio interface has multiple output pairs (e.g. "Main Mix" and a secondary output), make sure each is mapped to the correct physical speaker pair, and that nothing's set to duplicate across both on your audio interface.
  4. Your interface's own meters are the more reliable check. Confirm all four speakers independently. Move the puck to each corner of the X-Y pad and check that only the corresponding speaker responds.

Controls

pad

Drag the puck across the pad to place sound anywhere in the room.

orbit

Swirl your sound around the four speakers on a true circular path. Set the rate and spread, or sync to the host's clock.

random

Make your sound drift and jump around the four corners on its own. Set a slew amount to make it smooth.

trace

Capture a gesture as you perform it, then loop it back. Try adjusting the rate!

spread

Control how tightly sound gathers around the puck's position. Wide open, the field blends smoothly across all four speakers. Dialed in, it narrows into a precise, localized point.

sync

Lock orbit, random, or trace to your host's tempo.

Running into routing issues?

If audio is bleeding between speaker pairs or not appearing where expected, it's almost always a routing issue rather than a plugin issue — check your interface's own output mapping and hardware meters before anything else. See step 3 above.

If you're running a host other than AUM and hit problems, please get in touch — sectors is still early days on the compatibility front, and reports like this directly shape what gets tested and fixed next.

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