Files and Folders

Files type

SPAT uses 3 different file types:

  • .json
  • .ioconfig
  • .reverbPresets

.json are the main files of SPAT Revolution: sessions are saved in this file type.

To save a session, click on the “Save session” button on the Setup page, or use the shortcut Ctrl + S on Windows, or Cmd + S on Mac, on any page of SPAT Revolution.

User-created custom speaker arrangement(s) can be exported or imported as .ioconfig files in the edit speaker config window.

Reverb preset can be stored and exported as .reverbPresets. They can later be imported back into a session.

Preferences and resources files

On macOS, preferences are located in:

Users/.../Library/Application Support/FLUX

Users/.../Library/ApplicationSupport/Ircam

On Windows, there are located in:

Users/.../AppData/Local/FLUX

Users/.../AppData/Local/Ircam

Note

Before the 2024.05 release, these folders were located in: Users/.../Documents/FLUX SE Users/.../Documents/Ircam

The FLUX folder contains a subfolder named Config which has 3 files:

  • .ioconfig contains your added speaker arrangements to SPAT Revolution
  • .presets contains your reverb presets
  • .theme contains your theme (Dark or Light mode)

A subfolder named Preferences containing:

  • hrtf.json file which includes your HRTFs files location
  • users.json contains your saved software preferences
  • Preferences.xml saves some paths
  • UI.xml saves your user interface preferences
  • Property Memory subfolder contains the memory slots saved by parameters

A subfolder named Shell containing:

  • history.txt - a history of the terminal commands

The FLUX - IRCAM Folder contains preferences and presets of the three SPAT Revolution plug-ins.

The Ircam Folder contains a subfolder called sofa which contains the sofa.catalog.xml file. The HRTF catalog.

Note

When backing up a system, make sure to copy all these folders to secure the complete software configuration.

Path for Recorded Audio Files

Audio files are recorded in the directory of your session, in a folder named “SessionName_media”, SessionName replaced by the name of the SPAT session name. To be noted, if the session is in a folder of the same name, the folder for the audio is “Media” (no need to be documented, only for internal information). Audio is recorded in wave Riff64, 24-bit, interleaved. All inputs will be recorded in one unique file. For the other blocks, a single file will be created for each block, with the following name convention: “Blocktype blockname (format) - recordNumber.wav”. For example, for a room named “WFS” in the format “Frontal Line 5”, it will be “Room WFS (Frontal Line 5) - 0001.wav” This is not a broadcast wave for now, the recording has no timestamp.

Note

A first file is created when arming a file to prevent CPU spike at the recording start. It will be deleted when de-arming the blocks or closing the session.

Paths for python script

Users/.../Desktop

Users/.../Document/FLUX/Spat Revolution

Note

An example of a script file is the customSpeakerArrangement that can be used as a method to add arrangements to SPAT Revolution.