Release v1.7.1 · leomccormack/SPARTA

SPARTA release, version 1.7.1, which contains:

Pre-built VST plug-ins for:

Pre-built LV2 plug-ins for:

Pre-built VST3 plug-ins for:

Some comments regarding the different plug-in versions and using channel counts beyond 64 (as tested in REAPER v7.09):

Note that only the SPARTA plugins (i.e., those with the sparta_ prefix) were bumped up to 128 channels.
VST - these versions show up as supporting only up to 64 channels (listed as e.g. VST: sparta_ambiBIN (AALTO) (64ch) in the FX window). However, they do actually work up to 128 channels.
LV2 - these show up as supporting 128 channels (e.g., LV2: sparta_ambiBIN (AALTO) (128ch)), and they do actually work up to 128 channels. However, the plugins are not able to warn you (in the top right corner of the window) if you have an insufficient number of input/output channels for the current configuration. Therefore, you yourself need to be careful and ensure that there are a sufficient number of channels for the current plugin configuration.
VST3 - these show up as supporting 128 channels (e.g., VST3: sparta_ambiBIN (AALTO) (128ch)). However, they are actually unpredictable and will only work up to whatever channel layout they feel like doing. They usually cap out at either 24 or 64 channels. In general, VST3 is still not a suitable format for these kind of multi-channel plugins. We therefore recommend that you instead use the VST (or LV2) versions, if possible.

If you would like to learn more about the plug-ins included in the SPARTA installer, then you can visit this companion website :)

Changes

Added LV2 versions for also MacOS and Windows.
Improved channel layout behaviour for more plugins (although, please refer to the notes above).
Reverted changes made to sparta_ambiBIN. It will now sound the same as it did pre-v1.7.0.