MAKEHRTF(1)

💖 MAKEHRTF(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is makehrtf, aka the HRTF Processing and Composition Utility, and it's literally out here making your headphones sound like actual 3D space. section 1 of the manual, user commands, the whole vibe. let's get into it 🎧✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

makehrtf <command> [<option>...]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

HRTF Processing and Composition Utility — that's the whole pitch, no cap. you give it a command, you sprinkle options on top, and it does the HRTF thing. iconic.

🎀 Commands:

• -m, --make-mhr — makes an OpenAL Soft compatible HRTF data set. defaults the output to: ./oalsoft_hrtf_%r.mhr — yes the %r is doing something, hold that thought 💅
• -t, --make-tab — makes the built-in table that gets used when compiling OpenAL Soft. defaults the output to: ./hrtf_tables.inc
• -h, --help — displays this help information. the "bestie i'm lost" button, we love her 🫶

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• -r=<rate> — change the data set sample rate to the value you specify, and resample the HRIRs accordingly. glow-up for your sample rate fr.
• -f=<points> — override the FFT window size. (defaults to the first power-of-two that fits four times the number of HRIR points, iykyk)
• -e={on|off} — toggle diffuse-field equalization. (default: on)
• -s={on|off} — toggle surface-weighted diffuse-field average. (default: on)
• -l={<dB>|none} — specify a limit to the magnitude range of the diffuse-field average. (default: 24.00) or just say none and let it run free 🦋
• -w=<points> — specify the size of the truncation window that's applied after minimum-phase reconstruction. (default: 32)
• -i=<filename> — specify an HRIR definition file to use. (defaults to stdin, so yeah, she'll just read from the void if you don't hand her a file)
• -o=<filename> — specify an output file. this overrides the command-selected default. and here's the main character detail: use of %r will be substituted with the data set sample rate. 💫

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full documentation for makehrtf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and makehrtf programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info makehrtf

should give you access to the complete manual. (translation: info makehrtf and the whole manual is right there, go read it, it ate 💅)

not me finishing a manpage and feeling like a scholar. anyway, this was makehrtf 1.15, dated July 2014 — yeah she's vintage and she's still serving. mwah, bye bestie 💖🎀🧚