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Nearfieldbinaural : clicks when source distance changes

When using spat5.pan~ or spat5.spat~ @initwith “/panning/type nearfieldbinaural”
changing source distance to listener produces audible clicks.
No issue with /panning/type binaural

tweaking /crossfade/duration affects the clicks ‘quality’… but doesn’t prevent it.

very audible with low frequencies :


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Hello Mathieu,

Thanks for the report. Nice catch.
This is supposedly fixed for the next release.
You’ll find a provisional (macOS) build here :
https://filesender.renater.fr/?s=download&token=0b7807fa-1d56-4b63-9c60-7766c31efc93

Best,
T.

wow that was a very quick fix, indeed !
Thanks Thibaut, clicks are gone :slight_smile:

Cheers

M.