Hi
First post here. I'm a total newbie at this, especially the technical parts. I read the guides here (spec 4.0, spec and zag) downloaded SPEC 4.4 for mac, loaded up Bidule and got started.
The first problem I got was while trying to add an audio device to the patchbay, Bidule says only one can be on at any time. However, with only SPEC loaded, there isn't any other audio device there. The weird part is, this happens everytime after I open or insert the SPEC bidule and continues even if I open a new file. So the bug appears to be in Bidule but triggered by SPEC. The workaround I finally arrived at was to change the order, load the audio device (output) first and then Bidule.
The workflow I followed is: created a single wav+cue for the album. loaded it into the audio file player au. setup SPEC (using ArcTan). then followed the tracktime instructions to use Zag. I then copied the gain values Zag spat out into the SPEC config windows, and replayed the album, recording six wav files. I hope this is the correct procedure? I'd appreciate it if someone confirms this.
As recommended by Zeerround, I tried to use Vortex Surround Encoder to convert the resulting 6 mono wavs, but it tells me the files are "maybe corrupted". Can somebody who has used this app help me out here? I really don't know what I did wrong. Each of the individual wavs plays fine all the way...I'm at a dead-end here,
Thanks for the great guides and for making this process available so even a total newb like me can try his hand at it.