Topic: Schoeps Polarflex Plugin: issues with Adobe Audition 3

[Tom McCreadie]

Has anyone succeeded in getting the Schoeps "Polarflex" Plugin to work with v3.01 of  Adobe Audition (on WinXP  or Win7)?
 
The two dll files, PolarflexStereo.dll and Polarflex.dll, are certainly installed in my \Steinberg\VSTPlugins folder then show up and are 'enabled' in the Audition VST Plug-in Manager, but they do not display when I try to use them via the menu sequence: Effects > VST. >.. .Rather surprising, considering that their Double MS Plugin works just fine with Audition 3.01.
 
Schoeps support in Germany informed me that the only Audition version tested with Polarflex was AA CS5.5. - but I'm comfortable with AA 3.01 and reluctant to upgrade yet. I've witnessed Polarflex working OK in another user's Sequoia 12.
Any pointers or workarounds?  Ach, it's no big deal...but curious minds want to know.  :-)   

[F.O.Bean]

What is this plugin for and do

[audBall]

Can't help but found this: http://www.schoeps.de/en/products/polarflex

[Tom McCreadie]

What is this plugin for and do

This free plugin, is not restricted to Schoeps capsules. It allows you to mix the output of two coincidentally-aligned mics - an omni and a Fig-8 - to generate a new intermediate pattern. Moreover, one can chose a different pattern for each of three frequency bands (e.g omni pattern from 50 - 400 Hz, cardioid from 400 - 2000Hz etc.)

A possible application might be using 4 mics to run an AB array, spaced say 20 - 30cm. The "Ä" mic is an omni/Fig-8 pair (e.g. Schoeps MK2s/ MK8), and likewise for the "B"mic(s). The 4 separate mic signals are fed to your DAW and the VST plug does the rest, with a graphical feedback. Thus one can adust the imaging perspective during the course of a concert, perhaps to accentuate the bass, or reduce the hall reverberation or to bring a soloist closer at a dramatic point. In a sense, it's like having the freedom to let the array morph between AB omni, Faulkner spaced Fig-8 array etc. etc - but also the possibility to have such changes frequency-dependent. Additionally, you could employ the plug to tailor-make a new omni pattern with some high frequency beaming - to make it more suited for classic Decca Tree purposes?