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.TH AMBIX-INTERLEAVE "1" "September 2022" "ambix-interleave -V" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ambix-interleave \- AMBIsonics eXchange utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ambix-interleave
\fI\,-o outfile \/\fR[\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,infile1\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Merges several audio files into an ambix file
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
print this help
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR
output filename
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-order\fR
force ambisonics order (default: autodetect)
.TP
\fB\-X\fR, \fB\-\-matrix\fR
specify adaptor matrix file or a predefined matrix
('FuMa', 'n3d|sid', 'n3d' or 'sid')
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-blocksize\fR
blocksize for copying (default: 1024)
.PP
In it's simplest form, you pass it a number of input files,
the accumulated channels of which form a full 3d ambisonics set
(channel #0 becomes the W\-channel,...).
The ambisonics order is calculated from the number of channels using N=(O+1)^2.
.PP
If you specify the 'order', then all extranous channels will be stored as 'extra' channels.
.PP
You can also write extended ambix files, by specifying an adaptor matrix
(either a soundfile, where the channels are read as rows and the frames as columns,
or by specifying one of the standard matrices), in which case the columns of the
matrix define the number of (reduced) ambisonics channels read from the input
and the rows of the matrix must form a full 3d ambisonics set.
Input channels exceeding the number of matrix columns are stored as 'extra' channels.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: https://git.iem.at/ambisonics/libambix
.PP
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Home page: http://ambisonics.iem.at/xchange/format