The Aurora plugins are distributed as a ZIP archive, which can be downloaded from here:
http://pcfarina.eng.unipr.it/Aurora/download/It is always recommended to employ the latest Beta version, which currently is contained in the file named:
Aurora_43_Beta.zip
It is also recommended that you download the corresponding Aurora manual.
Some users could also try the still-unstable Alpha versions, which can be downloaded from the Aurora44_Alpha subdirectory. Be aware that, whilst Beta versions are generally stable and already tested, instead the Alpha versions are, by definition, unstable.
The Aurora plugins are files with the extension .XFM.
Please, always setup your Windows OS for NOT hiding the extension of file names. If the extension of "known" file names is hidden, it is quite easy to become victim of trojans and viruses.
Properly optimized versions of Windows, such as XP Black Edition, already come with the option for hiding "known" extensions unselected.
The XFM plugins are to be saved in the same directory where Audition is installed (typically C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Audition 3.0). They must NOT be copied inside the Plugins subdirectory, which is designed for not-Audition-native plugin formats, such as VST plugins or Active-X plugins.
As the Aurora plugins are XFM, exactly as all the already-existing "effects" of Adobe Audition, they must be saved inside the Audition main directory.
Then, if you have already registered your Aurora package, you have received from Kagi the instructions for creating a TXT file, named AUROKEY.TXT, containing your registered username followed by two numerical codes. The first of these codes is generated by the KAGI server, and is sent you with the registration message.
The second code has to be generated by you, adding the known constqnt 121 to the number given you by Kagi.
After the AUROKEY,TXT file has been created, you need to save it in any directory being part of the PATH environmental variable of your system. The recommended locations is the Windows installation directory, usually C:\Windows.
ATTENTION! DO NOT save the Aurokey.txt file inside the Audition directory, as this directory is not usually part of your PATH, and consequently the Aurora plugins could be unable to "find" the Aurokey,txt file.
If instead you did not yet register Aurora, you are free to use it as long as you like...
But be aware of the "Russian Roulette" feature, which will crash the host program Audition with a chance of 1:4, launching the dice every time an Aurora plugin is invoked... So, very soon, you will get the error message that the Russian Roulette has failed, forcing Audition to die.
No fear, anyway: Audition has a very nice "crash recovery" feature, which you are of course recommended to keep enabled.
After a crash, when Audition is launched again, it will tell you that a previous session did terminate abruptly, and offers you to recover all the opened waveforms at the moment of the crash. Doing so, you will come back exactly at the same point when the "Russian Roulette" did kill the host program, allowing you to continue your work without loosing data, with just a bit of annoiance...
If you use the Aurora plugins very often, you will soon find advisable to register them, for not being annoyed anymore by the Russian Roulette...
Edited by angelo.farina - 21/10/2019, 09:12
