How I reverse engineered a commercial spatial audio effect

The author of epestr.com, a developer and audio engineer, describes the process of reverse engineering a commercial spatial audio effect. They acquired the effect from a third-party plugin, decompiled the binary, and modified it to work on their own system. The effect is a spatial audio processor called 'Immerse', which is a commercial plugin for DAWs (digital audio workstations). The author obtained the plugin and used a decompiler to convert it from its compiled binary form to assembly code. They then used a disassembler to convert the assembly code to a more human-readable form. By studying the code, they were able to understand how the plugin worked and modify it to work on their own system. The author notes that the process was challenging and time-consuming, but rewarding, and provides details on the tools and techniques used.