diff --git a/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m b/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m
index 943164983d89e741b68b2c5505bb1bc79cfa9bf4..af28abc4d4d0061664f967e413168c934410bb85 100644
--- a/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m
+++ b/applications/Binaural-HRTF/HRTF_class/@itaHRTF/itaHRTF.m
@@ -1378,160 +1378,6 @@ classdef  itaHRTF < itaAudio
             grid on;set(gca,'layer','top')
         end  
         
-            % writes DAFF file to hard disc
-            %
-            % Input: filePath / fileName (string)
-            %
-            % Required: openDAFF matlab executables
-            %
-            % Output: none
-            
-            if nargin == 2
-                fileName = filePath;
-            else
-                fileName = [ 'HRTF_Length' int2str(this.nSamples) '_' int2str(this.resAzimuth) 'x' int2str(this.resElevation) '.daff'];
-            end
-            
-            
-            %..............................................................
-            % Comment: Angles are not exact - improve it if you like to :)
-            precision = 3;
-            nThetaU = numel(unique(round(this.channelCoordinates.theta_deg*10)./10));
-            nPhiU = numel(unique(round(this.channelCoordinates.phi_deg*10)./10));
-            
-            resElevation= round(median(diff(rad2deg(this.theta_Unique)))*10^precision)/10^precision;
-            rangeEl     = round([min(rad2deg(this.theta_Unique)) max(rad2deg(this.theta_Unique))]*10^precision)/10^precision;
-            rangeElnew = [min(rangeEl) min(rangeEl)+(nThetaU-1)*resElevation];
-            
-            resAzimuth= round(median(diff(rad2deg(this.phi_Unique)))*10^precision)/10^precision;
-            rangeAz    = round([min(rad2deg(this.phi_Unique)) max(rad2deg(this.phi_Unique))]*10^precision)/10^precision;
-            rangeAznew = [min(rangeAz) min(rangeAz)+(nPhiU-1)*resAzimuth];
-            %..............................................................
-            
-            
-            %% config values
-            threshold_db = -20;
-            pre_taps = 12;
-            window_length = 128;
-            
-            delay = 10;
-            
-            gPeakL = 0;
-            gPeakR = 0;
-            gRangeStart = inf;
-            gRangeEnd = 0;
-            gRangeStartHit = [];
-            gRangeEndHit = [];
-            gPower = 0;
-            
-            
-            % Measurement distance [m], rounded on one digit
-            distance = delay / 44100 * 340;
-            distance = round(distance * 100)/100;
-            
-            % this = ita_time_shift(this,delay);
-            % metadata.object = 'ITA Kunstkopf, an artificial head developed and designed at the Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University';
-            % metadata.copyright = '(c) Copyright Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Germany';
-            % metadata.contact = 'Frank Wefers (fwe@akustik.rwth-aachen.de)';
-            % metadata.environment = 'semi-anechoic chamber';
-            % metadata.session = 'Mess01: Farfield HRIRs, Tobias Lentz, 2001';
-            % metadata.processing = 'Loudspeaker deconvolved. Windowed using peak-oriented tukey window (0.1) to length 96 taps.';
-            
-            %% find filter ranges
-            peak = max(abs(this.timeData));
-            threshold = peak * 10^(threshold_db/20);
-            timeData = abs(this.timeData);
-            for index = 1:this.nChannels
-                kTemp = find(timeData(:,index) >=threshold(index));
-                if (isempty(kTemp))
-                    error('Impulse response is completely below the threshold')
-                end
-                
-                r(index,:) = [ kTemp(1) kTemp(end) ];
-                k{index} = kTemp;
-            end
-            
-            
-            
-            offset = max(r(:,1)-pre_taps,1);
-            
-            
-            for index = 1:this.nChannels
-                chObj = ita_time_window(this.ch(index),[offset(index) offset(index)+ window_length-1],'samples');
-                timeData(:,index) = chObj.timeData;
-                
-            end
-            
-            copyObj = this;
-            copyObj.timeData = timeData;
-            copyCoordinates = copyObj.channelCoordinates;
-            copyCoordinates = copyCoordinates.build_search_database;
-            
-            
-            %% global peaks
-            
-            peak = max(abs(copyObj.timeData));
-            threshold = peak * 10^(threshold_db/20);
-            timeData = abs(copyObj.timeData);
-            for index = 1:copyObj.nChannels
-                kTemp = find(timeData(:,index) >=threshold(index));
-                if (isempty(kTemp))
-                    error('Impulse response is completely below the threshold')
-                end
-                
-                r(index,:) = [ kTemp(1) kTemp(end) ];
-                k{index} = kTemp;
-            end
-            
-            
-            gRangeStart = min(r(r(:,1) > delay,1));
-            gRangeEnd = max(r(r(:,2) < 1000,2));
-            
-            
-            nDegree = log2(window_length);
-            
-            % create dataset
-            dataset = daff_create_dataset(...
-                'alphares', resAzimuth, ...
-                'alpharange',rangeAznew,...
-                'betares', resElevation, ...
-                'betarange', rangeElnew, ...
-                'channels', 2);
-            
-            % set samplerate and metainfo
-            dataset.samplerate = this.samplingRate;
-            dataset.metadata.desc = 'Dummy HRTF';
-            
-            dataset.metadata.delay_samples = int32(delay);
-            dataset.metadata.measurement_distance_meters = distance;
-            dataset.metadata.creation_date = datestr(now, 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM');
-            % assign data
-            
-            
-            for i=1:dataset.numrecords
-                %dataset.records{i}.data = this.data(:,(2*i-1:2*i))';
-                
-                alpha = dataset.records{i}.alpha;
-                beta = dataset.records{i}.beta;
-                
-                % get and save data
-                data = this.findnearestHRTF(180-beta,alpha);
-                %     if ceil(nDegree) ~= floor(nDegree),data.nSamples = ceil(nDegree);
-                %     end
-                
-                dataset.records{i}.data = data.timeData(gRangeStart:gRangeStart+window_length-1,:).';
-                
-                
-                % Optionally you can supply individual metadata for the records
-                dataset.records{i}.metadata.filename = fileName;
-            end
-            
-            % write file
-            daff_write(  'filename', fileName, ...
-                'content', 'IR', ...
-                'dataset', dataset, 'verbose');
-            
-        end
 
     end
     methods(Hidden = true)