![]() ![]() The real spaces sound clean and well defined, something that is not 100% true with convolution or even algorithmic reverbs. Don’t tell me about predelay, equalizer and other things, as you know exactly what I’m talking about. ![]() All other virtual reverbs add space around the effected sound, a nice sound, but still a bit foggy and muddy. Not sure what exactly what it means in a musical sense. I presume this word means drinking Whiskey by the old stove inside a house on a cold winter’s day. Not just a difference in the range of those abstract words that no one can really properly describe, like “Warmth” for example. So, where is that few hundred euros difference? The first thing I should say is, yes, it is worth the money, and second, yes, it makes a very noticeable difference. I have had Altiverb for almost a month and had enough time to try it with some orchestral material and some pop songs with guitars and vocals. There are plenty of enthusiasts that have sampled some great real spaces, same as some legendary reverb hardware pieces. After all, €499 EUR for the regular version and €849 EUR for XL is quite a big price, and after all, convolution reverbs are all about the impulse responses (known as IRs) from real places which you can even get for free if you google a bit. Of course, as convolution reverbs can be found in almost every DAW, not to mention that there are also a dozen third party convolution reverbs around for a quite reasonable price (ranging from $100 to $200 USD), you probably asked yourself, as I did before I got it, whether Altiverb 7 is worth the price. I assume you’ve already heard about Altiverb, a studio standard. Someone else post their findings, too.Do you really need a convolution reverb that costs upwards of 500 Euros? Our reviewer seems to think that with Altiverb 7, the answer unfortunately is “absolutely”. I've got to get back to work.I'll tinker with it more later. But I would imagine it'll be pretty severe to not follow the 512 minimum guideline stated by Arjen and Audio Ease on a dual core or less.īut wow.it sounds so smmooootthhhh. It just puts us toward that mark we already spoke of in the quadzilla thrad about plugins coming to exist that creep into our newfound excess of power. Depending on session size and other plugin needs in our quads that could be managable.Moreso on a hybrid. So if that works with your session or workflow, great. At a buffer of 1024, it takes up around 1/4 of my CPU usage meter. So I guess the big question is CPU "usage". Sounds great, although the demo doesn't have the impulses I'm accustomed to. No problems with installation or operation. While I only used it around 10 minutes or so, it seems to run fine ( the demo beeps every few seconds). ![]() But placing 1 Altiverb into an existing session on an aux, here's my intial findings: 32 tracks of audio, no other plugs running. I'm not at the studio and don't have any mics or an input source available right now to record with it. SO.I just tried the demo on my quad ( dual 265s with 2GB RAM) and PT LE 7.1cs8 ![]() And while it's tempting to want to track ( which take a buffer of 64 on LE for me), I could live with just having it available for mixing ( at 1024). But I also understand it takes a lot of power to sound THIS good for a convolution. I must admit, the "only optimized for buffer 512 or larger" is a bit disappointing. I LOVE Altiverb.having came from the Mac world. Is there a reason that smaller buffer sizes should be avoided? Does it effect Altiverb at all? We have found the Quads to be able to do a buffer of 64 with ease, but have yet to try Altiverb at 64. I'll try and check it out today on one of our Quad Opteron rigs. I didnt even realize there was a demo to check out for RTAS. Larger is OK, but smaller should be avoided. Right off the bat I can tell you that Altiverb is optimized for hardware buffer sizes of 512 samples on LE systems. I'd like to stick around here a bit if you don't mind, see how it goes, perhaps answer questions when they arise. Some of you will possibly be trying the demo. ( )Īs you may have noticed the Windows XP-RTAS version of Altiverb is out now. I am Arjen and I did most of the impulse response recordings for Altiverb, the convolution reverb on the Mac. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |