Hi all!
2004 will definitely be the year in which convolution reverbs will really take off. I have started out with impulses a few years ago using Acoustic Mirror, using it offline on submixes. Recently I have started to use Pristine Space, with 1 or 2 instances "live" in my Logic mixer, or even remotely via FX-Teleport.
It is definitely a big improvement over the standard reverb plugins that I have: TrueVerb, RealVerb and Timeworks 4080L (the last one is still my favorite, if you use it for a dark reverb tail).
Still, I have not yet abandoned my approach to first add Early Reflections and then to add a reverb tail (now with the impulses). So, I still use Cakewalk Soundstage for woodwinds and dry brass, some subtle Trueverb to merge the narrowed string sections and a delay sidechain for the brass sections.
My question is about this:
Reverb is generally explained as having two major components: the early reflections, with a deterministic character (bunch of short echos based on a limited set of delay values and some feedback) and the reverb tail, which is more a wash of sound, only vaguely ressembling the original acoustic content.
My gut feeling says that impulses are very good for the second part, the reverb tail, but less appropriate for the shorter early reflections. This is partly intuitive, and partly based on my conception that convolution has no cross channel processing, at least not with the "single" stereo impulses. So, there is no algorithm that specifies how sounds bounce between the channels, based on their position in the stereo field.
I still have not found any true stereo impulse sets (= quad channel); maybe this will open a new world of ambience for me [[[;)]]]
I am very eager to hear the opinions of more educated people on this topic. Are impulses actually also good for the early reflections stage?
With a typical hall RT60 of say 2 - 2,5 sec, how long is the ER stage? 40-80 msec?
With my approach for creating my own early reflections, I would need to add longer predelays than normal, to avoid too much clutter in the ER component. True? Would it help to create a smooth curve ("attack/release") in Pristine Space instead of using a simple predelay?
Thanks for any reflections [[[;)]]]
Cheers,
Peter
www.PeterRoos.com
2004 will definitely be the year in which convolution reverbs will really take off. I have started out with impulses a few years ago using Acoustic Mirror, using it offline on submixes. Recently I have started to use Pristine Space, with 1 or 2 instances "live" in my Logic mixer, or even remotely via FX-Teleport.
It is definitely a big improvement over the standard reverb plugins that I have: TrueVerb, RealVerb and Timeworks 4080L (the last one is still my favorite, if you use it for a dark reverb tail).
Still, I have not yet abandoned my approach to first add Early Reflections and then to add a reverb tail (now with the impulses). So, I still use Cakewalk Soundstage for woodwinds and dry brass, some subtle Trueverb to merge the narrowed string sections and a delay sidechain for the brass sections.
My question is about this:
Reverb is generally explained as having two major components: the early reflections, with a deterministic character (bunch of short echos based on a limited set of delay values and some feedback) and the reverb tail, which is more a wash of sound, only vaguely ressembling the original acoustic content.
My gut feeling says that impulses are very good for the second part, the reverb tail, but less appropriate for the shorter early reflections. This is partly intuitive, and partly based on my conception that convolution has no cross channel processing, at least not with the "single" stereo impulses. So, there is no algorithm that specifies how sounds bounce between the channels, based on their position in the stereo field.
I still have not found any true stereo impulse sets (= quad channel); maybe this will open a new world of ambience for me [[[;)]]]
I am very eager to hear the opinions of more educated people on this topic. Are impulses actually also good for the early reflections stage?
With a typical hall RT60 of say 2 - 2,5 sec, how long is the ER stage? 40-80 msec?
With my approach for creating my own early reflections, I would need to add longer predelays than normal, to avoid too much clutter in the ER component. True? Would it help to create a smooth curve ("attack/release") in Pristine Space instead of using a simple predelay?
Thanks for any reflections [[[;)]]]
Cheers,
Peter
www.PeterRoos.com