![]() ![]() The scrapbook’s preset specifications page is automatically generated by Altiverb, and includes each impulse response’s name, the name of its parent folder, length and sample rate.Īltiverb comes in a variety of configurations to suit your processing needs. (The program recognizes JPEG, GIF, PICT and TIFF file formats.) To see the newly added image among the preset photos, reboot the host program. Custom pictures can be added to any preset by simply dropping an image in the Preset folder. Double-click on the images and they blow up to their full size in a separate window. Most of the stock presets include microphone-placement diagrams and recording information, along with interior and exterior photos of the location. The plug-in has its own built-in scrapbook to illustrate pictures of the actual space that was sampled and notes on the current preset specifications. Independent dials are available for wet and dry levels, giving you more control over your wet/dry ratio than a single wet/dry mix knob. A positive value delays the reverb return, while a negative value delays the dry signal, causing the reverb to begin before the original sound (a neat effect). ![]() (Remember, because the impulse response is sample-based, you can’t make it longer than the initial sample’s length.) There is a control for changing pre-delay, which can be set to positive or negative values. More precisely, this dial trims the reverb sample, called an impulse response, by applying an exponential decay. Among its more conspicuous controls is a large silver dial to adjust the reverb decay. Copy protection is via challenge and response.ĭespite the advanced processing power Altiverb packs, the plug-in’s interface is streamlined and simple to understand. By the time you read this, VST, RTAS and HD TDM versions of the plug-in should be available. Altiverb requires nothing less than a G4 to operate, and Audio Ease recommends a minimum of 30 MB of free system RAM allocated to the host program. I tested it with Digital Performer 3.02 using both a single-processor 400MHz and dual-processor 800MHz Apple G4 computers. However, by the time you read this, all registered users will be able to download it directly through the company’s Website ( Altiverb was first released as a MAS plug-in for MOTU’s Digital Performer. Version 1.4 had not yet been released at the time of this review, so I was able to download it at a secure Web page set up by Audio Ease. Audio Ease suggested I update to Version 1.4, a reportedly more stable build, and the problem disappeared. While this version worked well for the most part, it was plagued by occasional processor overload peaks, which affected its performance. The CD-ROM I received from Audio Ease came with Version 1.1 software. At $495, Altiverb competes with the DRE-S777 in terms of sonic quality at a 20th of the price and, because it’s software, it’s virtually weightless. Altiverb, created by the Dutch company Audio Ease (which also makes VST Wrapper and Rocket Science Bundle), offers an alternative to the DRE-S777 by harnessing the power of an Apple G4 processor to create a sampling reverb plug-in. Sony’s DRE-S777 is capable of this, but its power comes with a hefty price tag (nearly $10,000) and the rack unit itself is equally hefty (over 33 pounds). The ability to sample the reverb of an environment and then use that sample to recreate the location’s reverb in your studio is an amazing engineering feat. ![]()
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