Which Convolution in 2015?

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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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Good get Hobby, I forgot about Reverberate - I have been using it for ages too.

Pretty cheap from what I remember, and like all convos, you can load in IR's from other sources - I never do, the presets are more than enough for me.

Great for space creation, and I agree, the support (new serials when moving machines, etc.) has been very responsive. Very stable. Reasonable CPU overhead.

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p.s. Thanx for reminding me - just out of curiosity, I went to their site to see if anything had changed, and there is an update! Downloading it now. No doubt it will be snappier.
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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EW Spaces is an excellent CR. Very realistic, natural sounding rooms and halls that won't leave you pining for Altiverb.

For 3rd party CR impulses you may want to try Earnest Cholakis's IRs, they're pretty terrific : http://www.numericalsound.com/hollywood-sound-ir.html

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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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rnappi wrote:EW Spaces is an excellent CR. Very realistic, natural sounding rooms and halls that won't leave you pining for Altiverb.

For 3rd party CR impulses you may want to try Earnest Cholakis's IRs, they're pretty terrific : http://www.numericalsound.com/hollywood-sound-ir.html

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I've been looking at EW Quantum Spaces. Sweetwater has it for $149.95

Apple's Spaces is really good. The downside is that it's bundled with Logic Pro X.

My go-to is the Eventide. That's what reverb is supposed to sound like.

However, for small hall spaces where I want a realistic feel, I'm still using the reverb from Ozone 5 Advanced. It is best described by Sound on Sound:

"Ozone's hybrid reverb combines convolution and algorithmic technologies; the early reflections are captured from real spaces using convolution, then married to an adjustable algorithmic reverb tail."

I am not happy that Izotope dropped reverb from Ozone 6. I was hoping for a full convolution reverb, better CPU efficiency or both. Dropping it? Not good.
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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mikehalloran wrote:However, for small hall spaces where I want a realistic feel, I'm still using the reverb from Ozone 5 Advanced.
For small spaces Exponential Audio's PhoenixVerb is really nice. Also, if you're looking for bargains, UVI Sparkverb is $79 at JRRShop.com.
https://blowout.jrrshop.com/uvi-sparkverb

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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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For small spaces Exponential Audio's PhoenixVerb is really nice. Also, if you're looking for bargains, UVI Sparkverb is $79 at JRRShop.com.
https://blowout.jrrshop.com/uvi-sparkverb
That's better than UVI's $99 sale. SparkVerb isn't a convolution reverb, however.

I have SparkVerb and IR Verb as part of MachV 3. I wish there was a way that I could just use those plugs in DP without calling up MachkV (or is there and I don't know it?).
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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mikehalloran wrote:That's better than UVI's $99 sale. SparkVerb isn't a convolution reverb, however.

I have SparkVerb and IR Verb as part of MachV 3. I wish there was a way that I could just use those plugs in DP without calling up MachkV (or is there and I don't know it?).
Yeah, Phoenixverb isn't a convo either, but it's fantastic on small rooms.

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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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anyone have any experience with this?

http://www.parallax-audio.com
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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dewdman42 wrote:anyone have any experience with this?
http://www.parallax-audio.com
VirtualSoundStage (VSS) is mentioned in a few comparisons as being pretty good but I have not tried it myself.

$129 for the Lite version: 1 room, 4 mic setups

$199 for Pro: 9 rooms, 14 mic setups

These guys are offering it for $45 !?!?!? Anyone ever done business with them?
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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I wouldn' trust that source, looks fishy.
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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The site is similar to Craigslist. They've been listed on BBB for a long time with a B rating. The vendor is greenalan890, not Parallax Audio.
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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Yea, I checked them out. Been in San Francisco since 2002 and this is the first I have heard of it. Ok... Some weird alternate to Craigslist but without the protections :arrrr:
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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dewdman42 wrote:UltraChannel was even free at one point and I signed up for it but never installed it in time, so I guess now its $250..hehe.
Yep, that was nice. They even sent out a bug fix update that I'd forgotten to do. Fortunately, the link still worked.
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Re: Which Convolution in 2015?

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dewdman42 wrote:...though I'm not a fan of ilok crap and dongles in general, but let's not go there...
Is it just me, or when you used the word "crap" didn't you kind of "go there?"
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