 Contact: Arjen van der Schoot Phone: +31 30 2433 606 Email: arjen@audioease.com Web: www.audioease.com Hires, printable pictures: www.audioease.com/promotion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 13, 2004 Altiverb v4 Up to three times as efficient as it was, adding Baxandall EQ and Snapshot Automation
Audio Ease (www.audioease.com) today released Altiverb™ 4.0, a major update to their multiple award winning reverb plug-in. Altiverb has reigned for over two years as the only convolution reverb plug-in available. Today, Altiverb Version 4 continues to lead the way with superb impulse responses, tail lengths of 15 seconds and more, multi-channel surround processing, ultra-low latency and most importantly (number 1 requested feature), a 3x increase in G5 processor efficiency, and close two a 2X increase in g4 processor eficiency. In a 48 kHz session on a single processor G5, you can instantiate 8 full stereo Altiverbs with 6-second reverb tails. Other convolution reverbs don’t make it past two similar instances. The number 2 and 3 most requested features were implemeted in v4 as well: The number 2 most frequently requested feature is tone control that affects only the reverb, not the dry signal.It should freshen up or take out just a little off the low end of the reverb while leaving the main character of a room intact. It should work well on broadband audio (i.e. on multiple instruments simultaneously) and should be subtle in its adjustments, never making a room sound unnatural. Finally and importantly it should never turn phase more than 90 degrees. This is to prevent (audible) cancelation of certain frequencies, when dry is mixed with wet signal. We have reviewed several options available for mastering type applications, and decided upon the classic 1950's Baxandall eq, used and applauded by Bob Katz, George Massenburg and the likes. The number 3 most frequently requested feature: Using automation to switch Impulse Responses (acoustic samples) while a project is playing. Most notably in audio Post production this is a must (and it is not offered in any other convolution reverb). We took the concept a step further and decided upon snapshot automation. You can make a complete setting, including Impulse Responses, EQ, reverb length wet dry mix etc, and store a snapshot of it. The snapshot itself is an automatable parameter. This means you can either simply record snapshot switches in your sequencer or ProTools, or you can insert snapshot recalls by graphically editing automation data. Choosing the right acoustic space for your project is critical. That’s why Altiverb delivers the widest selection of acoustic spaces by far, plus more choices within each space. And new world-class Impulse Responses are available for free download every month. The quality of the concert halls, studios and churches we visit, together with our unmatched sampling experience, ensures the highest quality samples available. This quality shows in every detail, from the many choices for mic placement to the QuickTime VR movies of each location, which help you feel the very presence of the space. Altiverb is still the only true, 4-channel surround convolution reverb, and it offers the longest tails by far. For example, St. Ouen Cathedral in Rouen, France requires 15 seconds to die out, so Altiverb gives you all 15 authentic seconds, with no artificial truncation or scaling. Additional advantages include: the lowest latency among convolution reverbs, parameter automation, snapshot automation, immediate audible feedback as you adjust parameters and easy instructions for making your own high quality Impulse Responses. Altiverb v4 is a US$99 upgrade to the Audio Unit, and OSX versions of VST, HTDM, RTAS and MAS plug-ins. Altiverb and its downloadable demos are available from www.audioease.com. The Audio Ease on-line store price is US$495.00 for the MAS-VST-RTAS-Audio Unit bundle. The HTDM-RTAS-MAS-VST-Audio Unit Bundle costs US$795.00 |
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