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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 31, 2005

Altiverb 5, the most significant Altiverb upgrade to date, has been released.

Altiverb 5 is a convolution reverb plug-in for Mac OS X. It uses top quality samples of real spaces to create reverb, ranging from Sydney Opera House to the cabin of a fire truck. Altiverb 5 offers the most extensive set of parameters, it supports all plug-in formats on the Mac, parameter automation and surround. Altiverb 5 gives you a choice between iLok SmartKey or Challenge/response copy protection, it lets you sample your own spaces, and Altiverb is by far the most efficient convolution reverb.

But most importantly: in the end a convolution reverb sounds as good as its samples. Audio Ease's 3 year longer experience than anyone else in the industry ensures Altiverb's samples are unsurpassed in quality, quantity and diversity. And you get free new ones every few weeks.

The Audio website contains a ton of demo audio, intercative help, and the samples themselves.

Altiverb has the most highly acclaimed sample library and is up to 4 times as efficient as competing products, while remaining fully surround, and automatable. Supported Mac OS X Plug-in formats : HTDM, VST, MAS, RTAS, AudioUnit and added in Altiverb 5: AudioSuite.

A selection of changes :

iLok authorization, or challenge/response
New Stage Positioning control allows you to place your source sound anywhere on stage.
four band EQ, taylored for reverb.
Internal level meters
I/O controlls for front, rear, center bleed and lfe channels.
Separate Gains and Delays for Direct, Early Ref and Tail
Extensive CPU load control
Room Size shifts room modes and resonances.
Reverse reverb mode.
Internal test samples can be triggered from the Mac's keyboard.
VR movies, pictures, statistics, mic layouts etc, in the info screen.
Automatable preset switching.
Built in presets, user presets.
Impulse Responses in unlimited levels.
Three band damping

Altiverb and its downloadable demos are available from www.audioease.com. The Audio Ease on-line store price is US$595.00 for the MAS-VST-RTAS-Audio Unit-AudioSuite bundle. The HTDM-RTAS-MAS-VST-Audio Unit-AudioSuite Bundle costs US$895.00

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Audio Ease is a leading developer of audio software, including the award-winning BarbaBatch™ audio batch processing application.

Altiverb received numerous awards and was called "Best sounding reverb" (Pro Audio review) "Best reverb ever" (resolution) "Most natural sounding reverb (EQ) "Densest and smoothest native reverb" (EM) "Stunning" (Mac User), "Bests all reverb units" (Keyboard)

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VST is a registered trademarks of Steinberg, Inc.


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