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While Altiverb 8 is backwards compatible with Altiverb 7 there are some big changes in the multichannel Altiverb 8 implementation that changes the output of the 5.x channel plug-in specifically.
There are three types of '5.x' Altiverb instances in use:
Type 1: the fivefold multi-mono type. Altiverb 8 sounds identical to Altiverb 7 in this one.
Type 2: Mono or stereo input to 5.x out: this instance is 3dB louder than Altiverb 7, and otherwise identical. We can no longer fix this without breaking more sessions than it fixes. A -3dB Trim after your Altiverb 8 will fix this.
Type 3: The 5.x in 5.x out version of Altiverb 8 does not sound the same as Altiverb 7.
It sounds similar at cloud-size maximum (loading the old quad IR with center beed and all), but the level does not match. A fundamental internal routing change that allows for the new cloud-size feature breaks this backward compatibility.
Only Type 3 is trouble when migrating from v7 to v8.
If you need to pick up an Altiverb 7 session with (type 3) 5.0 to 5.0 output reverbs then use Altiverb 7 to be safe (if on silicon, with pro tools in rosetta mode). A v7 license will be supplied if you ask for it. If you want to move forward and use Altiverb 8 anyway, check the level of the reverb and adjust it.
While you are at it, it is best to change the chosen IR to one that is true 5.0, rather than load the old Altiverb 7 quad-with-center-bleed type.
The full note from the 8.0.7 update
note 1:
Levels are improved in Backward compatibility situations for the Altiverb 7 instances with input-output: quad to quad, 5.0 to 5.0 and 5.1 to 5.1.
Altiverb is a music and post reverb. The 5.0-in 5.0-out Altiverb, however is mainly targeting post. The 5.0-in 5.0-out Altiverb 8 loads new true 5.0 IRs by default, implements easy center-channel-only reverb with input pan following and adjustable cloud size. For Post this instance has undergone massive improvements and it was the most challenging to keep it backward compatible.
In a 5.0 input to 5.0 output instance of Altiverb 7 a stereo to quad output IR was loaded by default, mainly because no 5.0 IRs existed in Altiverb 7. Center reverb was created via the center bleed option, a delayed mix of the rear channels in the front. Altiverb 8 will load the IR that was chosen in Altiverb 7, including the center bleed. You may, as we do, prefer the native Altiverb 8 way: if you have just upgraded to v8 when opening your Altiverb 7 project or template we advise you to open your Altiverb 5.0 input to 5.0 output instances and load the true 5.0 Impulse Response in there. One should be available for most Impulse Responses in the Altiverb collection.
When cloud size is increased it gradually adds speakers which increases the total level. Cloud size did not exist in Altiverb 7. In Altiverb 8 5.0 input to 5.0 output Altiverb 7 settings are loaded with 60% cloud size, which may result in a higher output level than in Altiverb 7 produced, depending on different circumstances.
Similar measures have been taken in the quad input quad output and the 5.1 input 5.1 output instances. Please note that all of the above only applies to Altiverb 7 settings received by Altiverb 8.
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