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first ade · Post by **first ade** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:10 am

Awesome update Sean. I got totally sidetracked whilst trying out LV426 last night and ended up making a whole track! Very inspirational.

Ade

darsho · Post by **darsho** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:31 pm

thanks for the free update !

p.s.:
any news about CPU consumption on 32bit ?

Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:05 pm

darsho wrote: any news about CPU consumption on 32bit ?

Read the last few pages.

valhallasound · Post by **valhallasound** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:52 pm

darsho wrote:thanks for the free update !

p.s.:
any news about CPU consumption on 32bit ?

Why, funny you should ask...

I just conducted my own measurements in Ableton Live 8.2.1 (a 32-bit DAW), running in Windows 7 64-bit on my late 2010 Mac Mini (Core 2 Duo, running Bootcamp). The CPU measurements:

ValhallaRoom 1.0.9, 4 instances of Large Chamber: 39% in Live (20% in Task Manager)
ValhallaRoom 1.0.9, 4 instances of Narcissus: 11% in Live (5% in Task Manager)

ValhallaRoom 1.1.0, 4 instances of Large Chamber: 20% in Live (10% in Task Manager)
ValhallaRoom 1.1.0, 4 instances of Narcissus: 7% in Live (3% in Task Manager)

ValhallaRoom 1.1.0 uses 51% of the CPU as 1.0.9 for the Large Chamber mode, which is the most expensive mode CPU-wise. For the Narcissus mode (the least expensive mode CPU wise), 1.1.0 uses 63% of the CPU compared to 1.0.9.

My guess as to the different amounts of savings with the different modes is that Large Chamber has more stuff under the hood that can be optimized by the use of SSE2 instructions. Narcissus is a simpler mode, and probably has a higher percentage of its operations dedicated to pure delay line operations which can't really be optimized via SSE2.

Either way, ValhallaRoom 1.1.0 uses FAR LESS CPU for the 32-bit Windows VST and RTAS than 1.0.9. The more expensive reverb modes will see around 1/2 the CPU of the older ValhallaRoom releases, while the less expensive modes will see smaller yet significant improvements.

Sean Costello

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:07 pm

Love the LV-426, cheers

Jesse J · Post by **Jesse J** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:28 am

So cool with new algos! My favorite reverb, no doubt! Great job Sean!!

Can you guess what reverb was used on this track? ;D

http://soundcloud.com/top10/narcissus-trail-3

Jesse J · Post by **Jesse J** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:02 pm

Hah! So I tried the new algo and it's amazingly inspirational!

All instances of ValhallaRoom use the LV-426 algo, the vast as well as the small spaces:

http://soundcloud.com/top10/the-depths-of-acheron

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:13 pm

I have to agree, yet again, that this new algorithm is simply stunning! ValhallaRoom can do nothing wrong, ever! Nothing!! It's incredible!!

I just made an awesome valhallaroom + FF Timeless 2 combo thing which I played last night while recovering from alcohol abuse.. 3 hours went by and suddenly it was 7 am. Incredibly inspiring stuff! I've never really been that much into ambient stuff but this algorithm alone might change all that.

Cheers!
bManic

declassified · Post by **declassified** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:51 pm

bought this the other day, just wanted to say thank you for this awesome reverb. every time i use it, it delivers the sound i want.

filter303 · Post by **filter303** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:37 am

Just wanted to say thanks for this update. I must say that this is the most bang for the buck reverb that I know of. The new reverb mode sounds beautiful. I am really impressed. This must be one of my best VST purchases ever.

digitalboytn · Post by **digitalboytn** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:15 am

The new LV-426 algorithm is absolutely delicious....

There's a few developers out there scrambling around trying to play catch up now because Valhalla Room is leaving them behind in the dust

Much kudos to Sean for a sensational sounding reverb

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:51 am

digitalboytn wrote:The new LV-426 algorithm is absolutely delicious....

Th

It is. Maybe it's just me but I find myself scrambling for it now (though usually I do the default setting and then select that algo and then tweak from there vs the presets........just me)

standalone · Post by **standalone** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:13 am

More than three days since LV-426 and no new algorithm. Come on guys wake up, this is clearly abandonware.

mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:24 am

You might have set the decay too short during install. Or maybe you missed the daily algo expansion options on the hidden admin panel that is obscured by the Verb Whore EULA in step 28 of the new installer.

standalone · Post by **standalone** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:29 am

mandolarian wrote:You might have set the decay too short during install. Or maybe you missed the daily algo expansion options on the hidden admin panel that is obscured by the Verb Whore EULA in step 28 of the new installer.

Mmmmm......sounds a lot like the way it's done in thisplugin.

ValhallaRoom 1.5.1 Released. New Electric Blue GUI