KVR Audio

lillloyd · Post by **lillloyd** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:55 pm

Does anyone know if Kontakt 2's Convolution Reverb can be used as a general effect on basic audio tracks (or tracks with different soft synths)?

I know that some of the other NI products allow you to use their soft synth effects as general effects (e.g., Pro-53) so that you aren't limited to processing just the NI sounds.

I've been checking out Voxengo's Pristine Space, and I know Gigapulse will finally arrive sometime in April, but if the Kontakt IR verb is good and can be applied universally, I could save some $$$...

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:00 pm

You could also consider Elevayta ConvoBoy - there's a free version. And there's a simplified Pristine Space in the Audioflux bundle, and a less simplified PS on it's way. Of course, there's also SIR.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:02 pm

BTW, welcome to KvR. Or has your post count dropped all the way to 1

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:09 pm

don't forget revolverb - a zero latency convolution plugin - which works on AMD platforms, even though the web page says it doesn't.

lillloyd · Post by **lillloyd** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:17 pm

Thanks guys for the responses. (yes cptgone I'm a newbie to posting, 'tho I've been reading the KVR posts for the past couple of years now).

You two seem pretty knowledgeable on this subject--how do you stock your IRs? It seems there are three ways to go about it: 1) purchase a program with stock IR presets; 2) purchase a program with no loaded IR presets but purchase a third party set of IRs; 3) purchase a program with no loaded IR presets, and scour the web for free goodies.

How have you approached this? Obviously I want to limit how much I spend, but most important to me is the quality of the sound.

Thanks again...

gentleharp · Post by **gentleharp** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:17 pm

scuzzphut wrote:don't forget revolverb - a zero latency convolution plugin - which works on AMD platforms, even though the web page says it doesn't.

http://revolverb.hostrocket.com/

audio/fault · Post by **audio/fault** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:26 pm

and what about us macies? i would be glad to use kontaks convolution reverb as a normal fx

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:27 pm

lillloyd wrote:how do you stock your IRs?

I've only tried free ones yet. There are many about, like Line6 Pod IRs!
Also, you can use any wav file! Of course, not for straightforward reverb - unless you record your own IRs...

Many people here love the Kaleidoscopy and whatsit called again collection of weird IRs.

Some plugs have built in IRs, like the Audioflux convolution plug.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:28 pm

audio/fault wrote:and what about us macies?

Miss Gray? I knew it was you!

audio/fault · Post by **audio/fault** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:39 pm

cptgone wrote:
audio/fault wrote:and what about us macies?
Miss Gray? I knew it was you!

sorry? who is miss gray?

i know that someone postet this sentence some time ago, but that wasn't me. one week ago i was also using a pc, but it's broken now and so i only have a mac.

andreas

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:53 pm

audio/fault wrote:sorry? who is miss gray?

Just kidding, you called yourself a "macie", so I pretended to think you were Macy Gray! OK, stupid joke...

audio/fault · Post by **audio/fault** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:59 pm

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:18 pm

lillloyd wrote:Does anyone know if Kontakt 2's Convolution Reverb can be used as a general effect on basic audio tracks (or tracks with different soft synths)?

It's the strangest thing: Of all their plugs, Kontakt has the most useful, all-purpose set of effects - and it's the only NI plug-in that you can't use as an FX insert!?!!

Everyone's always been a little mystified by that.

Pantsdown666 · Post by **Pantsdown666** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:33 am

lillloyd wrote:how do you stock your IRs? It seems there are three ways to go about it: 1) purchase a program with stock IR presets; 2) purchase a program with no loaded IR presets but purchase a third party set of IRs; 3) purchase a program with no loaded IR presets, and scour the web for free goodies.

How have you approached this? Obviously I want to limit how much I spend, but most important to me is the quality of the sound.

Thanks again...

here you go, free IRs :

Noisevault
http://www.noisevault.com/index.php?pag ... e626860f16

Voxengo
http://www.voxengo.com/impulses/

Prosoniq (need AIFF to WAV conversion0
http://www.prosoniq.net/html/ir.html

Kaleidoscopy demo
http://www.spiritcanyonaudio.com./kaleidoskopy.php
12MB of IRs available in the demo of this plug

Lexicon PCM-90
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/zidee/

Echochamber
http://www.memi.de/echochamber/responses/index.html

KangImp
http://www.geocities.com/kangimp/

IR of the Month
http://www.cksde.com/p_6_250.htm
(monthly collections, includes good basic description of Impulse Response technology)

Fokke van Saane
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fokkie/IR.htm
(includes some great specialist spaces for sound designers)

Real Reverb
http://www.ressl.com.ar/realreverb/index_old.html#ir
(.exe files, you'll need a PC to unpack these)

Other - matlab files- not sure how to convert these ...
http://www-sigproc.eng.cam.ac.uk/oldhom ... index.html

Altiverb user's Impulse Response Library
http://altiverb.daw-mac.com/library.html

Sanitarium demo
http://www.spiritcanyonaudio.com/sanitarium.php
(18 MB of IRs in the demo version of this plug)

Spectral Relativity demo
http://www.spiritcanyonaudio.com/spectralrelativity.php
(11 MB of IRs in the demo version of this plug)

MoreVox
http://www.ilpoggiorecording.com/morevox/

watertank by tank-fx.de
http://adminx.de/roman/_laut8leise/IR/TankFX01.tar
1 x IR, 16 bit, spike, jbl control one, rode nt-5, some street noise.
altiverb version. try violin and voice.[/quote]

Pantsdown666 · Post by **Pantsdown666** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:40 am

cptgone wrote:I've only tried free ones yet. There are many about, like Line6 Pod IRs!

Hi cptgone - had a look around Line6's site but can't find any free IRs, can you help?
Thanks!