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intel · Post by **intel** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:57 pm

Intelligent Machinery Productions Presents:
The Threshold

A collection of artificial impulse responses designed for the sole purpose of obliterating sound and creating droning washes of ambient texture. Abstract, harsh, luscious and dark fantasy IRs will warp, wash, drone, drown and push your sounds beyond the pale.

The Threshold is not a normal reverb IR set, but a sound mangling tool geared towards creating atmospheric soundscapes. But, with some creative thinking, this collection has limitless possibilities: add density to sound without affecting mix clarity, create unique layered effects on solo instruments, add bizarre new textures and reverse effects to percussion, and much more.

The Threshold will be released in serial volumes, each volume containing 50 IRs in pristine 32 bit 44.1kHz wav format that are compatible with a wide variety of convolution applications.

http://www.intelligentmachinery.net/pro ... eshold.php - for download link, free sample IRs and collection demos.

omo · Post by **omo** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:32 am

why 32bit?

intel · Post by **intel** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:00 am

cos it smells better when you burn it.

intel · Post by **intel** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:36 pm

Volume 2 is now available.

omo · Post by **omo** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:15 am

intel wrote:cos it smells better when you burn it.

care to elaborate?

zmora · Post by **zmora** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:43 am

intel wrote:cos it smells better when you burn it.

Yes Intel, my agreement, he he he

intel · Post by **intel** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:49 am

omo wrote:
intel wrote:cos it smells better when you burn it.
care to elaborate?

the higher bit depth produces a fuller, more fragrant smoke.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:55 am

id give these a go but all that 5 visits for 2:50 shit is confusing

ill have a look tomorrow before i start smoking

Spyro · Post by **Spyro** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:05 am

intel wrote:cos it smells better when you burn it.

omo · Post by **omo** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:46 am

I must be missing something here. Must be something really funny. You joker defenately don't get my 2,50

intel · Post by **intel** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:03 am

I guess I don't understand your question.

why not 32 bit?

vurt wrote:id give these a go but all that 5 visits for 2:50 shit is confusing

that's just the amount of times you're granted access to the download link before the link expires. you really only need the one visit, but if your browser crashes or your hard drive explodes, you have the ability to access the link again and resume the download.

try it again when the smoke clears.

omo · Post by **omo** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:29 pm

"why not 32 bit?"
because it makes no sence. at least without clarification. unless it is 32bit float which doesn't make sence anyway.
because it is a lot more to dl and more on hdd then 24bit.
It was just a simple question, mate.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:56 pm

These look good but can I buy them all in one go (even if a pre-order)? Charging $2.50 at a time to my credit card feels a bit silly.

intel · Post by **intel** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:43 pm

omo wrote:"why not 32 bit?"
because it makes no sence. at least without clarification. unless it is 32bit float which doesn't make sence anyway.
because it is a lot more to dl and more on hdd then 24bit.
It was just a simple question, mate.

because:

a) it sounds better
b) that's what I wanted to use
c) it sounds better

here, maybe this will clarify things for you. I made these months ago as a follow-up to a previous commercial collection. I've been using them ever since, and have discovered that the 32 bit format used more adequately replicates the subtleties of the impulse response than either 16 or 24 bit. when I finally decided to release them, I opted to release the format that would best reflect the results I desired to achieve with the collection. I also don't care if you buy them. I have no intentions of making a living off of this, merely sharing a tool that I've been using and trying to recoup the bandwidth expenses I'll incur in the process. as such, I'm not concerned about catering to the lowest common demoninator in order to make a marketable product. if you don't want to use the collection - no skin off my back. if you do - great, I sincerely hope you enjoy them as much as I do. for what I'm charging for these I don't really feel that I have to explain anything about them beyond what the product page details.

These look good but can I buy them all in one go (even if a pre-order)?

BitPass works on a prepayment system. You pay X amount of dollars that's credited to your BitPass account for making micropayments at any site that uses their system. I'm planning on releasing all 5 volumes of this collection over the next 2 months, so if you wanted to put all $12.50 in your BitPass account now, you could just dole out the micropayments from that initial $12.50 when the other volumes are available.

WhiteboySushi · Post by **WhiteboySushi** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:52 pm

How long are your IRs? Some of the convolutions reverbs on the market cut off IRs after a certain amount of time, which is fine for 'normal' reverb applications but kind of sucks for weird experimental stuff like this ( http://www.spiritcanyonaudio.com/convolvers.php has more info on this)

The Threshold - Impulse Response Collection