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Christian Schüler · Post by **Christian Schüler** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:37 pm

I have a prototype of a brute-force spectrum analyzer.
It is based on Gammatone filter banks, and not on the FFT.
It uses more than 10% CPU on my machine. I thought this was ridiculous and beyond reasonable, I mean, just for a spectrum analyzer.
I think I might as well release it and surround it with some rationalizing glibberish ...

shogger · Post by **shogger** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:43 am

bootsie wrote:Which leads to the million dollar question to you: Would such a native "no-compromise" reverb be appreciated even if it consumes let's say a whole single core of a modern cpu or maybe 50% of the whole system or so? Where is the acceptance threshold level (cpu consumption wise) for such a device? Or is low cpu still the most important requirement?

I'm really interested in your opinion on that ...

nice weekend,
Bootsy

Hi Bootsy,

definitely yes! For rendering the "ultimate" reverb I would like to have it. With some automatic switching between playback and rendering mode it would be perfect for me. Playback: lower quality to hear what you're heading for. Rendering: full quality.

Shogger

Chrisma · Post by **Chrisma** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:40 pm

shogger wrote:
bootsie wrote:Which leads to the million dollar question to you: Would such a native "no-compromise" reverb be appreciated even if it consumes let's say a whole single core of a modern cpu or maybe 50% of the whole system or so? Where is the acceptance threshold level (cpu consumption wise) for such a device? Or is low cpu still the most important requirement?

I'm really interested in your opinion on that ...

nice weekend,
Bootsy
Hi Bootsy,

definitely yes! For rendering the "ultimate" reverb I would like to have it. With some automatic switching between playback and rendering mode it would be perfect for me. Playback: lower quality to hear what you're heading for. Rendering: full quality.

Shogger

Yes adopting the model where during playback it plays a lower quality but renders at higher one would be very welcomed.

blakecasimir · Post by **blakecasimir** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:19 pm

bootsie wrote:To all contributors in this thread here: please do me a favour and don't repeat those silly discussions about specific ancient devices and taste and which is better or not and such a like. It was already here. No need to do it again. Not in this thread. Ok? Do it in another thread if you are in the need

It's perfectly reasonable to state that - objectively - EpicVerb is a highly competent and useable reverb. Whether or not reverbs elsewhere are more "capable", that doesn't diminish the fact that EV IS capable and certainly has better-than-average sound quality compared to many other commercial software reverbs, let alone other FREE ones. Can we leave it at that?

I should write for Sound On Sound! (Don't hit me, Hugh.

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Personal slant: I've sat EV along-side Reverberate + a Bricasti IR, and to my ears it actually adds further depth. Ableton's own 'verb doesn't stand a chance any more.

bootsie · Post by **bootsie** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:37 am

An important major update for the epicVerb digital reverberation simulator is (almost) done and will be released in the beginning of December 2009. It not only features some bugfixes and major stability improvements but also some re-worked algorithms which supports way more dense and three-dimensional reverberation processing.

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:42 am

bootsie wrote:An important major update for the epicVerb digital reverberation simulator is (almost) done and will be released in the beginning of December 2009. It not only features some bugfixes and major stability improvements but also some re-worked algorithms which supports way more dense and three-dimensional reverberation processing.

shanecgriffo · Post by **shanecgriffo** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:43 am

great stuff!

Igro · Post by **Igro** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:07 pm

Ohhh

fandango · Post by **fandango** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:11 pm

woooooooooooooo!

Xenakios · Post by **Xenakios** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:40 pm

bootsie wrote:An important major update for the epicVerb digital reverberation simulator is (almost) done and will be released in the beginning of December 2009. It not only features some bugfixes and major stability improvements but also some re-worked algorithms which supports way more dense and three-dimensional reverberation processing.

Ack, why the wait until December?

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:53 pm

bootsie wrote:An important major update for the epicVerb digital reverberation simulator is (almost) done and will be released in the beginning of December 2009. It not only features some bugfixes and major stability improvements but also some re-worked algorithms which supports way more dense and three-dimensional reverberation processing.

Awesome!!

Cheers!
bManic

shogger · Post by **shogger** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:02 pm

bootsie wrote:An important major update for the epicVerb digital reverberation simulator is (almost) done and will be released in the beginning of December 2009. It not only features some bugfixes and major stability improvements but also some re-worked algorithms which supports way more dense and three-dimensional reverberation processing.

YES!!! My main reverb gets even better. Cool.

Shogger

VSTJuNkiE · Post by **VSTJuNkiE** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:02 pm

GREAT!! Thanx for ALL your hardwork bootsie!!

Totolitoto · Post by **Totolitoto** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:09 pm

bootsie wrote:re-worked algorithms which supports way more dense and three-dimensional reverberation processing.

Isn't it gonna be too much???

pattonfreak1 · Post by **pattonfreak1** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:02 pm

epicVerb 1.5 released