ValhallaVintageVerb 1.7.1. Two new reverb modes (Chaotic Hall, Chaotic Chamber)

[Echoes in the Attic]

I just wanted to voice my appreciation of Sean's "affordable but fixed price" philosophy. I'm waiting on my next paycheck to get this, and now I don't feel pressured in any way to get it NOW! in this UNBELIEVABLE! ONCEINALIFETIME! sale.

I think it's great too. It always amazes me when people ask about sales from ValhallaDSP. They are permanently on sale and always the same price. Those same people wanting a sale would jump on them if they were normally 99 but sold half off at 50 for a limited time!

I think the 50 dollar pricing is smart. I didn't hesitate to buy this new plug-in, but even at 99, I would have demo'd for longer and really made a conscious decision about whether I needed another verb. I would imagine many people are in the same boat. I can't help but think that far more than twice as many plug-ins are sold at 50 then would be sold at 99.

[Cinemascore]

For Orchestral it would have to be VRoom. You got concert halls, String rooms. You got about anything you want.

I'm not so sure. If you go to some of the forums that are big with people doing cinematic/scoring work and orchestral arrangements, they tend to favor the classic lexicon sounds quite often. They seem to work nicely with Orchestral sounds too.

Hey there,

You are right about using lexicon with scoring work (I work in that arena), but for most of us doing sampled mockups, we tend to use convolution reverbs for the initial early reflections and room tail (often using IRs from famous stages in LA or similar) and the lexicon being used to extend the tail a bit. Most scoring stages have strong ER content (due to wood floors and the size of the rooms used) but the tail (RT60) falls off at around 1.5-1.9 seconds total. The lexicon is placed right over the overall stems to get that tail a little longer, say, 2.0 - 2.2 sec range and provides a nice "sheen" due in part to the nice modulation that "lexicon style" reverbs provide on a score mix.

[valhallasound]

Well, since it hasn't been talked about here yet, ValhallaRoom is mentioned in the January 2013 Sound On Sound:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan13/a ... t-0113.htm (eSub required).

The article is an interview with Alan Moulder, and his engineering of the Led Zeppelin CD/DVD/movie, "Celebration Day."

Alan Moulder, talking about the drums:

"I used the Reverb One and Valhalla Room on the kick and snare and also the tom sub. The Valhalla Room is a great plug-in, and it seemed strangely correct to use a plug-in with that name on a Led Zeppelin album!"

So, just to sum up: Alan Moulder. Using ValhallaRoom. To mix Led Zeppelin.

Good night, everybody!

Sean Costello

Wow, that's amazingly cool. That has to be a bit of a dream come true

New reverb released, and LED ZEPPELIN Great way to begin the holidays!

Well, that's where the company's name came from.

"Valhalla, I am coming...ing...ing"

Sean Costello

[Arglebargle]

I just wanted to voice my appreciation of Sean's "affordable but fixed price" philosophy. I'm waiting on my next paycheck to get this, and now I don't feel pressured in any way to get it NOW! in this UNBELIEVABLE! ONCEINALIFETIME! sale.

There's something to be said for the affordable no-sales price. It means you can buy it whenever you want, rather than waiting for the inevitable sale or group buy. It's the way Spectrasonics operates too, though I guess "affordable" is up for debate there. Set a price for your product and don't devalue it.

[Tp3]

Valhalla (from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of the slain")

Well, apparently they had hall reverbs in Norse myth...

[moosethree]

what is the difference between VROOM and VINTAGE as far as what they are best for??

[LiteOn]

Hi Sean,

I have to spent some specific words of praise for the GUIs, they're simply, yeah, great by all means!
I like this flat and functional approach very, very much. Your wife is as gifted as you are.

Now, I have to take a look at Übermod.


Cheers,
LiteOn

[egbert]

Well, since it hasn't been talked about here yet, ValhallaRoom is mentioned in the January 2013 Sound On Sound:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan13/a ... t-0113.htm (eSub required).

The article is an interview with Alan Moulder, and his engineering of the Led Zeppelin CD/DVD/movie, "Celebration Day."

Alan Moulder, talking about the drums:

"I used the Reverb One and Valhalla Room on the kick and snare and also the tom sub. The Valhalla Room is a great plug-in, and it seemed strangely correct to use a plug-in with that name on a Led Zeppelin album!"

So, just to sum up: Alan Moulder. Using ValhallaRoom. To mix Led Zeppelin.

Good night, everybody!

Sean Costello

Wow, that's amazingly cool. That has to be a bit of a dream come true

New reverb released, and LED ZEPPELIN Great way to begin the holidays!

Well, that's where the company's name came from.

"Valhalla, I am coming...ing...ing"

Sean Costello

Ah, ah.
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!

On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore.

Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore.

So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins,
For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing.


... they don't write'em like that any more

Sort of song that gives immigrants a bad name

[antithesist]

The Tarzan part always cracked me up a little. I'll date myself by saying that I had the good fortune to see them live:

http://www.ledzeppelin.com/node/764/538

[metalifuxx]

Ah ha. I was lost for a second thinking of what Zep song he was referencing, but without remembering/knowing all the lyrics, the only song I could think of was Immigrant Song. I guess I was right, now reading the lyrics posted

[mandolarian]

what is the difference between VROOM and VINTAGE as far as what they are best for??

Ah...that's a very good question and one I am completely unqualified to answer, but whatever, I'm answering it, because we're running out of time.

It just so happens you can make your own comparisons in situ. But first....

The buzz is BACK!

Now for a real world, mission critical deployment of 3V. As those of you in the Animated
Stuffed Animal TV Talk Show ADR biz know too well, creating the 'on set sound space' is vital
to your job security.

Here's an example from the Mayan 2012 Prophesies expose I just worked on. The dialogue uses a tweaked 3V Ambience setting. A universally deep Triple-V Ambience was created for Deep Voice to fit his special all-encompassing needs. Hand crafted impulses test the 3V transient response. Uh, hand-crafted isn't correct - ass-blasting is the technical term. And at the other end you'll notice that VVV is completely suited to the fake cinematic environment.


Does verb adaptability get any better than this? Possibly, but we have so little time to find out.

Here's the original un-cinematic video that uses VRoom for the dialogue. In this version the endless tail ending is all Triple V and UberMod.


Is there a more scientific test? Sure, but that's not the point. The point is you must OWN THEM ALL. Why? Well, it's a Viking tradition and besides you'll always wonder if I should have got VR instead of VVV and vice vice versa and who needs that kind of angst in these uncertain times?

As they say on the set of the Cynic's Guide to Universe: "All Hail Valhalla!" - but in a Stuffie dialect no human understands.

[egbert]

Ah ha. I was lost for a second thinking of what Zep song he was referencing, but without remembering/knowing all the lyrics, the only song I could think of was Immigrant Song. I guess I was right, now reading the lyrics posted

And what lyrics they are. I know the tune very well and can hear him singing the lines in my head but had never looked at them written out before. Clearly, he was determined to get that Valhalla line in there for Sean - bugger the rhyming scheme

[jonahs]

Paypal keeps giving me an errors, mostly that I clicked pay twice and one time it was just a general "something went wrong." I'll try again tomorrow.

I'd be curious to try an all artifacted, downsampled mode or at least with it jacked up to the forefront. It might be pointless on it's own, but VV already plays so nicely alongside both VR and (especially) ÜM and this might add even more character/flavor/mojo/vibe/funk/raunch to play with.

80s mode needs more Martin Hannett.

As an owner and lover of VR and ÜM I really would like to get newsletters about new releases. I only stumbled across this by accident.

[valhallasound]

80s mode needs more Martin Hannett.

I'll gain a bunch of weight, get hooked on heroin, and start being a total dick to everyone in the forums. Will that work?

As an owner and lover of VR and ÜM I really would like to get newsletters about new releases. I only stumbled across this by accident.

I don't want to be sending out emails without being asked. I should probably figure out an op-in mailing list.

Sean Costello

[valhallasound]

I spent several hours in Don Gunn's studio today, recording some VintageVerb examples. Here's my Moog Rogue through the Chorus Space algorithm in VeeThree.

http://soundcloud.com/seancostello/moog ... orus-space