You can’t make music today without reverb, and these days, convolution reverb is among the best ways to add amazingly detailed ambience to your recordings. Why? Because convolution reverb uses impulse response (IR) samples, which are recordings of real acoustic spaces. That means you can put your vocals, instruments or even an entire mix right in a real sonic environment, like the famed Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam, the Sydney Opera House, or even a giant outdoor stadium! Now how cool is that?
Audio Ease was the very first company to offer convolution reverb to the masses at an affordable price with Altiverb! This software was built from the ground up to run on the Macintosh OS X platform. What’s more, Altiverb’s IR samples are unsurpassed in quality, quantity, and diversity. Audio Ease also posts new free IR samples every few weeks. With Altiverb, you can even sample real acoustic spaces or high-end hardware reverbs on your own. Best of all, Altiverb takes full advantage of the power of Apple’s Altivec Velocity Engine, which means it only requires a G4 to run – no need to worry about buying a brand-new computer just to get Altiverb’s stunning sound quality.
Now Audio Ease has released Altiverb 5.1, making the best even better with greatly improved stability, plus bugfixes in both Pro Tools and Audio Units environments. There’s also a new on/off switch for key trigger function of samples and full Audio Units Automation has been added. Why settle for a generic “big hall” algorithm when you can place your band in real acoustic environments that run the gamut from such diverse spaces as a top New York studio to an indoor sports arena!
