The Industry's Preeminent Convolution Reverb
Since 2006, Audio Ease's Altiverb has given high-level engineers access to the world's most prized acoustic spaces. Altiverb 8 XL is the most powerful version of the industry-standard convolution reverb plug-in yet, boasting Dolby Atmos support, convenient output meters, real center channels, an impulse response creation tool, and an array of performance improvements. Altiverb 8 XL includes a gargantuan impulse response library, including all the IRs the company has ever released. This indispensable plug-in also boasts unparalleled sound-shaping controls, including reverb time, attack, brightness, pre-delay, EQ, damping, and more. You also get easy access to special effects, including reverse, modulated, and gated reverbs. To top it off, Altiverb 8 XL gives you unprecedented stage positioning control, enabling you to place single members of a group, ensemble, or complete orchestra in their own individual spot. Like with previous versions, Altiverb 8 XL gives you 100% backward compatibility, allowing you to open it in sessions made with all previous versions of the plug-in with zero complications. Whenever your projects demand authentic-sounding acoustic spaces, Audio Ease's Altiverb 8 XL is primed and ready to provide them.
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Dolby Atmos support
Altiverb 8 XL is a worthy update to the industry's premier convolution reverb. One of the most important — and most anticipated — new features is Dolby Atmos support for up to 9.1.6 input channels. With Dolby Atmos support, you also get a new cache of pure Dolby Atmos impulse responses, along with automatic input-pan following and mono-pan following across surround buses.
What else is new in Altiverb 8 XL?
Dolby Atmos support isn't the only thing new about Audio Ease's Altiverb 8 XL. This unrivaled convolution reverb plug-in now includes output level meters, which allow you to manipulate the level and delay time of each of your output channels. Most of the plug-in's impulse responses include a real center channel, so you can use it in LCR and multichannel surround applications without center bleed. Altiverb 8 XL comes with a whole host of new spaces, along with an IR tool for creating your own impulse responses. Longtime users will also appreciate Altiverb 8 XL's improved IR searching and loading speeds, its smooth and click-free parameter adjustments, and its scalable user interface. And, like with previous versions, Altiverb 8 XL is backward compatible with previous versions of the plug-in.
A macrocosm of acoustic spaces
Audio Ease has traversed the world of sampling acoustics longer than anyone else in the industry — indeed, they pioneered the entire concept of a convolution reverb. Opening Altiverb 8 XL's integrated IR browser offers concrete proof of the company's endeavors, providing you with authentic-sounding acoustic spaces from all corners of the globe. Want to transport a live band to Wembley Stadium? Place film dialogue in the ancient caves of Malta? Immerse your drum tracks in a world-famous studio's live room? With Altiverb 8 XL, you can do all that and more using its massive built-in library of concert halls, orchestral studios, recording studios, common spaces, and even classic hardware reverbs.
A massive array of sound-shaping controls
Audio Ease's Altiverb has long remained among the industry's most commonly used convolution reverbs, and it's often our go-to plug-in here at Sweetwater. Aside from Altiverb's extensive IR library, one of the main reasons for its longevity is its powerful reverb-shaping controls. With Altiverb 8 XL, you get precise control over your reverb's decay, brightness, damping, and stage positioning. You also get a musical-sounding 4-band equalizer, plus fine control over your reverb's size, pre-delay, and attack parameters. Altiverb 8 XL gives you easy access to special effects, including reverse, modulated, and gated reverbs. You also get a built-in mixer that allows you to really dial in the sound of your spaces.
Audio Ease Altiverb 8 XL Convolution Reverb Plug-in Features:
- The industry's first — and most powerful — convolution reverb plug-in
- Expansive IR library with concert halls, orchestral studios, recording studios, common spaces, and classic hardware reverbs
- New IRs are added regularly for free
- Easy-to-navigate integrated IR browser
- Powerful sound-shaping controls including reverb time, attack, brightness, pre-delay, EQ, damping, and more
- Gives you easy access to special effects, including reverse, modulated, and gated reverbs
- Stage positioning control places single members of a group, ensemble, or complete orchestra in their own individual spot
- Dolby Atmos support for up to 9.1.6 input channels
- New cache of pure Dolby Atmos impulse responses
- Automatic input-pan following and mono-pan following across surround buses
- Output level meters allow you to manipulate the level and delay time of each of your output channels
- Most IRs include a real center channel for use in LCR and multichannel surround applications without center bleed
- IR tool for creating your own impulse responses
- Improved IR searching and loading speeds, smooth and click-free parameter adjustments, and scalable user interface
- Backward compatible with previous versions