Waves Parametric Convolution Reverb IR-L Guide de l'utilisateur

Waves Parametric Convolution Reverb IR-1, IR-L and IR-360 User’s Guide Waves IR-1 software guide page 1 of 40

MEASURING HALLS, ROOMS The measuring procedure of a venue is slightly different than that of measuring devices. Measuring venues requires a larger

Mono to Stereo: 2 convolutions: 1 left, 1 right. OutputLeft Convolution OutputMono Input Right Convolution Efficient Stereo: 2 convolutions: L

About the IR-360: The IR-360 is the surround sound version of the IR-1. The IR-360 is HTDM for Pro Tools TDM Users. IR-360 owners will also receive

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IR-SERIES CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS The IR-series has a large main window with controls similar to those of a standard digital reverb. Most of the va

Reverb Time The Reverb Time section includes these 4 parameters: CONVOLUTION START: Range: 0 TO 1 second; Default: 0 seconds The Convolution S

DRY/WET CONTROL: Range: 0 to 100% wet; Default: 100% wet This control sets the balance between the “Dry” signal and the convolved signal. A 50% We

DRY: Range: 0-30ms; Default: 0ms When working as an insert, the Dry latency control can be used to align the dry signal to the wet signal or even t

TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Synthetic Digital Reverberation Sampled-Acoustics Convolution Reverberation The Perfect Hybrid The Impulse Responses IR

IR-1 AND IR-360 CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS (IR-L users can skip this section and resume reading at Toolbar Wavesystem Controls on page 30) THE IR GRAP

Reverb Time The Reverb Time section includes these 4 parameters: CONVOLUTION START: Range: 0 TO 1 second; Default: 0 seconds The Convoluti

The RT60 display is active only when RT60 may be computed on the IR. There is a minimum IR length (about 100 ms) for computing RT60 as well as for a

DRY/WET CONTROL: Range: 0 to 100% Wet; Default: 100% Wet This sets the balance between the “Dry” signal and the convolved signal. 50% Wet setti

DIRECT SIGNAL Please Note: The Direct signal is not the dry signal! The dry signal is the input signal to the plug-in. The Direct signal is th

Sometimes shutting off the ERs or reducing their level vs. the tail level will leave a lot of reverb, but will sound less distant so that the signa

TAIL: Range: On/Off; Default: On Tail switches the reverb tail on or off. Tail Gain: Range: 0.0dB To Off; Default 0.0dB Tail Gain controls the le

CPU MODE: Range: Full CPU or Low CPU; Default: Full CPU This control allows you to select between Full CPU and Low CPU. Low CPU presents an optio

Offline Calculation Indicator Manipulating the impulse response to reflect the controls settings requires recalculation of the whole impulse res

LOW FREQUENCY DAMPING RATIO: Range: 0.10 to 2.00; Default: 1.00 This control defines the ratio by which the frequencies below the Low Damping Frequ

LF damping Reverb EQ ER Buildup ER/TR-X Crossover IR-360 Controls Toolbar WaveSystem Controls Loading Impulse Responses Saving Importing Impulse Res

LF damping is the reduction of reverberation time at low frequencies, due to low frequency transmission in the walls. Most rooms with solid walls ha

HIGH SHELF FILTER • Gain: Range –24dB to +12dB; Default: 0 • Frequency Range: 1000Hz to 21000Hz; Default: 5005 Hz • Q: Range: 0.71 to 1.41; Defau

In natural IRs, there is no distinct delineation between ER and TR; the definition of where the best ER/TR-X crossover point is subjective. The u

IR-360 Controls: These Controls are exclusive to the IR-360: FRONT/REAR BALANCE: Range: Front to Rear; Default 50.0 The Front/Rear Balance con

Loading Impulse Responses The IR-1 load menu is the same load menu used in all WaveSystem plug-ins. Use “Open preset file…” to load a Waves setu

The next three factory presets: Room – 1, Studio – 1, and Plate – 1 are from the Waves basic IR library. This IR Library is available with any insta

You can import IRs in .wav and .wir formats (supported bit-depths: 16, 24 and 32-floating point, with sample rates between 44.1kHz and192kHz). The

Waves IR-1 software guide page 37 of 40 • Name – Name of the location. • Type – Location type i.e. Concert Hall, Theatre, Opera House, etc. •

Waves IR-1 software guide page 38 of 40 • For Reverb controls having a ratio scale of 0.25 to 4 (Reverb Time, Density, Resonance, Size) the flat p

Waves IR-1 software guide page 39 of 40 Here are a few points to use in order to increase performance, sorted by priority: BUFFER SIZE: This does

Introduction The Waves IR-1, IR-L and IR-360 plug-ins create extremely high quality replicas of acoustical spaces and synthetic reverbs. They also

Waves IR-1 software guide page 40 of 40 sounds like the rich reverb that it is, and it is a “mix-friendly” optimization. It is important to distin

Sampled-Acoustics Convolution Reverberation In math, the term convolution means an integral which expresses the amount of overlap of one function

The Impulse Responses Another major part of the IR-series is the Impulse Response (IR) Library. The library offers a set of high-definition IR’

Accessing these IRs is easy. Select the desired preset from the plug-in’s “Load” button, which will present the menu as follows: Factory Pre

Sampled Acoustics V2 The presets in this section are based on samples of real places. The contents of the Sampled Acoustics V2 folder on the DVD hav

Tips for Sampling an Acoustic Space When sampling an acoustic space, a typical setup includes a multi-track recorder, an amplifier and speaker to p