Reverb
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:31 pm
Having the right reverb is just as important as having the right samples, especially if you are working with dry sampled instruments.
TAP Reverb
The TAP reverb comes in two editions: as a LADSPA plugin you use in you audio application and as a JACK client that you use to edit the presets giving you a lot more options than the plugins interface. Unfortunately this reverb is plagued with the common metallic tin-box sound making it less suitable for orchestral works.
Freeverb 3
The Freeverb distribution contain several types of reverbs, unfortunately none of them as a LADSPA plugin or JACK client. But the CMT LADSPA plugin collection do contain a port of the algorithmic reverb unit. To my suprise, after some fiddling with the wet control I actually managed to get a pretty pleasing concert hall result and I haven't detected any tin-box tendencies yet. Freeverb is very well tuned.
GVerb
Reverberation LADSPA plug-in written by Juhana Sadeharju and ported to LADSPA by Steve Harris. Haven't tested it yet but you can find some tips and tricks for it at the Audacity Wiki. Fons Adriaensen have made a stereo version of it distributed in the REV-Plugins bundle.
BruteFIR
A convolution engine for applying long FIR filters to multi-channel digital audio, either offline or in realtime. It's possible to set it up for realtime operation using JACK. Haven't managed to configure it so I can't tell how well it works, but it should produce very realistic result with a good set of impulse responses.
JConv
Convolution engine for JACK, by Fons Adriaensen, based on FFT convolution and using non-uniform partition sizes: small ones at the start of the IR and building up to the most efficient size further on. It can perform zero-delay processing with moderate CPU load. If you have trouble compiling it look further down this thread for the solution.
dssi_convolve
Convolution engine implemented as DSSI plugin to provide a custom GUI. Based on the authors libconvolve library. Due to some shortcomings of DSSI it is not possible to run dssi_convolve with the same partition size as the host and thus a zero-latency mode (additional latency that is) is not possible with this DSSI version.
jack_convolve
Convolution engine for JACK. Based on the authors libconvolve library. Can perform at zero-latency.
More discussion about JConv and mixing techniques here.
TAP Reverb
The TAP reverb comes in two editions: as a LADSPA plugin you use in you audio application and as a JACK client that you use to edit the presets giving you a lot more options than the plugins interface. Unfortunately this reverb is plagued with the common metallic tin-box sound making it less suitable for orchestral works.
Freeverb 3
The Freeverb distribution contain several types of reverbs, unfortunately none of them as a LADSPA plugin or JACK client. But the CMT LADSPA plugin collection do contain a port of the algorithmic reverb unit. To my suprise, after some fiddling with the wet control I actually managed to get a pretty pleasing concert hall result and I haven't detected any tin-box tendencies yet. Freeverb is very well tuned.
GVerb
Reverberation LADSPA plug-in written by Juhana Sadeharju and ported to LADSPA by Steve Harris. Haven't tested it yet but you can find some tips and tricks for it at the Audacity Wiki. Fons Adriaensen have made a stereo version of it distributed in the REV-Plugins bundle.
BruteFIR
A convolution engine for applying long FIR filters to multi-channel digital audio, either offline or in realtime. It's possible to set it up for realtime operation using JACK. Haven't managed to configure it so I can't tell how well it works, but it should produce very realistic result with a good set of impulse responses.
JConv
Convolution engine for JACK, by Fons Adriaensen, based on FFT convolution and using non-uniform partition sizes: small ones at the start of the IR and building up to the most efficient size further on. It can perform zero-delay processing with moderate CPU load. If you have trouble compiling it look further down this thread for the solution.
dssi_convolve
Convolution engine implemented as DSSI plugin to provide a custom GUI. Based on the authors libconvolve library. Due to some shortcomings of DSSI it is not possible to run dssi_convolve with the same partition size as the host and thus a zero-latency mode (additional latency that is) is not possible with this DSSI version.
jack_convolve
Convolution engine for JACK. Based on the authors libconvolve library. Can perform at zero-latency.
More discussion about JConv and mixing techniques here.