Convolution Reverb
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The IRLV2 Convolution reverb plugin depends on zita convolver version 2 and will not work with version 3
Convolution Reverb can be added to OOM using a plugin, and the one we use is IR LV2, built by Tom Szilagyi. (version 3) His website is here
As just one example use case, we describe the use of the plugin as follows:
The IR plugin is added to an Aux Buss, and Impulse Reverbs are loaded into the plugin.
In the Aux send select the FX tab, rightclick on an entry, and menu will appear in which you select new if you are inserting a plugin for the first time, or change if you are replacing an existing plugin.
The Plugin Manager window will open, and you can select the IR plugin straight from the list, or by typing IR in the filter text window, and then selecting it from the filtered list.
The plugin will be added to the FX tab for the Aux send.
The IR plugin can be opened by rightclicking, opening the plugin menu again, and selecting Show Native GUI.
The native interface for the plugin will appear:
This picture shows an IR already loaded, selected from the browser menu below the visual representation of the wave.
Because, in this example use case, the IR plugin is loaded in an Aux, an Aux knob will appear in every Audio track type capable of hosting Aux sends, and each track or buss can access the plugin, and apply some effect. By default Aux sends in OOM are Presend, which means the signal coming into a buss (for example) is routed out through the send, and through the buss gain slider, but as a Presend, any value that is applied to the send does NOT effect the signal going through the buss gain slider.
The above is a very simple use case as one among many. The IR plugin can also be added to the MASTER as a direct plugin which will influence the MASTER output, or an IR plugin can also be added to individual busses.
If the IR plugin is inserted in an Aux, and the presend flag in each track is checked off, then the Aux send is now a postsend, and will directly affect the signal coming out of the buss. This opens other possible use cases for users.
At the OpenOctave Project, we use Samplicity IRs from the M7 series for much of our work. They were created by Peter Roos, a name familiar to many as a craftsman with IR creation, and can be downloaded from here:
These IRs are free, but we ask users to respect Peter's wishes not to host the IR's anywhere else, and when recommending the Samplicity set to others, as you surely will, you provide the link to his site, not the files themselves.