Topic by Studiocat

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Topic: Reverb for PianoTeq

I just tried the demo (and then purchased) "Reverberate" from LiquidSonics.  It provides some really cool "movement" to PianoTeq.  It can load two stereo IR's at once and has delay & modulation.  Subtle modulation really warms up the pianos IMHO. I always disable the reverb built into PianoTeq and use a convolution reverb.  This is the best sounding one I've used so far.  It has a full, free demo and it's pretty cheap if you decide to buy it.  I'm not associated with Liquid Sonics and I hope it's O.K. to post this here!  -Perry-

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Re: Reverb for PianoTeq

This reminds me of when I was playing around with binaural mics in a playing position, and was struck by how much variation there was when moving the mics just a few centimetres. I wondered what it would sound like if I could modulate the position like I would move my upper body and head while playing. A crude approach I tried was separately piping the left and right channels through subtle modulated delays. I rather liked the effect.

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Re: Reverb for PianoTeq

Studiocat,

I'm wondering if you could post something so we could hear what you have done.

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Re: Reverb for PianoTeq

Thanks for posting Studiocat, I just downloaded the demo of Reverberate and it's reallly nice! Cheap too

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Re: Reverb for PianoTeq

Interesting.  I recently downloaded Reverberate LE - that version doesn't do the modulation that you described.  I'd been wondering whether the modulation might detract from the realism of convolution reverb - taking the reverb a step closer to an effect, rather than an attempt at realism - or is that wrong?  Perhaps, if done with subtley, it can be better than a completely static convolutin reverb?

Like gmcintire, I too would be interested to hear the kind of results you're getting - especially if, for comparison, you could post an example using the same IR without modulation.