The Altiverb IR Pre-processor v2.

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The Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2.1 is a Mac OS9 and OSX application used in the production of acoustics samples (Impulse Responses) for use in Altiverb. How and when to employ Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2 is described in the instruction files that go through the acoustics sampling process step by step. These instruction files can be found in the Applications/Audio ease/Altiverb folder. The instruction files have the following names: Making IR's for music.pdf Making IR's from gear.pdf Making Post Pro IR's.pdf Making starter pistol IR's.pdf

System Requirements
MacOS 10.2 or better. Or MacOS 9.1 or better. Under OS9 the use of virtual memory is
recommended when working with 100 second sweeps or longer. Macintosh G4, 733 Mhz or better is recommended.

Revisions in Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2.1

In the edit menu there now is a settings item. Via this dialog you can tell the PreProcessor which sweep was used during playback and recording. This speeds up sweep determination, and eliminates possible (and rare) sweep determination errors that previously prevented further processing.

Revisions in Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2

Generally the Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2 is more robust, easier to use, and produces IRs of higher quality. Heres some major revisions that were made: The Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2 can now handle sweep files of many different lengths. You can choose the one that fits your requirements for quality or practicality. The longer a sweep, the better the signal to noise ratio. Sweeps are produced using a new application called the Altiverb Sweep Generator. You can drop multiple folders onto the Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2 for batch processing. Sonic problems could occur when the playback and recording gear in the sampling process was not connected via digital word clock. This has been fixed. The Altiverb

IR PreProcessor v2 now examines the incoming recordings for exact length between two sonic indicators. A deconvolution sweep is produced internally based on the measurement. The result is that playback and recording clocks can deviate up to 3 percent without sonic degradation. The Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2 now measures the perceived level of the impulse responses it produces. It makes sure the impulse responses that are output fit in well with the other impulse responses in altiverb. The underlying rule is that there should be little difference in perceived level when switching altiverb in and out of bypass when wet is set to 0dB, dry is set to -144 dB, and mute direct sound is not invoked. Correction eq settings are now causal filters, where they used to be non-causal . This means a.o. that any time smearing occurs after transients, rather than before and after. The result is a more transparent eq. Correction filters are now selected together with the IR sampling method via a single input file description. Correction filters are added or specific (portable) playback gear, described in Portable sweep playback gear.pdf All IR disk files are now normalized. Internally the Impulse Respsonses now always use the full bandwidth of a 24 bit sample. They are produced together with a gain parameter that corrects for playback, so inter channel balance is maintained. The trim parameters in version 1 have been replaced by a much more robust automatic algorithm. The Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2 now only outputs Altiverbs proprietary Impulse Response format (sd2 files are still accepted by altiverb). Quit during process now works more smoothly. Processing is optimized for speed when used on G4 processors (or better). Thanks to the many Impulse Responses we have received from our customers, many small fixes were made. Generally the Altiverb IR PreProcessor v2 is more robust, easier to use, and produces IRs of higher quality. Logging is much more complete.