Impulse Responses for Convolution.

Hi guys. Many times I was advised from fellow artists that Convolution Reverb is a powerful tool to use in music, so i decided to give it a go and now collecting various IR's i can use.

I can imagine that there are countless impulses out there, and obviously a lot of experimentation is involved to find the best suitable impulse(s) for each track. But I've been searching over the net and people seem to have preferences of they own, some like The Bricasti M7 IRs library which was available as a free download from acousticas, but not anymore :( Others like the L300 impulses from the same company, and many people are looking to simulate the reverbs that Steve Roach and Robert Rich use in their music, like TC 3000, Lexicon PCM-91/-70, Eventide 4000/3000, Sony R7, Roland's R-880 etc. Which are you favorite ones? Which are the best free ones and where can they be found? Please drop a link if you know any. Thanx in advance folks.

I heard that the echospace dudes are planning to release some IR's sometime in the future.

You could make own ones.

[vague answer] Think outside the box and use IRs that normally wouldn't be categorized as IRs... [/vague answer]

  On 10/24/2012 at 1:00 PM, Squee said:

You could make own ones.

[vague answer] Think outside the box and use IRs that normally wouldn't be categorized as IRs... [/vague answer]

Yeah, a friend of mine already told me yesterday what to do :)

  On 10/23/2012 at 7:10 PM, azatoth said:

I heard that the echospace dudes are planning to release some IR's sometime in the future.

that would be just awesome!! i love echospace. that explains the wonderful velvet feel they have in their music.

From the echospace facebook page

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echospace : [impulses ]

 

A 5 year work in progress and probably the most extensive collection of Impulse Responses generated from custom made hardware, vintage effects units, field recordings and mastered right down to tape for an extra warm sound. All A/D conversion courtesy of Apogee's stellar convertors and the sonic arsenal of Universal Audio. Recorded straight from the echospace studio in A

nn Arbor, Michigan, USA. This collection will be released with 5 gig's of custom tailored effects and impulses compatible with all IR generators in Mac and Win format, due for release this winter in very small quantities.

I think that calling it Convolution Reverb is already limiting the way that you approach it. You can use convolution to emulate anything really. Guitar amps, microphones, old samplers, cardboard boxes, fatty moog filters (granted you don't want to do any sweeping).

Shit, throw a barking dog in there! Some of the best sounds I've gotten from space designer come from forest field recordings, or thunder. Anything with wide coverage in the frequency spectrum will sound alright really. Just experiment!

Yeah, i guess you are right. Maybe Convolution Processor would be a better way to call it.

  On 10/24/2012 at 1:00 PM, Squee said:

You could make own ones.

 

[vague answer] Think outside the box and use IRs that normally wouldn't be categorized as IRs... [/vague answer]

i guess the answer to this is...

  On 10/24/2012 at 11:21 PM, slightlydrybeans said:

Shit, throw a barking dog in there! Some of the best sounds I've gotten from space designer come from forest field recordings, or thunder. Anything with wide coverage in the frequency spectrum will sound alright really. Just experiment!

ya! All it is, is basically a spectral processor. BTW you should try out Melda's convolution plugin.

http://www.meldaproduction.com/mcreativebundle/mmultibandconvolution.php

It can do like 6 bands each with a different IR

Thanx, they say Melda's plugz are fricking good. Havent used this convolution before, looks like a very interesting plugin.

They are great plugins functionality wise, but his UIs could really use some work. Really complicated and cluttered and hard to comprehend. Once you get over that hump though there is crazy potential. Typical made-by-programmer-alone type product.