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On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:13 AM,   wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 02:33:31AM +0400, alex stone wrote:

>

>> Fons, the rev1 is terrific, and very clean.

>

> I'm happy to hear you like it !

>

>> Any plans to provide some sort of saved or cli loaded settings control

>> for each instance?

>

> Not for the Jack apps. Rev1 and At1 are two of a collection

> of processors that will eventually be released as plugins in

> a 'rack' type of host. The GUIs and some of the internals are

> already designed to fit into that format. When that happens,

> the rack will have 'total recall' (session and snapshots),

> and each plugin type will have presets (per user).

>

> What I could do in the meantime is to provide them as Python

> classes (still with the GUI), which would allow them to be

> scripted easily.

>

>> Use case:

>>

>> If i use 8 instances of the verb for different orchestral

>> instruments/sections, it would be useful to open each instance (ala

>> bash script) and have previous settings honoured.

>

> Mmm. Using 8 reverbs for a single orchestral mix doesn't make

> any sense - unless you are doing something psychedelic (*) they

> all play in the same space. It's easy to share a reverb for any

> number of channels even if the dry/wet ratio is different for

> each.

>

> (*) Like some opera CDs from DG wich have completely different

> reverbs for the orchestra and the singers - makes me seasick :-)

>

> Ciao,

>

> --

> FA

>

> There are three of them, and Alleline.

>

>

I look forward to trying out the host, presets and all, when it arrives. :)
Using sample libs, which can vary in the amount of "presence" that is

recorded with instrument/sections, means multiple verb instances can

bring a little more consistency across the entire orchestra. My

example is of the 3 complete Strings libs i have, where 1 has more

presence in the base samples than the other 2. So i have to be careful

not to add too much to 1, and a little more to the other 2.

(And this is also true when blending "bright" string sections with

those that are duller. the duller samples tend to need a bit more

presence, and the bright samples survive with less, but conversely,

also need EQ'ing a little, to not stand out so much.)

This is true of most commercial sample libs on the market, in my

experience, and blending string sections (including adding 2 or 3 solo

strings for a bit more of a human touch) can be a bit of a challenge

as a result, hence multiple verb instances, where a section or

instrument might be pre-verbed a little, before it joins the main

output. (and this was considered a normal practise when sample libs

were less consistent across sections than they are now.)
Alex.
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