Waves IR-1 on sale today for $99

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what is this?
Just thought I'd pass it along just in case anyone was looking for a good deal on a decent convolution reverb. :thumbs up:
 
pikingrin said:
Just thought I'd pass it along just in case anyone was looking for a good deal on a decent convolution reverb. :thumbs up:
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Just out of curiosity....and I'm asking this sincerely, not sarcastically, because I don't know.....considering a convolution reverb doesn't create sounds, it only plays the impulses you put into it, why would someone pay for one when you can have something like this for free?: SIR1 | SIR Audio Tools

There's also the free Reaverb that comes with REAPER, for example. Can one IR be "better" than another? I can't see why anyone would spend $100 on one when there are several for free.
 
I'm not saying it justifies the cost, but Waves IR-L has a small selection of impulses included.

Edit: Apparently there's 4.8gb worth of impulses that I never knew about. :eek:
 
Good points, probably the only reason to buy another brand is the included IRs like Altiverb has a huge library but so expensive but on sale, the included IRs are good. There are a lot of others like the Bricasti IRs that are better.


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Steenamaroo said:
I'm not saying it justifies the cost, but Waves IR-L has a small selection of impulses included.

Edit: Apparently there's 4.8gb worth of impulses that I never knew about. :eek:
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Where did you find those?
 
Convolution reverb is quite CPU-hungry (so I've read) - perhaps some brands are more efficient?
 
RAMI said:
Just out of curiosity....and I'm asking this sincerely, not sarcastically, because I don't know.....considering a convolution reverb doesn't create sounds, it only plays the impulses you put into it, why would someone pay for one when you can have something like this for free?: SIR1 | SIR Audio Tools

There's also the free Reaverb that comes with REAPER, for example. Can one IR be "better" than another? I can't see why anyone would spend $100 on one when there are several for free.
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Does SIR 1 still have the bad latency thing going on with it? I purchased SIR 2 and can tell you the reason it's better than the free one is the proprietary reverb files and it allowed more shaping (doesn't just do L and R, it sums 4 sources to stereo or something like that I can't remember).

The other reason IR1 (not IR-L) would be better than SIR 1 is the fact that the plugin includes a deconvolver for creating your own reverb impulses.
 
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