Space Designer Manager for Logic

3R Audio has introduced the first version of Space Designer Manager - an add-on designed to extend the usability of Logic Pro's Space Designer impulse reverb plugin....

Space Designer Manager consists of 2 parts:

• On the left side, you find the Generator which batch generates setting files for Space Designer compatible impulse responses. You can process single impulse response files, folders or multiple selections as you wish by drag and drop or the open file dialog. The program will process all files in folders and folders in folders with the format aif, wav, sd2 and sdir.

• On the right side, you have the Relinker, which relinks setting files with the impulse responses they were originally pointing to by selecting a setting folder and the according impulse response folder. Relinker lets you choose the right file if there should be any files with the same name.

Space Designer Manager uses Keyfile protection. Its Preferences Drawer lets you set various options for the pst setting file generation. You can decide if you want to use volume and latency compensation or not, and also set the wet/dry levels. The Help Drawer gives you instant information with a single click without having to open a help menu or separate help file. Check the 3R Audio site for more details, and a demo version.

Space Designer Manager is available now for 29 Euros (about £25) until January 1, 2011.

Minimum system requirements: Apple Intel based Mac computer running MacOS 10.6, 1Gb RAM, Apple Logic.



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Free Reverb plugin

DUY are giving their Z-Room reverb plugin away for free. Very nice of them....

It's nice sounding, and very controllable - from their site:

• High quality density and diffusion provide an unparallelled sound quality.

• Total control over parameters which had never been available to the user before, with a friendly and intuitive user interface.

• Three modes: Deluxe, Economy and Earlies. The second allows to free processing time, and the third focuses the strength of the algorithm on the processing of Early Reflections.

• An exclusive Rehearsal Mode allows you to set the parameters while hearing the real impulse response of the reverb. This is one of the finest tools to evaluate the quality of the reverb.

• You can choose between several room responses (reverse, gate, hall, room, stage...). All these values can be modified with the Stretch and Pre-delay parameters.

• Processing time is freed when you choose not to include Early Reflections.

• Internal 64-bit processing.

• Independent mixing controls for each of the three selectable bands, as well as for the Direct, Early Reflections and Reverb signals.

• Total control over the iteration depth, with six levels of calculation.

• Over 50 presets are included.

• Z-Room is the only reverb that allows you to control the time base of the reverb's algorithm.

• Visualization of the Direct, Early Reflections and Reverb signals in the time domain.

Head to here to register, and they'll send you the download link. It comes in RTAS, VST, AU and MAS for the Mac, as well as VST for the PC users among you. Enjoy!

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Free reverb plugin time

Martin Eastwood is giving away his MVerb reverb plugin.....

It's available as Mac and PC VST, as well as AU, and very light on your processor. Head to Martineastwood.com to download it.

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Free Reverb Effect (Mac & Windows)

Here's another free one for all! A stereo plate reverb, TAL-Reverb II has just been released by Togu Audio Line. Not bad for a free plugin, and comes with 10 factory presets. Download it here.




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Halls of Fame Reverb

Been a bit quiet round here over the holidays, but to start the new year off, Sounds On Demand are giving away a free impulse response reverb unit, the Halls of Fame Origami Edition...

It's from Yellowtools, who gave us the Independence Free synth, and it's based on IR presets from the AKG BX20, EMT 240 /250, LEX 224XL / 480L / 300 / 960L /, PCM 96, Reverb 6000, Bric M7, RO R-880, QRS 2496 and the Even T 2016,

Pop to the Sounds On Demand website, and add it to your shopping basket. It'll ask for a root folder - (look for it in your Macintosh HD, called HOF Free Origami Edition), and on my Mac it failed AU validation in Logic the first time, but there was no problem trying again from the Audio Units Manager (under the Preferences menu).

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Free TC Electronics M30 Reverb

But only if you act quickly!.....

TC Electronics are giving away the M30 reverb unit if you sign up to their newsletter before Wednesday the 18th of December 2009.

It's available for Mac (AU and VST) and PC (VST) formats, and will cost $79 after Wednesday.

So why are you still here? Go and sign up!

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Breverb AudioMIDI.com review

So, can you get a pro reverb for £3? According to AudioMIDI.com, you can.

Overloud Breverb AudioMIDI edition is a cut-down version of the Breverb reverb plugin, offering two algorithms: room and plate, as well a 2 band parametric EQ section.I was tempted by this mostly for my Pro Tools rig - I've been pretty happy with Space Designer in Logic - especially since I added the free Acousticas impulses. Though Pro Tools 8 improved upon the D-Verb plugin by throwing in the AIR reverbs, I've been looking out for something better that wouldn't empty my bank account too much. Enter the Overloud Breverb AudioMIDI edition....

Ordering and paying for the plugin was fairly straightforward (keep in mind that they don't accept PayPal for payments from outside the US, and here in the UK, we're not eligible for the discount full version upgrade). There's some confusion on the product overview page worth mentioning though - the Mac system requirements don't list RTAS format. Trust me though, it comes in AU, VST and RTAS flavours.Once that's out of the way, you'll be e-mailed your order confirmation, but you won't be able to download the plugin or serial number until they process your order. This is supposed to take 1 or 2 business days, but I made my order in the morning, and received everything by late afternoon (though I found the e-mail in my junk filter - according to the forums at Gearslutz, I'm not the only one this happened to).Install went without a hitch, so now to make some noise....
First impressions are good, and flicking through the presets reveals that even this 'lite' version is a very versatile reverb - though you can't use the Pro Tools Plugin Setting select controls, you have to use the Breverb interface. This works, but it's not as easy as scrolling through with the arrow keys.The more you play with the plugin, the more you notice that it's the cut down version. Several of the edit tabs are greyed out, and there are dozens of unused automation parameters. Breverb is not a convolution reverb. Although these can give astonishingly accurate recreations of "real" reverb, you are somewhat limited within the impulse responses. The Overloud approach is to give you the flexibility to mold the reverb to your needs. It's quite refreshing to come back to a reverb plugin where each parameter is immediately obvious to what it does.
Now to where it counts. How does it sound? Simple answer: pretty damn good actually. Against the D-Verb, it sounds fatter, without the slight fizzyness (though I'm quite a fan of this on a snare drum). It's simply a nice, very usable effect. For around the price of a coffee at the local organic deli, it's a bit of a no-brainer. Would I pay £260 for the full version? Maybe not at the moment, but ask me again when my wallet is a little fuller.
Next up, the PSP Nitro deal.....

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Overloud Reverb for 5 Dollars ??

Thanks to Matt Foster for this one.

AudioMidi is an online store for... well you can guess what they sell right?
They offer a special edition of the acclaimed Overloud reverb plugin (normally 370 US Dollars) for 4.99 US Dollars. Here is the link if you can't be botehred to read more.
So how much of a cut-down version is that then? Well not much. In fact you get less choice of parameters but the sound is exactly the same! And if you are thinking that spending 370 dollars on a reverb is stupid (you cheap bastard), you should at least get this one and compare the sound with the standard plugins you get with your Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools etc...

From the AudioMidi page:

Overloud Breverb audioMIDI Edition (Reverberation Plug-in)

Overloud BREVERB audioMIDI EDITION offers two fully-functioning versions of BREVERB's high-quality reverb algorithims at an unbelievably low price! The audioMIDI EDITION is just a taste of the full BREVERB plug-in and includes fully-functioning versions of the Room and Plate algorithims. Only the selection of parameters is limited, but the algorithms are 100% the same. Once you hear the incredible sonic detail offered by Overloud BREVERB audioMIDI EDITION we hope you'll upgrade* to the full version of BREVERB.

- Sports the same high quality as the most expensive hardware outboards
- Features an advanced and hardware-like GUI
- Much more flexible than a convolution reverb
- Able to recreate the same reverb sound of countless hits
- Check out the page for the full version of BREVERB for comparison.

* Important: AudioMidi offers a discounted upgrade price for the full version but this offer is only valid for US customers. The rest of the world will have to beg for a discount directly from Overloud.


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Free Impulse Responses

Acousticas are giving away their complete set of Bricasti impulses for free (direct link to download). Not had a chance to check them out yet (still downloading them), but if it's up to their usual quality, it's something I'll definitely be finding uses for. It even comes with the Logic preset files ready to throw into Space Designer.

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Breverb deal

Looks like an nice deal at audioMIDI, where a cut down version of the Overloud Breverb plug-in is available for only $4.99.

It comes with only the room and plate algorithms, and available in RTAS, AU and VST formats. There's an upgrade deal, but it's not available in all countries.

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