A transient of white noise... > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:05:01 +0100 > From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: OT Create your own Impulse models for freeware Convolution Reverbs > > Yep, ...but I don't think white noise would do it either. > > What's needed is a transient. > > At a pinch, you could get each choir member to clap their hands. > > To make a profession grade impulse, you need a high quality > speaker to play a frequency swept sine wave(called a chirp). > Then back in the studio you take that recording and convolve it > with the reverse of your sine sweep. > > ...and sadly, the broken speaker idea wont work either, > a broken speaker doesn't have a linear response. > > The ideas may still make great *unexpected* sounds of course. > > andy > > > Gareth Whittock wrote: > > I don't think that would work Per. A short burst of white noise produced > > at the location of each choir member could though be used as an impulse, > > (picked up from a mic placed where the listener is presumed to be > > located). You'd then run the voices through your software to produce > > that particular reverberation. > > > > G > > > > > > > > That's an excellent idea! If applied to a choir recording you set up > > > the stereo mic recording, push record and ask the members of the choir > > > to sing a short note each, taking turns one after the other. Then when > > > back in the studio you create convolution impulses for each choir > > > member and in the mix you insert the reverb on the each singer's close > > > up mic channel and load it with the matching impulse file. > Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up now. |