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Spaces' library is stored in aВ custom format that can't be read by other convolution plugвЂ‘ins, and nor is it capable of importing thirdвЂ‘party IRs. And that, it turns out, is that: there's no EQ, no envelopes, and none of the means of trimming or stretching impulse responses you'll find on nearly all conventional convolution reverbs. The Spaces front panel is disarmingly simple, with large rotary level controls for input level, wet and dry levels, and amount of preвЂ‘delay.

EASTWEST QUANTUM LEAP DOWNLOAD

It is authorised to an iLok key, and if you buy it online, the download is just over aВ Gigabyte in size.

EASTWEST QUANTUM LEAP MAC

QL Spaces is available in all major plugвЂ‘in formats on Mac and PC, although the Mac version is currently restricted to 32вЂ‘bit operation. The bulk of the library supports trueвЂ‘stereo operation, and many impulses were recorded as eight channels for true surround reverb. Phoenix also used recording chains and highвЂ‘end vintage gear that would be typical for aВ particular source: many of the IRs were, for instance, captured with Neumann M50s and M49s, or Telefunken ELAM 251s. Likewise, some of the impulse responses intended for pianos and orchestral instruments were recorded by setting up multiвЂ‘speaker arrays that replicated the positions of those instruments within the hall, and the directions in which they radiate sound. So, for example, to capture the ambience of the EastWest Studios drum room, he placed ATC speakers where the kit would be set up, and fired them directly at the microphones, so that they 'heard' exactly what they would do if serving as room mics on an actual drum recording. Instead of recording generic 'samples' of each space, producerВ Nick Phoenix set out to capture the reverb that would actually be heard byВ the room mics on aВ particular instrument. Its USP is encapsulated in the phrase 'source specific'. EastWest's Quantum Leap Spaces takes aВ different tack, focusing on the impulse responses themselves rather than the algorithms used to apply them toВ your music. For example, Liquidsonics' modestly priced Reverberate and the latest version of Audio Ease's Altiverb incorporate some clever modulation tricks, which aim to recapture some of the sense of movementВ and life that real spaces and plates bring. Various attempts have been made recently to try to impart more of an organic feel to convolution reverb. AВ related complaint is that convolution reverb sometimes feels 'stuck on' to the source sound, rather than forming aВ natural blend or addition to it. Perhaps because they are usually based around aВ single, static 'sample' of aВ real source, many people feel that convolution reverbs sound aВ little bland or sterile when compared either with the rooms and plates from which their impulse responses were obtained, or with oldвЂ‘style algorithmic digital reverbs. If there's one criticism that is most often levelled at convolution reverbs, it's that they lack character.

EastWest's intriguing reverb plugвЂ‘in aims to breathe new life into convolution technology.

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