impulse/Perfect Space

Hi guys. Is there any trick to using impulse reverbs? I just haven't found the right settings in Perfect Space & don't get it to sound as good as other reverbs. Thanks.

Thanks. I have lots of IR's...it's how to adjust the controls on the bottom - wet/dry, length, delay. When I adjust one parameter, the new value seems to carry over to other presets & I am afraid I'll mess them up by twisting dials too much.

OK thanks I'll try it

charles kasler
Do you just leave the dry setting at 0db?

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Most reverbs to my ear are too "wet." You control this w/ a send knob (for reverb usually post setting so the reverb follows the fader) in a buss setting.  The other thing is to roll off the bass before it hits the reverb.  The big energy in bass can crinkle the reverb.
 
Like so much in sound, practice is important.  Once you figure out the basics (as above) it is discovering what you like hear.  Engineering is an art, not just science.
 
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No difference between using the Wet knob versus bus volume (assuming it's 100% wet, e.g. the Dry signal has been disabled).
 
Send amount can be slightly different, since you're adjusting how much signal is going INTO the reverb. Most of the time, there's no difference. But if you have a compressor in front of the reverb, which is commonly done, then you probably won't want to twiddle with the reverb send slider and use volume automation instead.
 
Personally, I use bus volume automation and leave PS' wet knob at 0dB. This gives me the option of automating reverb levels, which I do a lot. For example, I often pull the reverb back on the chorus. Or bring it way up on the last note in a vocal phrase, or the last note in the song.

OK, so this is a totally newb question, but what is an IR and how does one use them with Perfect Space?
 
t
 
 

1)
Where do I find the impulse files that came with PS (X3)?  
2)
How do I access them from PS
3)
Where are the presets?  Are they the same as impulse files?
 
I know these are rudimentary questions, but I am looking for a better convolution reverb than the one I am using.
 
Thanks.
 
t
 

tvolhein
 
1)
Where do I find the impulse files that came with PS (X3)?  
 

 
They should be with the PS folder. Not sure if CW installs this along with the .dll in the VST forlder or not. I am in the middle of re-installing everything on my Home PC, so I can't look it up right now.
 

tvolhein
 
2)
How do I access them from PS
 

 
If you look at the top left of the green colored screen, you will see a icon that looks like a sheet of paper with the top right of it folded over. Click that and it will open a window that you can then select a IR. From here you can also navigate to any other folder you want where you may have your own IR files stored.
 

tvolhein
 
3)
Where are the presets?  Are they the same as impulse files?
 

 
Click the Preset name (to the right of the place I just told you about) and it should bring you to the presets.
 
 

tvolhein
 
I know these are rudimentary questions, but I am looking for a better convolution reverb than the one I am using.
 
Thanks.
 

 
Melda makes a very nice Convolution reverb.
 
Of course there is ReMatrix that comes with Splat. And the full version of it that is also a very good Convolution Reverb.
 
But Voxengo, the makers of Perfect Space has the full version called Pristine Space, but it's still 32 bit and Voxengo says it may not play well with a 64bit host.
 
Sorry it took so long to answer. Been working on this dang PC all weekend!!