![]() ![]() This time around it was all Bricasti M7 and nothing but Bricasti M7. Next came Seventh Heaven and its big brother, Seventh Heaven Professional (review found here). The highly-regarded Bricasti M7 utilizes specialized solid-state technology to deliver real-time audio manipulation that would be impossible on even the most advanced general-purpose desktop computational platforms. Reverberate 2 (read SoundBytes Magazine review here) provides many desirable reverb sound-design opportunities, but a major attraction is the Fusion-IR library that covers a variety of real-life environments (rooms, halls, churches, etc.) on the one hand, and a nice variety of program settings of the Bricasti M7 hardware reverb. The first Liquidsonics reverb to utilize Fusion-IR was Reverberate 2. Fusion-IR effectively employs multiple conventional IRs and somehow traverses among them to both benefit from the accuracy and detail of convolution and enjoy the vibrancy of an algorithmic approach. In practice, more sophisticated methods are employed to improve accuracy and limit extraneous noise.įusion-IR was Liquidsonics’ solution to providing the benefits of both algorithmic and convolution techniques in a single plug-in. If one records a sound like a balloon pop (which has all frequencies, although that’s not obvious) and all the resultant echoes, then one has captured an IR (after removing the initial pop sound). ![]() Convolution runs off of files called impulse responses (IRs). Every single sample in an audio stream is processed in exactly the same way as its neighbors. Convolution is akin to a photographic image: it can have extraordinary detail and accuracy, but it is static. Its advantage is that modulation can be applied to make the ambience more lifelike and non-static. The former uses real-time computation to simulate reverberation. There are two kinds of reverbs: algorithmic and convolution. It all began with a major innovation called Fusion-IR. ![]() LP is also available as part of the Slate Digital everything bundle ($15 USD per month), but LP is the only Liquidsonics title so offered.Īnyone who has followed the recent history of Liquidsonics will be familiar with this story. List price is $199 USD, but Liquidsonics has been known to have the occasional sale with attractive discounts. A 14-day demo is available for download (URL at end of this article). Supported environments are PC Windows 7 and above, and Mac OS X / macOS 10.9 and above. Authorization is via an iLok account, but an iLok dongle is optional. Formats compatible with all mainstream DAWs are available, both 32-bit and 64-bit (64-bit recommended). Let’s first dispense with the essentials. Lustrous Plates (hereafter LP for brevity) again brings something new to the party: as the name implies, this time we have a reverb that specializes in delivering virtual plate-reverb character using several proprietary innovations of Liquidsonics. I have written about all three predecessors, and anyone who has read any of that coverage (URLS below) knows I have nothing but admiration for the quality of these reverbs. Lustrous Plates is the fourth virtual reverb plug-in from Liquidsonics in a little over three years. Liquidsonics has yet another reverb offering based upon its exceptional Fusion-IR technology that can deliver living, breathing convolution ambience. ![]()
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