True Stereo
Convology XT
Impulse Record and Wave Arts are releasing support for True Stereo responses, and new True Stereo libraries with others in development.
True Stereo processing is an exciting new feature for Convology XT. A “True Stereo” impulse response has four channels consisting of the direct channel responses (L->L and R->R) and the cross-channel responses (L->R and R->L). Input sounds panned to one side will produce reverb output in both channels. This exactly models how stereo reverbs units work, even when sounds are panned to one side, the reverb outputs spacious sounding reverb in both output channels. When a true stereo response is loaded into ConvologyXT, four separate convolution processors are required to render the response. Hence, processing true stereo responses takes roughly twice the processing power of stereo responses. True Stereo Presets For All Libraries Found Here.
The Convology XT True Stereo 1 Library contains true stereo impulse responses sampled from a 960, 480, 91 and LXP1 Multi-Effects Processing Module. Most everyone is familiar with the specific manufacturer and the association with these truly world class sounding reverbs.
The Convology XT True Stereo 2 Library contains true stereo impulse responses sampled from a 55, 990, 330 and Electronic ONE. These are a variety of classic units and we will continue to roll out libraries with these types of vintage units, along with rare, hard to obtain and interesting sounding units.
The Convology XT True Stereo 3 Library contains true stereo impulse response files from the L300, 3000, 4000 and K8. Most anyone can search for these unit numbers and grab the actual names, but they come from some great units that can really serve as a foundation for productions.
The Convology XT True Stereo 4 Library or “Metals” library that we call it, contains true stereo impulse response files from the the warmth of the German 140, German 240, Austrian 5, Austrian 10, Austrian 15 and Austrian 20, along with the German 240, simulated True Stereo of the German 140 and the MRoom Spring. This is a must have collection for anything to do with guitars, with bright, boingy and the darker sound of the German 240.
Our latest plugin adds a True Stereo status indicator on the right hand side of the status display. The letters “TS” are displayed in bright green when a true stereo response is loaded, otherwise they are grey and barely noticeable. Clicking on the TS opens a popup menu where one can enable or disable TS mode on a per preset basis. By default TS is enabled, which means that if the impulse response has 4 channels, it will be opened as a true stereo response. The option to disable TS mode is provided in case a user for some reason wants to load a TS response but only play that response in stereo.
ConvologyXT will play true stereo responses from 4-channel WAV files (in fact this feature was always present). The channel format is L->L, L->R, R->L, and R->R. The first two channels are the stereo response from the left input, the last two channels are the stereo response from the right input.