Waves Parametric Convolution Reverb IR-360 - Manual (Page 2)

Introduction
Introducing the Waves 360
° Surround Reverb.
This Software audio processor is dedicated to creating rich, smooth reverb tails
that are pitch-preserving and perfectly de-correlated between all channels.
This Reverb unit generates only Reverb Tails and does not generate Early
Reflections, making it perfect to complement or complete the room emulation
effect for sound sources that are “Distance panned” using the S360
° Surround
Imager.
Waves have paid particular attention to making the reverb tail be as high-quality
as possibl. The result is very similar to the reverb tail of the Waves Renaissance
Reverb from which the R360
° inherited its tail generation technology.
The R360
° includes controls for the Reverb “Sound” properties and “MIX”
properties specially designed for 5.1 surround productions.
The R360
° has a “Compact” component that is capable of running in true 96kHz
sample rate. That means it is capable of reaching true surround reverberation at
96kHz without down-sampling or other tricks. Operation at 96kHz requires
considerably more power and will present some compromise in sound in
comparison to the full component available up to 48kHz, but the compact
component can also save DSP horsepower when working in 44.1 or 48kHz and it
does sound superb.
Basic Operation
R360
° can be used as a track insert, send effect or group/path insert. It is
designed to provide the best performance as a send effect or group insert. This
saves DSP resources and provides more consistent virtual space emulation.
The R360 is quite easy to set up.
The top row lets you control the main time and color of the Reverb. In the middle
is the Reverb Time control where you specify the time it will take the
Reverberation to drop by 60dB (RT
60
) from its peak.
To the left of the Reverb Time control are the Damping controls which specify
how the high or low frequencies will decay in relation to the overall reverb time.
To the right of the Reverb Time control there is a high and low EQ shelf section,
to modify the general reverb color. This will not affect the “Direct” signal path.
In the Reverb Properties section, you can set the following controls:
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