In one of my previous posts, I described the characteristics of “real-world” concert halls, and how to emulate them with ValhallaRoom. In general, real concert halls have a fairly fast onset of reverberation, a decay time between 1.6…
Category: Reverb
Death Cab for Cutie on VH1 tomorrow night. Special Appearance by ValhallaRoom.
Don Gunn just sent me a link to one of his latest projects – mixing a live performance by Death Cab for Cutie that will be shown on VH1’s Storytellers this Friday at 9pm. A few links (which…
ValhallaRoom Tips and Tricks: Realistic Concert Halls
ValhallaRoom was named for its ability to get realistic room sounds. From this perspective, a concert hall is nothing more than a really big room. The physics and reverberant characteristics of concert halls have been studied extensively in…
ValhallaRoom Tips and Tricks: Short Drum Rooms
ValhallaRoom can be used to generate a room sound that works well with acoustic drums. Some recommending starting points: Use the Large Room or Large Chamber Reverb Mode. These provide an earlier onset of echo density. Dial in…
ValhallaRoom updated to version 1.0.4
I’ve just released the 1.0.4 update of ValhallaRoom: A brief overview of the updates: Windows RTAS! ValhallaRoom is now available in all major formats for PC (VST32/VST64/RTAS) and OSX (AU/AU64/VST/RTAS). Mix lock functionality. The red “MIX” label above…
ValhallaRoom: Early Reflections versus Early Energy
The reverberation algorithms in ValhallaRoom are separated into 2 sections, Early and Late. This is a fairly common division of tasks in algorithmic reverbs. However, while most reverberation algorithms describe the early part of the reverberation as Early…
An interview with Valhalla DSP (that’s me)
I was interviewed by Good Recording Stuff, a new blog based out of NYC. You can read it at http://goodrecordingstuff.blogspot.com/2011/04/sean-of-valhalla-dsp-interview.html
ValhallaRoom: An Overview
Now that ValhallaRoom has been released for OSX and Windows, I want to put up a few blog posts that go over the features of the reverb, how to dial in the sound you want, tips and tricks,…
ValhallaRoom Released for Windows (32/64-bit VST)
I am happy to announce that the 32-bit and 64-bit VSTs of ValhallaRoom have just been released for Windows. Check out the demo at http://www.valhalladsp.com/valhallaroom Thanks to my beta testers for helping me sort out installer issues and…
ValhallaRoom + SH101
I was testing a new build of ValhallaRoom on my G4 Mac Mini, and ran my trusty SH101 through a single instance of Room in GarageBand: The SH101 is using a mix of Saw and SubOsc (-1 Oct)…