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    1. The document discusses using sweep files to create impulse responses in Altiverb by playing a sweep tone in an acoustic space and recording it. 2. It describes basic steps: selecting a sound, playing it in a space, and recording what comes out to drop into Altiverb. 3. Additionally, it provides details on using different playback methods, like through quality speakers or a portable radio, and the corresponding options in Altiverb.

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    1. The document discusses using sweep files to create impulse responses in Altiverb by playing a sweep tone in an acoustic space and recording it. 2. It describes basic steps: selecting a sound, playing it in a space, and recording what comes out to drop into Altiverb. 3. Additionally, it provides details on using different playback methods, like through quality speakers or a portable radio, and the corresponding options in Altiverb.

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    Using this sweep file.

    A complete description of the process can be found in the Altiverb 7 Manual.pdf on page
    Instruction movies and more sweep options are added to that text at
    http://www.audioease.com/sampling
    This sweep file is provided in the Altiverb installation for situations where you do not have internet
    access to download the sweep file. The following is an excerpt of what can be found in the manual
    and on the site.

    Whether you are sampling a bed room or a digital reverb unit, whether you use a portable radio or
    Pro Tools connected to a PA system, the basic steps are always the same:

    1. you select a sound to put into your space or gear,


    2. you record what comes out of the space or the gear, and
    3. you drop the recordings onto Altiverb.

    Sampling Acoustic Spaces using sweep playback


    The file here is 44.1 kHz interleaved 24 bits stereo wave files that have proven to transfer well to
    many hardware players. The sweep is in the Left channel of the file. If you want to record using a
    DAW, just split the stereo files and use only the sweep channel.

    Several types of audio can be dropped onto Altiverb and made into Impulse Responses.

    Treat dropped audio as a sweep played back through a quality speaker


    from above you can download sound files that contain a sweep tone. They are meant to be played
    back in a room of which you want to capture the reverb in an impulse response. Microphones
    should be used to record the playing back of the sweep tone in the room. The resulting recording
    can be dropped onto Altiverb. When this quality speaker option is selected The sweep tone will be
    calculated out of the recording and you will hear the resulting reverb right away. Altiverb will
    assume that you have used a quality speaker to play back the audio and will not attempt to make
    up for any frequency deficiencies of the speaker. There are many advantages of using the audio
    ease method of creating impulse responses. The sweep is not equal loudness throughout, its level
    is higher where most speakers can take it and where the ear is more sensitive, resulting in less
    noise. The Altiverb sweep method is immune to clock differences between playback and recording
    gear. Altiverb is unique in this respect. You can safely use one recorder to play back the sweep and
    another to record. You can playback and record at vastly or slightly differing samplerates, it is all no
    problem to Altiverb. Third and fifth harmonic distortion, happening in a speaker that gets
    overloaded, sounds like a reflection of the sweep that started earlier than the sweep itself. In the
    result that will be cut off and will not affect the result. All reverb tails eventually dive into noise. At
    that point Altiverb needs to figure out how to fade out the tail. Audio Easeʼs extensive experience
    has resulted in the best fading algorithms, carefully taking into account the exact shape and onset
    of both reverb and noise. Many of the ground breaking technology improvements that have led to
    the quality of the Altiverb IR library are available to you, in Altiverbʼs 7 drag and drop sweep
    method.

    Treat dropped audio as a sweep played back through a Tivoli PAL radio
    You play back a sweep much like described under quality speaker, but this time through a Tivoli
    PAL portable battery powered radio. The Tivoli PAL radio is small, surprisingly wide-band, portable,
    available for over a decade now, and you can plug your iPod or other playback device right into its
    back. For making quick Impulse responses intended for treating voices it can be ideal. However,
    the EQ curve of the Tivoli speaker goes up and down like nothing else, so to iron that out, choose
    this option.

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