Convolution reverb from Audio Ease just got better -- Audio Ease has announced the release of AltiVerb 7 for Mac, the latest version which provides the convolution reverb plugin with an improved impulse response library, a new layout with the most-used controls up front, and more.

The impulse response (sampled spaces) library is now more accessible then ever because of Altiverb’s new picture browser, which delivers quicker loading, organize-by-size, and single click favorites. According to Audio Ease, Altiverb 7 looks and feels better too; all of the most-often used controls now line up on the front, while the more exotic, lesser-used controls are placed in separate drawers. New keyword search functionality makes it easier to find the right space among the many hundreds of spaces that Altiverb includes.

Altiverb 7 also adds a new algorithmic reverb that fits nicely with the impulse response. As Audio Ease notes, the algorithmic reverb can optionally add brightness and chaotic modulation in ways only synthetic reverb can, while preserving the nature of convolution reverb.

What's new in AltiVerb 7:

• Look & Feel – With Altiverb 7, the most used controls all line up on the front, while the more exotic ones are in drawers beneath.


• Picture Browser – The impulse response (IR) library is more accessible then ever because of Altiverb’s new visual browser: quicker loading, organize-by-size, and single click favorites.


• Keyword Searching – A powerful keyword search field helps you find items like ‘metallic resonances’ ‘bed room’, ‘street slapback’, or ‘brick studio’.


• Brightness – An algorithmic synthetic reverb layer that is tightly tailored to the impulse response provides a type of brightness that an EQ could never boost from a real world room.


• News – Keep your IR library up to date from within Altiverb. You can go into Altiverb’s news tab, see what’s new, and proceed to download and install without restarting, all from within Altiverb 7.


• Similar – The room does work, but it is not quite the perfect one yet? Hit Similar and Altiverb will suggest similar sounding alternatives to the chosen impulse response.


• TDM simplified – In Altiverb 7 XL, the TDM chip management can be done from within Altiverb, using one handy pop-up menu. This feature does away with the long list of Altiverbs in the TDM plugin popup. On top of that Altiverb 7 XL allows the loading of all IR types (down to mono in / mono out) into a stereo to quad instance of Altiverb.


• Total Recall Automation – Everything, including the impulse response choice, is automatable in Altiverb 7. This means that you do not have to jump through hoops to fully automate Altiverb 7. And while there are still single-click snapshots, you do not need them to automate Altiverb. You can even read which IR is chosen in the automation curve.


• Drag and drop – Just drop any audio onto Altiverb 7 to use it as an impulse response: sweep recordings, several type claps or bangs, or any kind of experimental audio like crashing cars or piano chords. The drag and drop IR feature includes new make-up curves that allows the making of decent IRs using a handheld portable radio, or even slates.


• Chaos – Dial in a bit of chaotic modulation and not every hit will sound identical in the reverb. As a bonus, tonal material will be dispersed which means that slightly out of tune notes will be covered up in the reverb tail.


• Interactive EQ curve – To operate the equalizers you can still use the familiar turning knobs. But Altiverb 7 adds an interactive equalizer curve that allows you to set al four bands including the widths of the parametric ones.


• And More – Altiverb supports 64-bit. It has a new reverb gate, and straightforward pre-delay and attack parameters. Times can be set in note values locked to your song’s tempo, and you have 10 times as much space in the stage positioner.

Altiverb 7 (Intel Mac only) offers 64-bit support and runs in all major VST Audio Unit and MAS hosts and in ProTools 8, 9, and 10 as a TDM plugin and as RTAS.

Audio Ease AltiVerb 7 for Mac is now available for 499 EUR (approximately $658). The upgrade is free for all Altiverbs purchased in 2010 or later. If you purchased your current version of Altiverb prior to 2010, the upgrade to Altiverb 7 will cost you 159 EUR (approximately $210). Learn more at audioease.com.