[LAD] [ANN] IR: LV2 Convolution Reverb

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 13:22 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 09:44 +0100, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
> > Excerpts from Tom Szilagyi's message of 2011-01-13 19:37:21 +0100:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Standing on the shoulders of giants[*], I am pleased to announce the
> > > public release of IR, a convolution reverb in the LV2 plugin format.
> > > Released as free software under the GNU GPL, this easy to use plugin
> > > has been created to open the fascinating world of convolution reverb
> > > to Linux-based audio engineers. If you use Ardour to create, mix &
> > > produce music, you will most probably want to check out this plugin.
> > > 
> > > Assorted features:
> > > * Zero-latency operation
> > > * Support for mono, stereo and 'True Stereo' (4-channel) impulses
> > > * Realtime operation
> > > * Very reasonable CPU consumption
> > > * Maximum impulse length: 1M samples (~22 seconds @ 48kHz)
> > > * Loads a large number of audio file formats
> > > * High quality sample rate conversion of impulse responses
> > > * Stretch control (via high quality SRC in one step integrated with
> > > impulse loading)
> > > * Pre-delay control (0-2000 ms)
> > > * Stereo width control of input signal & impulse response (0-150%)
> > > * Envelope alteration with immediate visual feedback: Attack
> > > time/percent, Envelope, Length
> > > * Reverse impulse response
> > > * Autogain: change impulses without having to adjust 'Wet gain'
> > > * Impulse response visualization (linear/logarithmic scale, peak & RMS)
> > > * Easy interface for fast browsing and loading impulse responses
> > > 
> > > IR should work on Linux with Ardour 2.8.x (x >= 11) and 3.
> > > 
> > > For further info and source code download, please visit the plugin's
> > > homepage: http://factorial.hu/plugins/lv2/ir
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Tom
> > > 
> > > [*] Fons Adriaensen (zita-convolver), Erik de Castro Lopo (libsndfile,
> > > libsamplerate)
> > 
> > Is it really ardour-specific? Would be a pity.
> > I'm aware that there's a lack of hosts, but if it's already so bad
> > that a plugin is only supported in a single host, well, good night LV2.
> 
> I'm a Qtractor user and I like Fon's reverb, excepted of it's GUI ;D.
> I'll test this new convolution reverb ASAP with Qtractor. Sorry, I'm
> short in time now ... perhaps somebody from the Qtractor mailing list
> can test it ;). Huhu Rui :p.
> 
> Ralf

Pardon :(, there already is a thread for the Qtractor list :(.

To be fair, latest version of Qtractor I tested (I won't reboot now,
from Dez or Jan), also crashed when closing fluidsynth-dssi GUI on my
Ubuntu Studio Lucid 64 bit.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy at autostatic.com>
To: qtractor-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Qtractor-devel] IR LV2 plugin qtractor crash on closing
GUI
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:29:29 +0100

On 01/14/2011 02:23 PM, Jiří Procházka wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> first I have to say thanks for the awesome plugin, it is the best of
> convolution tools I used and very good both performance and UI-wise.
> I use qtractor and unfortunatly when closing the GUI, qtractor crashes.
> I am using the plugin version 1.0, qtractor 0.4.7.68 (latest svn, dubbed
> 'qq' in my system) compiled with --enable-debug gives following output
> on closing the GUI window, hope it will help to solve the issue (which
> doesn't happen with Calf LV2 GUI plugins):

Same here with Qtractor 0.4.7.68 :(
The plug-in does work well but crashes when I close its GUI.
This is on a 32-bits system btw.

Best,

Jeremy