M-Audio WizooVerb W5 [29/158] Music and reverb

Music and Reverb

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Music and Reverb

HDIR models are particularly rich in detail and realistic. Rather than creat-

ing artiﬁcial reverb like conventional effects, HDIR actually replicates

rooms with stunning accuracy. For this reason, it delivers the best results

when the style or genre of music matches the room it would actually be

performed in.

An example should clarify this point: WizooVerb W5 lets you “play” drums

in a classical concert hall. Like in reality, though, the results may disap-

point because concert halls were built for orchestras rather than drums!

Every HDIR model in WizooVerb W5 is patterned after a speciﬁc room and

for a speciﬁc type of performance. To achieve swiftly satisfying results, get

into the habit of selecting suitable models. If you can’t ﬁnd what you’re

looking for in the HDIR archive, you can create a room of your own devis-

ing thanks to AIR technology.

Surround Sound in WizooVerb W5

WizooVerb’s True Surround capability, as well as its support of LFE signals

including bass management facility, affords you an entirely new approach

to shaping Surround sound. What’s more, the included HDIRs and AIR

algorithm offer special features that make working with Surround sound

so much easier for you.

True Surround’s end-to-end support of 5.1 Surround from the input to out-

put considerably facilitates Surround mixing.

❖ True Surround: The reverb signal factors the position of the sound

source within the Surround panorama into the sonic equation. For this

reason, W5 is equipped with the 5.1 inputs required to enable genuine

Surround panning at the reverb’s input.

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