M-Audio WizooVerb W2 [37/132] Combining hdir and air

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This chapter will get you acquainted with all parameters on the Edit Page

and get you started working with HDIR models and AIR, step by step.

Combining HDIR and AIR

As you are aware, WizooVerb W2 offers two ways of generating reverb (see

the chapter “How WizooVerb Works” on page 26):

❖ HDIR: Picture this ultra advanced form of impulse response as a kind

of reverb sampler. HDIR is based on audio recordings of real rooms, so

the results generally sound extremely realistically. The downside is that

your editing options are limited.You can also load impulse responses

and use these separately or in combination with AIR (see the chapter

“Impulse Response” starting on page 55).

In the following we will distinguish between HDIR and impulse re-

sponse only when necessary for reasons of clarity.

❖ AIR: Picture this algorithmic method of generating reverb as a kind of

reverb synthesizer. Although it simulates reverb, the results sounds

very good, and they can be edited freely.

WizooVerb W2’s great advantage is that you not only get HDIR or AIR, you

also get combinations of the two. A few words about these three options

and their effects:

❖ HDIR only: Editing reverb parameters commonly causes effect signal

to drop out brieﬂy because converting an HDIR model requires a few

moments.

❖ HDIR + AIR: Part of the HDIR model is replaced with AIR. This lets

you do neat things like swap an HDIR model’s early reﬂections for an

AIR tail or vice versa. In these scenarios, many AIR parameters may be

tweaked without inviting dropouts. However, editing HDIR or AIR pa-

rameters that affect the HDIR model will cause the effect signal to drop

out brieﬂy.

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