EMT 252, 250 and nonlin Space Designer IRs

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EMT 252, 250 and nonlin Space Designer IRs

Just got the latest Acousticas library. EMT252XL.
It's a whopper with about 2000 irs, incl. the 252 with 250 and nonlin programs.
I really like the detail put into this one. The frequency multipliers are there as well, making it a breeze controlling the low end of the reverb.

I wish Apple would update Space Designer's IR browser to be a little more modern. Pulling the load menu is not very convenient when dealing with so many impulses.

I remember writing Acousticas after getting their first library. I asked them if they could provide comparison between the IRs and the hardware. Guess others did the same. This time they put up a video blind test and IMO it is really hard to distinguish which is the hardware and which is the IR.

Links to blind test and other videos

http://www.acousticas.net/World/Videos/Acousticas/EMT252/PianoDemo252.mov

http://www.acousticas.net

G5, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Logic 7 & 8

Posted on May 4, 2009 5:37 AM

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timkertoy

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May 4, 2009 11:42 AM in response to Studio Engineer

I have these IR's too and they're great.

Although I've run into a bug using them with Space Designer -- the bug appears to be Logic's fault, not the Acoustica IR's, which run fine in other convolvers like Altiverb and waves IR-1.

When I load the EMT 252/250 IR's into Space Designer, instead of a 3 or 4 second impulse, I get a .3 or .4 second impulse. Using the "show IR in Finder" triangle on Space Designer reveals that Logic is loading the wrong IR files. I've been over this with the folks at Acousticas, who are very helpful.

Did a reinstall, trashed some prefs and cache files, and Space Designer still insists on loading the wrong files. Yet another bug I assume Apple will turn a deaf ear to.

Just something to watch for. In the meantime, I'm lucky that I can still use Altiverb or Waves to hear these great IR's.

T

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