SoundArt Roomverb M1 User Manual

Spin audio chameleon stereo reverb processor

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USER'S MANUAL
Roomverb M1
Chameleon Stereo Reverb Processor
revision 2 | 03.2004
soundskin version 1.0
www.soundart-hot.com

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  • Page 1 USER’S MANUAL Roomverb M1 Chameleon Stereo Reverb Processor revision 2 | 03.2004 soundskin version 1.0 www.soundart-hot.com...
  • Page 2 Soundart makes no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, with respect to the contents or use of the material in this document or in the software and hardware it describes, and specifically disclaims any responsibility for any damages derived from its use. Hardware and Software may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Overview ....................1 1.1 Main Features ................1 The RoomVerb Concept...............3 2.1 Virtual Room Modeler ..............3 2.2 Reverb Engine................5 2.2.1 EARLY REFLECTIONS PROCESSOR............... 6 2.2.2 LATE REFLECTIONS PROCESSOR ................. 6 2.2.3 TONE CONTROL SYSTEM ..................7 2.2.4 MIXER........................ 7 Preset Mode ..................9 3.1 Selecting Presets................9 3.2 Preset Management and MIDI Dumps........9...
  • Page 5: Overview

    Overview RoomVerb M1 is a studio-quality true-stereo reverb processor soundskin for the Chameleon. It has been ported to the Soundart Chameleon by Spin Audio, from their respected VST reverb plug-in. It is based on their Virtual Room Acoustic modeling techniques. These allow the Chameleon to simulate a wide variety of acoustic spaces from small bathrooms to large halls using a single set of parameters.
  • Page 6 Reverb tails up to 20 seconds Reverb tail modulation Comprehensive tone control system that includes separate 2-band shelving equalizers for Early and Late reflections Two-band frequency-dependent decay filters Level meters 100 Ready-to-use presets 28 user-preset locations Main Features...
  • Page 7: The Roomverb Concept

    These parameters are totally independent, thus you can design spaces like long tunnels and deep wells. Dimensions can vary from 1 to 50 meters allowing you to model a small phone booth as easily as a large hall. Roomverb M1– User’s Manual...
  • Page 8 Besides three-dimensional spaces Roomverb can also model 2-dimensional spaces - you may think of them as plate reverbs. The plate reverb mode is turned on simply when you set a room's height to minimum - to zero value. The above parameters determine only common spatial properties. In order to calculate an actual impulse response there should be virtual sound source and two recording points for a stereo result.
  • Page 9: Reverb Engine

    15 seconds to decay, and so even with your eyes closed you would be able to tell straight away that you are standing in an extremely large space with very hard walls. This is a good Roomverb M1– User’s Manual...
  • Page 10: Early Reflections Processor

    example of a distinctive acoustic space that can be recreated in using a digital reverb like Roomverb. 2.2.1 EARLY REFLECTIONS PROCESSOR The Early Reflections processor uses the Impulse Response data of a virtual room which is calculated by the Virtual Room Modeler block. There is only one parameter - Pre-delay [REVERB\Early\Predelay].
  • Page 11: Tone Control System

    Late reflections for the Chameleon stereo output. It also allows you to adjust the level of the input signals [MASTER\Gain\In]. The mixing proportions are set by three parameters: wet/dry balance, ER gain and LR gain. These are very important parameters as the proportions Roomverb M1– User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 between the dry signal, early and late reflections greatly affect the sound and spatial feel of the reverb. Basically the wet/dry balance is used to set a perceptual distance of a sound in a mix. The more reverb and less original signal, the further away sound source is perceived to be by our ears.
  • Page 13: Preset Mode

    You press EDIT to execute. Warning – be careful that you are not wiping over all your precious presets that you have created! Loading the full factory bank will repace ALL your presets with the original settings created by us. Roomverb M1– User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 Table 3-2 Group Page Parameter Value PRESET MANAGER Default preset Factory preset Factory bank Preset Management and MIDI Dumps...
  • Page 15: Edit Mode

    From here, the menus change to show you all the available parameters for creating your own presets. 4.1 Menu Reference Chart Roomverb M1 has the following editable parameters, laid out below using the standard GROUP, PAGE, PARAMETER and VALUE hierarchy (these have been described in detail in the previous chapters):...
  • Page 16 Group Page Parameter Value ROOM Dimensions Width 0.01…50m Depth 0.01…50m Height 0.01…50m Src-Lst Distance 0.01…50m Height 0.01…50m L/R Dist 0.01…50m Misc. Stereo Image 0.00…1.00 L/R Shift 0…100% Absorb 0.00…1.00 REVERB Early PreDelay 0…200ms Late PreDelay 0…200ms RevTime 0.20…20.00sec ModType NONE LIGHT M LIGHT S MED M...
  • Page 17: Interface Notes

    Presets mode. If clipping occurs there is an [c] icon displayed for a second in right corner of the Chameleon LCD display. To find out the source of clipping you should switch to edit mode to browse to Monitor section. Roomverb M1– User’s Manual...
  • Page 18: Bypass Mode

    5.4 Bypass Mode You can switch RoomVerb into bypass mode by pressing the PART-DOWN button on the Chameleon unit. When bypass mode is active there is a [B] icon displayed in the right corner of the LCD display in Preset mode and the SHIFT LED is on in Edit mode.
  • Page 19: A Loading The Skin

    (where XX is the current version of the skin). Like any other Chameleon skin, you have to take care with the user data stored in the existing skin before downloading Roomverb M1. If you have an older version of RoomVerb M1 installed in your Chameleon, your existing presets and configuration will be properly updated to the new version once you download it, so it’s not mandatory to make a backup of them (although it...
  • Page 20: B Specifications

    Appendix Specifications Effect Class: Reverb Short Description: Virtual Room Modelling Reverb Hardware Platform: Soundart Chameleon Automation: MIDI Automation Presets: Sample Rate: 48 kHz Processing Precision: 24 bit fixed point Input/Output Format: mono/stereo, stereo/stereo, dual-send Max reverb Time: 20 seconds Specifications...
  • Page 21: Midi Controller Messages

    Reverb Decay High Shelving Filter Slope Reverb Decay High Shelving Filter On/Off Early Reflections Pre-delay Late Reflections Pre-delay Reverberation Time Reverb Modulation Type Inter-microphones distance Virtual Room Width Virtual Room Depth Virtual Room Height Source to Listener Distance Roomverb M1– User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 Parameter Source/Listener Height Stereo Width Late Reflections Impulse Response Shift Walls Absorption Input Config MIDI Controller Messages...

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