uk Buy PDF version Previous article Next article In this article. It's not that there's anything wrong with Speakerphone 2's results, it's just that we've gone for so long without hearing the real sound of speakers that we're more familiar with digital simulations. Speakerphone is a must-have for post-production professionals, but has plenty of uses in music production as well. One of the most striking things about using these speaker models is that they sound strange at first - familiar yet unfamiliar. Throw Speakerphone 2 on your synth or guitar sound and you add extra 'air' that's more realistic than adding reverb. Synthesizer sounds can come alive when you play them through guitar or keyboard amps - Speakerphone 2 gives you these sounds without requiring a studio full of amps and mics. However, useful as this is, the cleverest way for musicians to use Speakerphone 2 is to use the speaker simulations to recreate the real world 'depth' that's missing from electronic sound sources. ROB JAMES considers the latest incarnations of two worthy contenders. However, there are a number of processing skillsets that remain unique to the plug-in world. The built-in sample bay and library gives you myriad sounds to achieve this end. Audio Ease Altiverb & Speakerphone 2 As definitive processing abilities go there aren’t many hardware boxes that don’t have at least one plug-in ‘equivalent’. So with all these new features, what exactly would you use Speakerphone 2 for? The obvious answer is to replicate the sound of telephones, public address systems and many other real world ambiences where speakers play an important role. The sound design possibilities offered here are practically endless.
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Changes in Altiverb v6.3.4 VST Altiverb 6.3.3 was only mono-stereo in Sonar, this update fixes this Altiverb 6.3.4 is stereo again in Sonar. That might not seem particularly appealing, but if you hook up the new Multi LFO to the Covers module, you can adjust the 'pitch' of the cover in real time, moving the characteristics of the cover around in pitch. Audio Ease has released Windows version 6.3.4 of reverb effect Altiverb, and Mac version 2.0.2 of Speakerphone, an authentic speaker simulation effect plug-in. Convolution technology can place your sound in almost any acoustic space, with stunning realism. In Speakerphone 2, these covers can be applied to your sounds giving them a peculiar muffled quality. A bad GSM connection on a busy sidewalk, a bullhorn with feedback and a helicopter overhead, or a 1952 rockabilly guitar amp in.
The concept behind Cover is that most real world sounds are covered or obscured by objects such as a blanket, door or bottle, affecting the object's sound in many ways. The microphones include both dynamic and condenser models and sound genuine to our ears, adding a subtle 'realness' to any sound played through them. There are extra radio speakers and telephones too, but more intriguing are the additions of various microphones and 'Covers'. "In Speakerphone 2, these covers can be applied to your sounds giving them a peculiar muffled quality."