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Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

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Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

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Whoah - the author (Signalsmith) here! This was a fun way to wake up, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Do you happen to know the basis of state of the art reverb algorithms such as the one used for the Bricasti? Are there any clues as to how they work, or are they completely proprietary black magic?

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

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Brillant article! Thanks! Are you also "Geraint"? (The home page https://signalsmith-audio.co.uk/ says "we" but the Geraint page https://geraintluff.github.io/jsfx/ says "I"...?) Geraint's plugins are a great collection of excellent (and free) effects for Reaper, with a superb GUI (which isn't easy to do in Reaper/JSFX). So thanks also for this! ;-)

Yes, I'm Geraint. :D I'm the tech side of Signalsmith Audio, and my partner is the Business Brain. The JSFX plugins are mostly from before we made a proper company (back when Signalsmith was just my username) - I'm glad you're enjoying them!

Ah, excellent! Congrats again!

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

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post #41

Whoah - the author (Signalsmith) here! This was a fun way to wake up, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Do you happen to know the basis of state of the art reverb algorithms such as the one used for the Bricasti? Are there any clues as to how they work, or are they completely proprietary black magic?

I don't know anything about proprietary reverbs, I'm afraid - particularly hardware units! Sometimes you can tell things about a reverb's internals by looking at impulse responses, but I've always had more fun designing something from scratch.

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

#44

Whoah - the author (Signalsmith) here! This was a fun way to wake up, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thanks for this! Your reaper plugins were a great inspiration for me to learn JSFX and make my own effects. I was pleasantly surprise to see you're still sharing things with the community when I stumbled onto your talk about pitch-shifting at ADC :) Glad to have found a whole blog to explore! Thanks again :)

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

#45

Whoah - the author (Signalsmith) here! This was a fun way to wake up, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thanks for this, Geraint! I've been trying to get a better understanding in programming for DSP, and blog posts like this are a big help with that.

I have subscribed to your blog.

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

#46

I wonder where do you find information like this? E.g. how a reverd is made, how those electronic drum sounds from classic drum machines are made and so on? Is there something like a big catalogue of different tricks and algorithms?

This one, making reverbs, at least is taught in signal processing classes in EE courses

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

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post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brillant article! Thanks! Are you also "Geraint"? (The home page https://signalsmith-audio.co.uk/ says "we" but the Geraint page https://geraintluff.github.io/jsfx/ says "I"...?) Geraint's plugins are a great collection of excellent (and free) effects for Reaper, with a superb GUI (which isn't easy to do in Reaper/JSFX). So thanks also for this! ;-)

Yes, I'm Geraint. :D I'm the tech side of Signalsmith Audio, and my partner is the Business Brain. The JSFX plugins are mostly from before we made a proper company (back when Signalsmith was just my username) - I'm glad you're enjoying them!

Do you do anything with hardware/microcontrollers? I dabble in the daisy/rasbpi world for synthesis and effects, but have always just used off-the-shelf reverb in the chain and things like teensy audio are fine but not especially great (specifically things like shimmer reverb)

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

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post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I'm Geraint. :D I'm the tech side of Signalsmith Audio, and my partner is the Business Brain. The JSFX plugins are mostly from before we made a proper company (back when Signalsmith was just my username) - I'm glad you're enjoying them!

Do you do anything with hardware/microcontrollers? I dabble in the daisy/rasbpi world for synthesis and effects, but have always just used off-the-shelf reverb in the chain and things like teensy audio are fine but not especially great (specifically things like shimmer reverb)

I'm not really a hardware person, although at this point I've done a couple of guitar-pedal projects. My favourite is to write OS-independent C++ DSP classes, and work with a team/client who handles the gnarly build/signatures/UI/embedded stuff.

Re: Let's Write a Reverb (2021)

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post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you do anything with hardware/microcontrollers? I dabble in the daisy/rasbpi world for synthesis and effects, but have always just used off-the-shelf reverb in the chain and things like teensy audio are fine but not especially great (specifically things like shimmer reverb)

I'm not really a hardware person, although at this point I've done a couple of guitar-pedal projects. My favourite is to write OS-independent C++ DSP classes, and work with a team/client who handles the gnarly build/signatures/UI/embedded stuff.

That makes sense.

> I'm not really a hardware person

Neither am I, most of the fun is in the software anyway. The rest is just some amateurish solder work and compiling an array of components I may or may not use.

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